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# California Fire Loss and Fire Department Profile

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This page presents a snapshot of California fire losses reported through the National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) in 2021.

Also included is information about California fire departments and firefighter and home fire fatalities in 2023.

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## NFIRS data (2021)

### All fire casualties

1.5Deaths

4.0Injuries

per 1,000 fires
In 2021, the national average was 2.3 deaths and 7.2 injuries per 1,000 fires.

### Residential structure fire casualties

5.7Deaths

17.1Injuries

per 1,000 fires
In 2021, the national average was 6.5 deaths and 20.9 injuries per 1,000 fires.

### Fires casualties by general incident type

* Structures include residential and nonresidential buildings.

### Incident types

### California

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##### California incident types

| Emergency medical services (EMS) | 66.7% |
|----------------------------------|-------|
| 15.0%                            |
| 6.3%                             |
| 5.6%                             |
| 4.2%                             |
| 1.7%                             |
| 0.3%                             |
| 0.1%                             |
| 0.1%                             |

Table may not total 100 percent due to rounding.

### National average

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##### National average incident types

| EMS   | 65.4% |
|-------|-------|
| 11.5% |
| 7.8%  |
| 7.7%  |
| 3.7%  |
| 3.0%  |
| 0.7%  |
| 0.2%  |
| 0.1%  |

Table may not total 100% due to rounding.

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## Fire departments (2023)

Source: National Fire Department Registry

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### Fire department types

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### Fire department specialized services

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## Fire fatalities

### On-duty firefighter fatalities (2024)

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### Home fire fatalities (2024)

Source: U.S. news media

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Page last reviewed: June 30, 2023

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