Fire Kills thousands of Americans each year, injures hundreds of thousands, destroys billions of dollars in property, and cost tens of billions of dollars overall, the media and the general public still are largely unaware of the magnitude of these numbers. Their lack of awareness and failure to realize the seriousness of fire to communities and the country are factors in keeping the U.S. fire problem one of the worst in the world per capita with 13 deaths per one million populations. Fire killed more Americans than all other natural disasters combined. There were almost 2 million fires reported last year, more than 112 firefighters lost their lives.
