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# New York Fire Loss and Fire Department Profile

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

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

National Fire Department Registry

1,071NFIRS

## NFIRS data (2021)

### All fire casualties

0.7Deaths

10.6Injuries

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

0.9Deaths

15.7Injuries

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

### New York

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##### New York incident types

| Emergency medical services (EMS) | 48.9% |
|----------------------------------|-------|
| 14.0%                            |
| 11.8%                            |
| 7.7%                             |
| 7.3%                             |
| 5.6%                             |
| 4.0%                             |
| 0.3%                             |
| 0.3%                             |

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 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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