NFPA Home Electrical Fires Fact Sheet

Statistics on home electrical fires.

U.S. fire departments responded to an estimated average of 47,820 reported U.S. home structure fires involving electrical failure or malfunction in 2007-2011. These fires resulted in 455 civilian deaths, 1,518 civilian injuries and $1.48 billion in direct property damage. Roughly half of home electrical fires involved electrical distribution or…