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Facts on Fire Links

Where Fires Occur

Who is Most at risk?

Senior citizens age 70 and over and children under the age of 5 have the greatest risk of fire death.

The fire death risk among seniors is more than double the average population.

The fire death risk for children under age 5 is nearly double the risk of the average population.

Children under the age of 10 accounted for an estimated 17 percent of all fire deaths in 1996.

The South has the highest fire death rate per-capita with 18.4 civilian deaths per million population.

80 percent of all fatalities occur in the home. Of those, approximately 85 percent occur in single-family homes and duplexes.