Residential & Non-Residential Building Fire Estimates
2014-06-16
Fire Estimate Summaries present basic data on the size and status of the fire problem in the United States as depicted through data collected in the U.S. Fire Administration’s (USFA’s) National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS). Each Fire Estimate Summary addresses the size of the specific fire or fire-related issue and highlights important trends in the data.1
Residential Building Estimates
Definition of Residential Building
A structure is a constructed item of which a building is one type. The term residential structure commonly refers to buildings where people live. To coincide with this concept, the definition of a residential structure fire includes only those fires confined to an enclosed building or fixed portable or mobile structure with a residential property use. Such fires are referred to as residential buildings to distinguish these buildings from other structures on residential properties that may include fences, sheds, and other uninhabitable structures. Residential buildings include, but are not limited to one- or two-family dwellings, multifamily dwellings, manufactured housing, boarding houses or residential hotels, commercial hotels, college dormitories, and sorority/fraternity houses.
Nonresidential Building Estimates
Definition of Nonresidential Building
Nonresidential buildings are a subset of nonresidential structures and refer to buildings on nonresidential properties. Buildings include enclosed structures, subway terminals, underground buildings, and fixed portable or mobile structures. The term nonresidential buildings refers to those nonresidential structures that are enclosed.Nonresidential buildings include assembly, eating and drinking establishments, educational facilities, stores, offices, basic industry, manufacturing, storage, detached garages, outside properties, and other nonpermanent residential buildings. The term nonresidential also includes institutional properties such as prisons, nursing homes, juvenile care facilities, and hospitals, though many people may reside there for short (or long) durations of time.
Nonresidential Building National Estimates (2003-2011)
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- Nonresidential Building National Estimates by Property Use (XLSX, 17 Kb)
This spreadsheet contains overall nonresidential building estimates and estimates for fires, deaths, injuries, and dollar loss by property use. - Nonresidential Building National Estimates by Property Use and Cause (XLSX, 36 Kb)
This spreadsheet contains overall nonresidential building estimates for fires and dollar loss by property use and fire cause.
Links of Interest
- National Center for Health Statistics
- National Center for Injury Prevention and Control Source: U.S. Fire Administration, “Residential and Nonresidential Building Fire Estimates”
Source: U.S. Fire Administration, “Residential and Nonresidential Building Fire Estimates” http://www.usfa.fema.gov/. Accessed November 30, 2015. href=”http://www.usfa.fema.gov/statistics/estimates/index.shtm”>http://www.usfa.fema.gov/statistics/estimates/index.shtm
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