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Fire 
Follow this link to an Information Resource for Eliminating Residential Fire Deaths.


    In The United States:

1. A Fire Department responded to a fire every 20 seconds.
2. One structure fire is reported every 62 seconds.
3. One home structure was reported every 83 seconds.
4. One civilian fire injury was reported every 29 minutes.
5. One civilian fire death occures every 2 hrs 23 min.
6. One outside fire is reported every 39 seconds.
7. One vehicle fire is reported every 109 seconds.

"Reported from the National Fire Protection Agency"

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National Fire Statistics

Fire Departments

  • Estimated number of fire departments in 2006: 30,635
  • Estimated number of stations in the United States for 2004-2006: 53,200
  • A fire department responds to a fire in the United States every 19.0 seconds

2006 Response Breakdown
Response Number % Change
from 2005
Fires 1,642,500 +2.5
Medical Aid 15,062,500 +4.8
False Alarms 2,119,500 -0.7
Mutual Aid/Assistance 1,159,500 +6.3
Hazmat 388,500 +3.6
Other Hazardous (Arcing wires, bomb removal, etc.) 659,000 -1.2
All Other (Smoke scares, lock-outs, etc.) 3,438,500 +14.3
TOTAL 24,470,000 +5.2

  • Fire department types*: Career (7.6%), Mostly Career (5.6%), Mostly Volunteer (16.8%), All Volunteer (70.0%)
  • 13% of all departments are career or mostly career and protect 62% of the U.S. population
  • 87% of fire departments are volunteer or mostly volunteer and protect 38% of the population
  • There are an estimated 69,300 pumpers and 6,700 aerial apparatus in the United States

* Career=100% career firefighters, Mostly Career=51%-99% career firefighters, Mostly Volunteer=1%-50% career firefighters, Volunteer=100% volunteer firefighters

Source: National Fire Protection Association reports Fire Loss in the United States During 2006 and U.S. Fire Department Profile Through 2006