This report presents estimates of consumer product-related fire losses that occurred in U.S. residential structure fires attended by the fire service. The estimates were derived from data for 2008 through 2010, provided by the U.S. Fire Administration's (USFA) National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) and the National Fire Protection Association's (NFPA) Survey of Fire Departments for U.S. Fire Experience. The fire and fire loss estimates presented in this report pertain to unintentional residential structure fires and civilian casualties. These estimates show that there were: 378,800 fires, 2,390 deaths, 12,610 injuries, and $7.69 billion in property loss in 2008; 357,000 fires, 2,210 deaths, 12,140 injuries, and $6.96 billion in property loss in 2009; 364,300 fires, 2,330 deaths, 12,910 injuries, and $6.63 billion in property loss in 2010; and an estimated annual average of 366,700 fires, 2,310 deaths, 12,550 injuries, and $7.09 billion in property loss over the three-year period 2008-2010. Consumer products involved in fires can be categorized as sources of ignition or as the materials first ignited. As sources of ignition, they can be small sources, such as candles or large sources like ranges, which are usually categorized as the equipment involved in ignition. Because the fire losses are derived separately for sources of ignition and materials first ignited, estimates presented in this report overlap in some cases.

This is a print on demand edition of a hard to find publication. This report is based on 2006 to 2008 data from the National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS). According to the report, an estimated 28,000 vacant residential building fires occur annually in the U.S., resulting in an estimated average of 45 deaths, 225 injuries, and $900 million in property loss. Vacant residential fires are considered part of the residential fire problem as they comprise approximately 7 percent of residential building fires. In addition, intentional is the leading cause of vacant residential building fires which are more prevalent in July (9 percent), due in part to an increase in intentional fires on July 4 and 5. Finally, almost all vacant residential building fires are non-confined and half spread to involve the entire building. Charts and tables.