Fire Data & Statistics

Incident Type Summary, Virginia, 2005-2010

Year	Fires	Rescue and EMS	All Other Calls	Total Number of Incidents	Aid Given	Fire Exposures	Grand Total
2005	27,649	344,858	174,056	546,563	35,193	443	582,199
2006	31,538	356,958	182,587	571,083	39,534	501	611,118
2007	34,054	381,159	191,026	606,239	38,345	765	645,349
2008	29,393	394,891	195,257	619,541	36,943	579	657,063
2009*	26,139	424,182	194,798	645,119	34,331	487	679,937
2010**	12,284	184,946	83,500	280,730	15,314	191	296,235

Fire Dollar Loss / Casualty Summary, Virginia, 2005-2010

Year	Total Fire Dollar Loss	Civilian Fire Injuries	Civilian Fire Deaths	Fire Service Injuries	Fire Service Deaths
2005	$487,375,093	403	68	309	1
2006	$253,711,953	436	96	297	0
2007	$411,808,565	455	82	236	3
2008	$444,800,936	474	80	335	1
2009*	$278,180,173	382	68	341	1
2010**	$123,960,530	224	33	181	0

2009 VFIRS Data Quick Facts*

Incident Type Summary, Virginia, 2009

Fire departments in Virginia responded to an average of 1,768 incidents per day in 2009; one incident occurred every 49 seconds.
Rescue and EMS calls accounted for 66% or two-thirds of the total incidents in Virginia in 2009; fires only made up 4% of the calls.
The total fire dollar loss associated with fires in Virginia in 2009 was $278 million.
One civilian was killed or injured by fire in Virginia every 19 hours in 2009.

* Data is compiled from all incidents reported for 2009 as of the final closeout on 3/5/2010.
** Numbers compiled from incidents reported for 2010 as of 7/28/2010. Data for 2010 is considered preliminary since we are continuously receiving new and updated reports from fire departments.