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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |