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Direct Property Damage
(in Billions)
|
|
Year
|
Fires
|
Civilian
Deaths
|
Civilian
Injuries
|
As Reported
|
In 2015 Dollars
|
|
1980
|
456,000
|
650
|
2,850
|
$0.5
|
$1.3
|
|
1981
|
453,000
|
770
|
2,900
|
$0.5
|
$1.3
|
|
1982
|
433,000
|
575
|
3,250
|
$0.5
|
$1.3
|
|
1983
|
435,500
|
670
|
3,400
|
$0.6
|
$1.4
|
|
1984
|
437,000
|
530
|
3,250
|
$0.6
|
$1.4
|
|
1985
|
437,000
|
770
|
3,250
|
$0.7
|
$1.5
|
|
1986
|
438,000
|
665
|
2,850
|
$0.7
|
$1.5
|
|
1987
|
451,000
|
755
|
2,900
|
$0.7
|
$1.5
|
|
1988
|
459,000
|
800
|
2,750
|
$0.8
|
$1.6
|
|
1989
|
415,500
|
560
|
2,750
|
$0.8
|
$1.5
|
|
1990
|
415,000
|
645
|
3,025
|
$0.8
|
$1.5
|
|
1991
|
406,500
|
530
|
2,675
|
$0.8
|
$1.4
|
|
1992
|
385,500
|
665
|
2,750
|
$0.8
|
$1.4
|
|
1993
|
402,000
|
540
|
2,400
|
$0.9
|
$1.4
|
|
1994
|
402,000
|
555
|
2,325
|
$1.0
|
$1.5
|
|
1995
|
386,000
|
490
|
2,275
|
$1.0
|
$1.6
|
|
1996
|
395,000
|
550
|
2,075
|
$1.1
|
$1.7
|
|
1997
|
377,000
|
450
|
1,950
|
$1.1
|
$1.6
|
|
1998
|
358,500
|
545
|
2,050
|
$1.1
|
$1.6
|
|
1999
|
345,000
|
450
|
1,600
|
$1.1
|
$1.6
|
|
2000
|
325,000
|
450
|
1,325
|
$1.2
|
$1.6
|
|
2001
|
327,000
|
470
|
1,750
|
$1.3
|
$1.7
|
|
2002
|
307,000
|
540
|
1,700
|
$1.2
|
$1.6
|
|
2003
|
286,000
|
455
|
1,400
|
$1.1
|
$1.4
|
|
2004
|
266,500
|
520
|
1,300
|
$1.0
|
$1.2
|
|
2005
|
259,000
|
500
|
1,450
|
$1.0
|
$1.3
|
|
2006
|
250,000
|
445
|
1,075
|
$1.0
|
$1.2
|
|
2007
|
227,500
|
365
|
1,500
|
$1.1
|
$1.2
|
|
2008
|
207,000
|
350
|
850
|
$1.2
|
$1.3
|
|
2009
|
190,500
|
260
|
1,455
|
$1.0
|
$1.2
|
|
2010
|
184,500
|
285
|
1,440
|
$1.0
|
$1.1
|
|
2011
|
187,500
|
270
|
1,020
|
$1.0
|
$1.1
|
|
2012
|
172,500
|
300
|
800
|
$1.3
|
$1.1
|
| 2013 |
164,000 |
300 |
925 |
$1.1 |
$1.1 |
| 2014 |
167,500 |
310 |
1,275 |
$1.1 |
$1.1 |
| 2015 |
174,000 |
445 |
1,550 |
$1.2 |
$1.2 |
Highway vehicles include any vehicle designed to operate normally on highways, such as automobiles, motorcycles, buses, trucks, and trailers, but not manufactured homes on foundations.
Direct property damage figures do not include indirect losses, like business interruption.
Inflation adjustment to 2015 dollars is done using the consumer price index.
Source: Fire Loss in the United States 2015, Hylton J. G. Haynes, NFPA, September 2016 and previous reports in the series.
Updated 9/16