This Fifteenth Edition covers the 5-year period of 2003 to 2007 with a primary focus on 2007. Only native National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) 5.0 data are used for NFIRS-based analyses. In 2007, the native NFIRS 5.0 data account for 98 percent of the fire incident data.

The National Fire Data Center periodically publishes ¿Fire in the U.S.¿, a statistical overview of the fires in the U.S. with the focus on the latest year in which data were available at the time of preparation. This report is designed to equip the fire service and others with information that motivates corrective action, sets priorities, targets specific fire programs, serves as a model for State and local analyses of fire data, and provides a baseline for evaluating programs. This 15th edition covers the five-year period of 2003 to 2007 with a primary focus on 2007. This report addresses the overall national fire problem. Charts and tables.