Home Heating Fires report - NFPA Heating equipment is a leading cause of fires in US homes Home fires involving heating equipment follow a clear seasonal pattern and are most common during the cold weather months Municipal fire departments in the US responded to an estimated annual average of 44,210 home structure fires caused by heating equipment in 2016–2020
Safety with heating equipment - NFPA Heating equipment is one of the leading causes of home fire deaths Fire departments responded to an estimated average of 38,881 fires involving heating equipment per year from 2019-2023, accounting for 12% of all reported home fires during this time, and these fires resulted in estimated annual 432 civilian deaths, 1,352 civilian injuries, and $1 1 billion in property damages
Heating Equipment and Winter Fires - NFPA Heating equipment is the leading cause of home fires in winter months, learn about fire safety tips to prevent such incidents
Heating Safety Tip Sheet free download available. - NFPA Use it to educate your community about home heating safety Heating Safety Tip Sheet free download available This NFPA resource shares simple tips for helping to prevent most heating fires
NFPA 22 and Water Storage Tanks NFPA 22 provides requirements for the design, construction, installation, and maintenance of fire protection water tanks and accessory equipment
Staying Safer from Natural Gas and Propane Leaks and Explosions - NFPA Fuel gases including natural gas and liquefied petroleum gases (LP-Gas) such as propane and butane are used to supply many pieces of equipment within households such as stoves, portable space heaters, ranges, furnaces, water heaters, clothes dryers, gas refrigerators, gas lamps, and fuel-gas-burning fireplaces
Buy NFPA 31, Standard This is a must-have safety document for designers, contractors, installers, and anyone else responsible for ensuring fire-safe installations of heating equipment Related Products About NFPA
Home Structure Fires | NFPA Research Heating equipment was the second leading cause of fire deaths in one- or two-family homes, immediately behind smoking materials Although space heaters, including portable heaters and those that are permanently installed, were involved in only 4 percent of the total home fires, these incidents accounted for 16 percent of all the home fire deaths