Fire Safety Data and Reports
Our fire safety data reports are built from government sources and published with their method, sources and the date we last checked them.
| Report | What it shows | Updated |
|---|---|---|
| Smoke Alarm Statistics | An index built from 1.1 million residential building fire records in the federal NFIRS data, with failure reasons split by battery and hardwired power. | November 1, 2026 |
| Holiday fire statistics | We counted 4,607,302 fires reported to the National Fire Incident Reporting System and compared every holiday with the same weekday in the weeks around it. | November 1, 2026 |
| High Rise Sprinkler Retrofit Laws in the 50 Largest U.S. Cities | A rule-by-rule registry of which cities and states force existing towers to add automatic sprinklers, whom the rules cover, when they are due and what compliance figures exist. | November 1, 2026 |
| Firefighter Deaths per Year in the U.S., 2000 to 2025 | We counted every record in the U.S. Fire Administration's firefighter fatality database to track on-duty deaths, separate the September 11 losses, and show how the cause mix has moved since 2000. | November 1, 2026 |
| Fire Sprinkler License Requirements by State | A statute-cited registry of who licenses fire sprinkler installers and inspectors in all 50 states and DC, what it takes, and what it costs. | November 1, 2026 |
| Fire Sprinkler Failure Rate in U.S. Building Fires, 2020 to 2025 | An original count of 17,456 sprinklered fires large enough to activate a system, from the FEMA/USFA NFIRS public data, with failure reasons, system types and occupancy groups. | November 1, 2026 |
| Fire Department Grants by State | We summed every AFG, SAFER and Fire Prevention and Safety award record in FEMA's open grant file, adjusted for inflation, and divided by residents and registered fire departments to build a state grant index. | November 1, 2026 |
| Fire Alarm System Installation Cost per Square Foot | We matched 65 federal fire alarm contracts to the government's own building square footage and added 16 state and local bid and award records to show what replacements cost, how building size and competition move the price, and how far bids spread on the same job. | November 1, 2026 |
| Dorm Fire Statistics, 2020 to 2024 | We counted every fire in dormitories, fraternity and sorority houses and barracks in six NFIRS releases and matched them with five years of colleges' own federal fire disclosures. | November 1, 2026 |
| Apartment fire statistics | A yearly tracker built from USFA incident records: what starts fires in apartment buildings, how far they spread, and how height and sprinklers line up with casualties. | November 1, 2026 |
| Workplace Fire Deaths in the U.S. | A 14-year tracker compiled from Bureau of Labor Statistics fatality records, with rates per 100,000 full-time workers by industry and occupation and the nonfatal injuries behind each death. | October 27, 2026 |
| Smoke Detector Laws by State | We opened the smoke alarm statute, or searched for one, in every state and DC, then coded who it covers, what alarms it demands and who must act. | October 27, 2026 |
| OSHA Fire Safety Citations, FY2021 to FY2025 | We coded 23,414 fire protection violations from the Department of Labor's OSHA enforcement files to rank the subparagraphs inspectors cite, what the penalties come to, and where the citations land. | October 27, 2026 |
| Lithium-Ion Battery Fires Statistics | A tracker built from every CPSC recall record that blames a rechargeable lithium battery for a fire or burn hazard, set against the FDNY fire marshals' case file and the department's announced deaths. | October 27, 2026 |
| Industrial fires and explosions investigated by the U.S. Chemical Safety Board, 1998 to 2026 | A registry of all 127 CSB incident investigations, coded by hazard, industry and state, with casualties as CSB states them and the status of every recommendation. | October 27, 2026 |
| Hotel Fire Safety Compliance | A count of every property on the U.S. Fire Administration's Hotel-Motel National Master List, set against Census hotel counts by state and tracked through archived copies of the list back to 2015. | October 27, 2026 |
| Fire Inspection Fee by City | We opened the fire prevention fee schedules of the 50 largest U.S. cities and priced the same restaurant and office in the 23 that could be applied. | October 27, 2026 |
| Fire Extinguisher Inspection Cost | We coded 355 unit prices from 20 city, county, school, university and state procurement documents to show what each extinguisher service line costs and how far quotes for the same work drift apart. | October 27, 2026 |
| Volunteer Fire Departments by State | We counted every row of the U.S. Fire Administration's National Fire Department Registry, the 2026 file published after it stopped taking updates, and joined it to Census and BLS data to show how each state staffs its fire service. | October 27, 2026 |
| Fire Department Response Time in 8 U.S. Cities | We timed 95,888 fire incidents from eight city dispatch and incident files, first unit on scene, and set each city's own clock definition next to the result. | October 27, 2026 |
| Fire Deaths by State, 2013 to 2023 | We compiled 11 annual state fire death releases built from U.S. death certificates into one panel, re-based every rate on current Census estimates, and pooled years to steady small-state numbers. | October 27, 2026 |
| Commercial Fire Alarm Monitoring Cost, Inspection Prices and Technician Rates in Public Bids, 2022 to 2026 | A price ledger built from bid tabulations, award notices and contract summaries of cities, counties, school districts and a park district, checked against federal schedule rates and BLS wage data. | October 27, 2026 |
| Fire Alarm License Requirements by State | We coded the statute, rule or licensing page for every state and DC to show who licenses fire alarm work, what it takes to qualify and where NICET is written into law. | October 27, 2026 |
| Fire Alarm False Alarm Fines in the 50 Largest U.S. Cities (2026) | We checked official ordinances, fee schedules and alarm pages for each of the 50 most populous U.S. cities: 17 publish a fire-specific schedule, and the cost of 10 false alarms in a year ranges 58.9-fold. | October 27, 2026 |
| Carbon Monoxide Detector Laws by State | Law-level coding of CO alarm requirements for homes, rentals, hotels and schools in 50 states and DC, matched with CDC WONDER death data for 2018 to 2024. | October 27, 2026 |
| Nursing Home Fire Safety Deficiencies | A national ranking of Life Safety Code citations and a state-by-state rate per facility, built from every row of the CMS Fire Safety Deficiencies file. | October 26, 2026 |
| Most Common Fire Code Violations | We mapped every published fire code violation record in five city datasets to one taxonomy, so the categories can be compared even though the codes cannot. | October 26, 2026 |
| Fire Protection Acquisitions in the U.S., 2020 to 2026 | Every deal below links to the buyer's own announcement or an SEC filing, so each count can be checked line by line. | October 26, 2026 |
| Fire Extinguisher Recalls and Smoke Alarm Recalls | Every CPSC recall record for extinguishers, smoke, CO and heat alarms, fire alarm components, sprinklers, escape hoods, emergency lights and damper actuators, with units and hazards. | October 26, 2026 |
| Fire Alarm Technician Salary by State and Metro | A state atlas and metro ranking built from BLS OEWS May 2025 data for SOC 49-2098, security and fire alarm systems installers, with inflation-adjusted pay since 2019. | October 26, 2026 |
| Fire code by state | The fire code edition each state enforces | October 19, 2026 |
| Fire inspector salary by state | Pay for fire inspectors and investigators, from BLS | October 19, 2026 |