Fire Safety Tips

13 years ago

    Cooking fires are the No. 1 cause of home fires and home fire injuries. Two-thirds (66 percent) of home cooking fires start with the ignition of food or other cooking materials.
Facts & figures
    • Cooking equipment fires are the leading cause of home structure fires and associated civilian injuries. These fires accounted for 40 percent of all reported home structure fires and 36 percent of home civilian injuries.
    • Cooking equipment was involved in two of every five (41 percent) reported home fires.
    • Unattended cooking was by far the leading contributing factor in these fires.
    • Clothing was the item first ignited in less than 1 percent of these fires, but these incidents accounted for 15 percent of the cooking fire deaths.
    • Ranges accounted for the largest share (59 percent) of home cooking fire incidents. Ovens accounted for 16 percent.
    • Three of every five (59 percent) reported non-fatal home cooking fire injuries occurred when the victims tried to fight the fire themselves.
    • Thanksgiving is the peak day for home cooking fires.
Source: NFPA Fire Analysis and Research Division.