![]() ![]() It was slightly higher in most recent years than it was in 1980.” (NFPA, Home Structure Fires, 2019) Here in black and white is possibly the greatest fire service tragedy: We have 40 years of information showing that we are risking less and losing more. “While reported home fires and home fire deaths have been cut roughly in half since 1980, the death rate per 1,000 home fires has remained fairly consistent. The death rate for American civilians inside residential structure fires has increased from 7 per 1,000 fires in 1977 to almost 8 per 1,000 fires in 2018. ![]() The firefighter death rate for operating inside a structure fire per 100,000 fires has fallen from 2.5 per 100,000 fires in 1977 to less than 1 per 100,000 fires in 2018.
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