Region

Fire loss rates nationwide and by region6 can be seen in Table 6. The South (5.2) and the Midwest (5.0) had the highest fire incident rates per thousand people.

The Northeast with 11.3 had the highest civilian death rate per million population followed closely by the Midwest (11.1), and the South (10.8).

The Northeast with 71.8 had the highest civilian injury rate per million population followed by the Midwest (64.5).

The Midwest with $44.0 property loss per capita had the highest property loss rate. Fire incident rates by region and community size are shown in Table 7. The Northeast

had the highest rate for communities of 500,000 or more and communities of 50,000 to 249,999, the Midwest had the highest rate for communities of 250,000 to 499,999, and the South had the highest rates for communities of 10,000 to 49,999, and smaller communities (populations of less than 10,000).

Civilian fire deaths per million population by region and community size are shown in Table 8. The Northeast had the highest rates for communities of 500,000 or more and communities of 25,000 to 99,999, the Midwest had the highest rates for communities of 100,000 to 499,999 and the South had the highest rates for communities of 10,000 to 24,999, and smaller communities (populations of less than 10,000).

Civilian fire injuries per million population by region and community size are shown in Table 9. The Northeast had the rates for communities of 500,000 or more and communities of 2,500 to 4,999, the Midwest had the highest rates for communities of 100,000 to 499,999, the South had the highest rates for communities of 25,000 to 49,999 and communities of 5,000 to 9,999 and the West had the highest rate for the smallest communities (populations of less than 2,500).

Property loss per capita by region and community size are shown in Table 10. The Midwest had the highest rate for communities of 100,000 to 249,999, and under 2,500 population, the West had the highest rates for communities of 10,000 to 24,999, and under 2,500, and the South had the highest rates for communities of 250,000 or more, communities of 25,000 to 99,999 and communities of 2,500 to 9,999.

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Table 6

Fire Loss Rates Nationwide and by Region, 2011

	Number of Fires	Civilian Deaths	Civilian Injuries
	per Thousand	per Million	per Million	Property Loss
Region	Population	Population	Population	per Capita
Nationwide	4.5	9.6	56.2	$37.4
Northeast	4.1	11.3	71.8	34.6
Midwest	5.0	11.1	64.5	44.0
South	5.2	10.8	54.1	36.2
West	3.1	5.2	39.9	35.5

Source: NFPA’s; Survey of Fire Departments for 2011 U.S. Fire Experience.

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Table 7

2011 Fires per Thousand Population

Population of Community	All Regions	Northeast	Midwest	South	West
500,000 or more	3.6	5.3	4.3	3.3	2.6
250,000 to 499,999	3.3	*	3.8	3.6	2.1
100,000 to 249,999	3.4	5.0	3.5	4.2	2.3
50,000 to 99,999	3.3	4.7	2.4	4.5	2.4
25,000 to 49,999	3.3	3.4	2.5	5.1	2.5
10,000 to 24,999	4.0	3.4	3.2	5.9	3.6
5,000 to 9,999	5.0	3.9	4.1	7.5	5.4
2,500 to 4,999	7.1	4.8	5.7	10.8	6.9
under 2,500	11.6	8.2	10.0	18.1	13.0

Source: NFPA's Survey of Fire Departments for 2011 U.S. Fire Experience. *Insufficient data

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Table 8

2011 Civilian Fire Deaths per Million Population by Region and Size of Community

Population of	All
Community	Regions	Northeast	Midwest	South	West
500,000 or more	6.5	9.6	8.1	6.8	3.5
250,000 to 499,999	8.4	*	12.9	7.4	3.8
100,000 to 249,999	9.4	9.9	12.9	10.8	5.9
50,000 to 99,999	7.2	9.2	8.1	7.3	4.7
25,000 to 49,999	6.9	13.8	6.1	6.5	3.7
10,000 to 24,999	11.3	9.7	10.1	15.7	6.4
5,000 to 9,999	9.4	9.3	9.0	13.2	3.1
2,500 to 4,999	16.2	9.8	13.0	15.9	8.0
under 2,500	14.0	15.8	9.4	19.2	25.9

Source: NFPA's Survey of Fire Departments for 2011 U.S. Fire Experience *Insufficient data

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Table 9

2011 Civilian Fire Injuries per Million Population by Region and Size of Community

Population of	All
Community	Regions	Northeast	Midwest	South	West
500,000 or more	60.7	113.4	41.8	39.4	51.6
250,000 to 499,999	60.0	*	84.2	75.4	14.9
100,000 to 249,999	63.4	61.9	100.3	65.3	43.5
50,000 to 99,999	61.0	78.6	64.4	69.4	37.0
25,000 to 49,999	60.3	79.3	52.7	87.0	16.9
10,000 to 24,999	65.3	50.9	75.8	73.7	17.3
5,000 to 9,999	45.1	37.0	45.1	58.2	34.4
2,500 to 4,999	31.1	59.4	21.7	36.2	*
under 2,500	31.7	47.1	28.1	*	77.7

Source: NFPA's Survey of Fire Departments for 2011 U.S. Fire Experience. *Insufficient data

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Table 10

2011 Property Loss per Person by Region and Size of Community

Population of	All
Community	Regions	Northeast	Midwest	South	West
500,000 or more	$30.2	*	$28.4	$32.9	$26.5
250,000 to 499,999	30.4	*	29.2	34.3	25.6
100,000 to 249,999	33.8	*	41.8	34.3	28.4
50,000 to 99,999	33.0	25.7	34.9	38.9	22.4
25,000 to 49,999	33.0	34.6	30.8	38.4	26.7
10,000 to 24,999	40.8	33.5	41.0	41.4	45.3
5,000 to 9,999	56.9	51.5	54.5	63.9	60.3
2,500 to 4,999	65.5	47.3	62.4	92.4	37.0
under 2,500	99.1	95.9	99.6	80.2	127.6

Source: NFPA's Survey of Fire Departments for 2011 U.S. Fire Experience. *Insufficient data

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