Statistical Data
Top Causes of Residential Fires In Canada
- Smoking Material
- Cooking
- Heating Equipment
- Electrical Equipment
Statics from Canadian Association of Fire Marshals (1992)
- Every 2 seconds a fire occurs.
- Every 21 seconds someone is burned.
- Every 55 seconds a home will burn.
- Every 30 Minutes a home fire is reported to the Fire Department.
- Someone in Canada dies in a home Fire roughly every 35 hours.
In 2002, a total of 53,589 fires were reported; 2,547 fire injuries; and a total of $1,489,012,213 in property looses.
The "Residential Property" classification continues to account for the largest number of fires. In 2002, there were 22,186 fires in this category, 41% of the Canadian total. These incidents resulted in 250 deaths or approximately 82% of the nations fire fatalities. The monetary loss amounted to $712 million.
In 2001, a total of 55,323 fires were reported; 338 fire deaths; 2,310 fire injuries; and a total of $1,420,779,985 in property losses.
The "Residential Property" classification continues to account for the largest number of fires. In 2001, there were 21,494 fires in this category, 39% of the Canadian total. These incidents resulted in 273 deaths or approximately 73% of the nation's fire fatalities. The monetary loss amounted to $632 million, which is 45% of the total loss. Taken from the Council of Canadian Fire Marshals and Fire Commissioners annual report for 2001. (This file is an Adobe PDF, you will need the FREE Adobe PDF reader to view it.)
"In the year 2000, there were 21,206 house fires in Canada resulting in 327 deaths and $529.5 million dollars in property loss. A more alarming statistic is that two-thirds of fires that kill children under the age of five occur in homes without a working smoke detector" Reprinted from News Canada
In 2000, a total of 53,720 fires were reported; 327 fire deaths; 2,490 fire injuries; and a total of $1,185,233,793 in property losses.
The "Residential Property" classification continues to account for the largest number of fires. In 2000, there were 21 206 fires in this category, 39% of the Canadian total. These incidents resulted in 243 deaths or approximately 74% of the nation's fire fatalities. The monetary loss amounted to $529 million, which is 45% of the total loss. Taken from the Council of Canadian Fire Marshals and Fire Commissioners annual report for 2000. (This file is an Adobe PDF, you will need the FREE Adobe PDF reader to view it.)
- 284 fire deaths occurred in residential occupancies
- 80% of the fire deaths in residential buildings are children or people who are unable to remove themselves from the vicinity of the fire.
- Home fire deaths occur most often from smoke when people are asleep or when a fire grows out of control and traps people inside, between midnight and 6:00am.
- Residential fire loss amount to a staggering $517 million.
- 22,150 fires were reported in residential properties.
Facts supplied by Human Resources Development Canada- Fire Losses in Canada
Click here to download fire statistics for the City of Vancouver for the year 2001
U.S.A. Data can be found at The National Fire Protection Association web site
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