Fire Facts

• Total of all fires: 35,956 fires with a dollar loss of $1,094,757,516.
• Arson and suspicious fires accounted for:
  • 6,798 of the total number of fires,
  • 162 of the civilian injuries and 51 civilian deaths, and
  • $119,624,515 in losses.

2003 Michigan Fire Facts

• One fire department response every 1 minute, 17 seconds.
• One outside fire every 34 minutes, 29 seconds.
• One arson or suspicious fire every 1 hour, 2 minutes.
• One actual fire every 12 minutes, 7 seconds.
• One structure fire every 28 minutes, 6 seconds.
• One mobile property fire every 55 minutes, 41 seconds.

2002 Michigan Fires

• Structure fires: 16,285 fires with a dollar loss of $557,046,258.
• Mobile property fires: 10,714 fires with a dollar loss of $79,090,514.
• Outside/other fires: 12,401 fires with a dollar loss of $18,238,837.
• The reported estimated value of property & contents involved in fires in 2002: $10.9 billion.
• The reported estimated loss of property & contents involved in fires in 2002: $654.3 million.
• Arson and suspicious fires accounted for 12,294 of the total number of fires. These fires also accounted for 241 of the civilian injuries, 62 civilian deaths, and 345 fire service injuries.
• Arson (incendiary) fires: 4,325 fires with a dollar loss of $79,583,852.
• Suspicious fires: 7,969 fires with a dollar loss of $107,903,952.
• Fires overall resulted in the deaths of 169 civilians in 2002.
• Four firefighters died in the line-of-duty in 2002.
• Fires caused 898 civilian injuries and another 663 fire service on-duty injuries.
• In addition to fires, 326,757 non-fire incidents occurred which included: 193,931 EMS/rescues; 43,033 non-fire emergencies – power lines down, gas leaks, spills, etc.; 37,830 false alarms; 51,963 public service calls –good intent, biohazard scares, natural disasters. There were 6,392 additional mutual aid calls.

• The number of fires reported in the United States for 2006 was 1,642,500. These fires caused 3,245 civilian deaths and 16,400 civilian injuries. The number of firefighter deaths reported for 2005 was 89. The direct property damage reported was $1.3 billion.
• 396,000 home fires were reported for 2006. These fires resulted in 2,580 civilian deaths and 12,500 civilian injuries. The direct property damage reported was $6.8 billion. Homes are defined as dwellings, duplexes, manufactured (mobile) homes, apartments, row houses, townhouses, and condominiums.
• The number of one- and two-family dwelling fires (including manufactured/mobile homes) reported for 2006 was 304,500. These fires resulted in a direct dollar loss of $5.9 billion and caused 2,155 civilian deaths and 8,800 civilian injuries.
• In the United States, someone is fatally injured in a home fire every 2 hours, 42 minutes.
• All but firefighter deaths are estimates of losses reported by fire departments based on data report on the NFPA’s annual National Fire Experience Survey. Direct property damage figures do not include indirect losses, such as business interruption, and have not been adjusted for inflation.

Smoke Alarms

• 15 of every 16 homes in the United States have at least one smoke alarm.
• You can reduce your chance of dying in a fire by 50% if you have a working smoke alarm in your home.
• One half of the fires occur in 6% of the United States homes without smoke alarms.
• 3 of 10 smoke alarms do not work due to missing, dead, or disconnected batteries.

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Ferndale, Michigan  48220
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