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Comparison of fire and death statistics between 2023 and 2024
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FDNY officials provide a comparison of fire and death statistics between 2023 and 2024, focusing on lithium-ion battery fires and overall civilian fire fatalities.
- Lithium-ion battery fire deaths: 18 in 2023, reduced to 6 in 2024 (67% decrease)
- Overall civilian fire fatalities: 102 in FY 2023, reduced to 74 in FY 2024
- Current year-to-date civilian fire fatalities: 22, compared to 19 at the same time last year
Oswald Feliz
1:20:40
Yep.
1:20:41
Yep.
1:20:41
Thank you for the information.
1:20:44
Can you give us information about or maybe compare the twenty twenty three and 2024 numbers?
1:20:49
I know you mentioned there's a there's been a decrease of like sixty five percent in deaths.
1:20:53
Could you give us the numbers on that and also the amount of fires?
1:20:57
My understanding is that the deaths are down, but the fires are pretty much numbers are pretty much the same, if I'm correct.
Robert Tucker
1:21:03
So in 2021, we had four deaths.
1:21:06
In 2022, we had six deaths.
1:21:09
In 2023, we had eighteen deaths related all to lithium ion battery fires.
1:21:17
And then happily in '24, we had six.
1:21:20
But I say happily in that that's the sixty seven percent decrease.
1:21:25
But be aware and assured that we are not going to stop talking about this till zero is the number.
Oswald Feliz
1:21:34
Okay.
1:21:34
What about numbers regarding general fires, regardless of the of if there was a death or not?
1:21:40
Do you have any numbers on that?
1:21:42
If not, you could send it over after.
Robert Tucker
1:21:45
So so you're talking about non yeah.
1:21:47
In the MMR.
Lizette Christoff
1:21:49
Yeah.
1:21:49
So the civilian fire fatalities as reported in the MMR.
1:21:55
So the number for the year prior to last year, FY '23, was a hundred and two, and the number for last fiscal year, FY '24, was seventy
Oswald Feliz
1:22:04
four.
1:22:05
Okay.
Robert Tucker
1:22:06
And I would I would just note, I think it's current, that we're at 22 right now.
1:22:13
We were at 19 this time last year.
1:22:16
That's not a happy trend.