Wildfires resulted in *** deaths in the United States in 2023. This has been the highest figure since 1990, mostly related to the Maui wildfires in Hawaii. There have been more than *** wildfire-related deaths in the U.S. since 1990.

The highest number of fire, flames or smoke-related deaths in the United States from 1920 to 2023 was in 1920 with around 9,300 such deaths. This statistic shows the timeline of the number of unintentional-injury-related deaths due to fire, flames, or smoke, in United States from 1920 to 2023.

The graph displays the number of firefighter deaths in the United States from 2013 to 2024. The x-axis represents the years, spanning from 2013 to 2024, while the y-axis indicates the annual number of firefighter fatalities. Over this 12-year period, the number of deaths fluctuates significantly, ranging from a low of 9 in 2015 to a high of 97 in 2014. Notable figures include 11 deaths in 2013, 85 in 2018, and 141 in 2021. The data shows considerable variability in yearly firefighter deaths, with no consistent upward or downward trend. This information is presented in a line graph format, effectively highlighting the annual changes and fluctuations in firefighter fatalities across the United States.

Wildfires in the southwestern United States are increasingly frequent and severe, but whether these trends exceed historical norms remains contested. Here we combine dendroecological records, satellite-derived burn severity, and field measured tree mortality to compare historical (1700-1880) and contemporary (1985-2020) fire regimes at tree-ring fire-scar sites in Arizona and New Mexico. We found that contemporary fire frequency, including recent, record fire years, is still <20% of historical levels. Since 1985, the fire return interval averages 58.8 years, compared to 11.4 years before 1880. Fire severity, however, has increased. At sites where trees historically survived many fires over centuries, 42% of recent fires resulted in high tree mortality. Suppressed wildfires tended to burn more severely than prescribed burns and fire use wildfires. These findings suggest that expanded use of low-severity prescribed and managed fire would help restore forest resilience and historical fi..., To quantify tree mortality from contemporary fires, we sampled fire effects at 74 of the 406 fire history sites used in the study. We located the field sites across a gradient of contemporary burn severity and fire management strategies. For example, proportion of fires in the full suppression category ranged from 100% in the Pinaleño and Santa Catalina Mountains to 14% on the Kaibab Plateau. Similarly, the proportion of sites which burned with high probability of tree mortality (CBI > 1.61) ranged from 73% in the Santa Catalina Mountains to 0% on the Kaibab. Data collection focused on six key geographic areas where networks of fire history sites had been established prior to wildfires occurring over the past ten years (2011-2020): the Jemez, Rincon, Santa Catalina, Pinaleño, and Chiricahua Mountains, and the Kaibab Plateau. In the Jemez Mountains, sites are in Bandelier National Monument (including the Bandelier Wilderness), the Valles Caldera National Preserve, and the Santa Fe Nat..., , # Data from: Contemporary fires are less frequent but more severe in dry conifer forests of the southwestern United States

https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.98sf7m0sn

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Field data were collected in Survey123, then adapted into .csv files for import and analysis in R. Sampling was performed in June - August 2021, and involved visits to 74 previously sampled tree-ring fire-scar sites. At each site center or found sampled tree, a 10-meter radius plot was installed, in which we recorded tree diameter at breast height (dbh), species, and status (live or dead). We measured diameter and assigned species for downed logs and recorded an overall count of trees both live and dead, standing and down. We also completed a modified (simplified) CBI protocol to assess severity, and counted seedlings by species across the plot. Sampling was focused on 6 geographic areas where networks of fire history sites had been est...

The graph presents the top causes of firefighter fatalities in the United States for the year 2024. The x-axis lists the specific causes of death, including Stress or Overexertion, Vehicle Collisions, Struck by Object, Caught or Trapped, Collapse), Fall, and Other. The y-axis measures the number of fatalities, ranging from 1 to 42 deaths. Stress or overexertion is the leading cause, resulting in 42 fatalities, while falls are the least common cause among the top categories, with only 2 deaths. Vehicle collisions and being struck by objects also rank high, contributing 8 and 9 fatalities respectively. The data underscores that both occupational stress and accidental incidents are significant factors in firefighter fatalities, highlighting areas for potential safety and mental health interventions.

Wildfires have consumed much of the western USA in the past couple days. Red Flag warnings are currently up in SW Colorado, Southern Utah, Northern Nevada, and in parts of Oregon and Washington. This dataset shows current conditions of these fires from the past 12 hours in United States. These fire information products were compiled at the USDA Forest Service (USFS) Remote Sensing Applications Center in cooperation with NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, the University of Maryland, the National Interagency Fire Center, and the USFS Missoula Fire Sciences Lab. For more information visit activefiremaps.fs.fed.us/recent3.php

Wildfires have consumed much of California in the past couple days. This dataset shows current conditions of these fires from the past 12 hours in California and the rest of the United States. These fire information products were compiled at the USDA Forest Service (USFS) Remote Sensing Applications Center in cooperation with NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, the University of Maryland, the National Interagency Fire Center, and the USFS Missoula Fire Sciences Lab. For more information visit activefiremaps.fs.fed.us/recent3.php

The map is a based on Census demographics data at block level and fire hazard zones indentified by LANDFIRE (Landscape Fire and Resource Management Planning Tools Project), part of US Forest Service of Interior Dept. The data from LANDFIRE was cross tabulated with Census demographics at block level to produce this map.

Tree spatial patterns in dry coniferous forests of the western US, and analogous ecosystems globally, were historically aggregated, comprising a mixture of single trees and groups of trees. Modern forests, in contrast, are generally more homogeneous and overstocked than their historical counterparts. As these modern forests lack regular fire, pattern formation and maintenance is generally attributed to fire. Accordingly, fires in modern forests may not yield historically analogous patterns. However, direct observations on how selective tree mortality among pre-existing forest structure shapes tree spatial patterns is limited. In this study, we (1) simulated fires in historical and contemporary counterpart plots in a Sierra Nevadan mixed-conifer forest, (2) estimated tree mortality, and (3) examined tree spatial patterns of live trees before and after fire, and of fire-killed trees. Tree mortality in the historical period was clustered and density-dependent, because trees were aggregated and segregated by tree size before fire. Thus, fires maintained an aggregated distribution of tree groups. Tree mortality in the contemporary period was widespread, except for dispersed large trees, because most trees were a part of large, interconnected tree groups. Thus, post-fire tree patterns were more uniform and devoid of moderately sized tree groups. Post-fire tree patterns in the historical period, unlike the contemporary period, were within the historical range of variability identified for the western US. This divergence suggests that decades of forest dynamics without significant disturbances has altered the historical means of pyric pattern formation. Our results suggest that ecological silvicultural treatments, such as forest restoration thinnings, which emulate qualities of historical forests may facilitate the reintroduction of fire as a means to reinforce forest structural heterogeneity.

This dataset explore Forest fires and forest land burned in Canada by province and territory in 2005 by recording the number of fires and breaking it down by causes. .. : not available for a specific period of time. 1. Intensive protection zone includes forested lands of high value and areas where a risk to human life exists. Limited protection zone includes remote forested lands or other areas of low value where intensive forest protection cannot be justified economically. Source: National Forestry Database Program, 2007, Forest Fires (accessed August 20, 2007). Last modified: 2007-10-12.

In 2021, there were about 338,000 home structure fires reported in the United States. This is a decrease from the previous year, when there were 356,500 home structure fires reported across the country.