Cooking Fires and Safety Statistics

3/5/2018 (Permalink)

"In 2010-2014, U.S. fire departments responded to an average of 166,100 home structure fires that involved cooking equipment per year. These fires caused an average of 480 civilian fire deaths, 5,540 civilian fire injuries, and $1.1 billion in direct property damage."

"Cooking by the numbers (Based on 2010-2014 annual averages)

• Two-thirds (66%) of home cooking fires started with the ignition of food or other cooking materials.
• Clothing was the item first ignited in less than 1% of these fires, but these incidents accounted for 18% of the cooking fire deaths.
• Ranges accounted for the largest share (62%) of home cooking fire incidents. Ovens accounted for 16%.
• More than half (55%) of reported non-fatal home cooking fire injuries occurred when the victims tried to fight the fire themselves."

The above information was quoted from https://www.nfpa.org/Public-Education/By-topic/Top-causes-of-fire/Cooking/Reports-and-statistics-about-cooking-fires-and-safety. Please click the link to continue reading the online article.

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