General Home Or Room Involvement In Fires
Twenty years of CPSC NEISS emergency-room records for this consumer product category, combined with demographic breakdowns, multi-year injury trends, and matching recall notices.
Building Materials & Home Structures · CPSC Code 1866
Up 23% over 5 years
The verdict
General Home Or Room Involvement In Fires carry a danger score of 71/100 (high risk), driven by roughly 14,776 ER-treated injuries a year that are rising by about 23% over the last five years.
- 71/100
- danger score (high risk)
- 14,776
- ER visits per year (avg)
- 25.1%
- end in hospital admission
- 25-34
- most-injured age group
Every figure is rendered from the CPSC NEISS record for product code 1866 - last data year 2024.
PlainSafety danger score
How this 71/100 score is built
The score is computed from four CPSC-derived factors for general home or room involvement in fires - no opinion, no editorializing:
- Injury volume14,776 ER visits/yr
- Severity (hospitalization rate)25.1%
- Fatality rate2.58%
- 5-year trend+23%
See the full methodology for the exact weighting of each factor.
What the CPSC Data Shows
General Home Or Room Involvement In Fires (CPSC product code 1866, in the Building Materials & Home Structures category) generate an estimated 14,776 emergency-room visits every year in the United States, adding up to roughly 295,527 ER-treated injuries across the 20-year span from 2005 to 2024. PlainSafety derives a danger score of 71/100 for this category (high risk), combining raw injury volume, demographic reach, severity of outcome, and multi-year trend. The five-year trajectory shows that injury counts are rising by about 23% over the last five years, with the busiest year on record being 2024 (20,982 estimated ER visits) and the quietest 2009 (11,446 estimated visits).
The single most common ER diagnosis for general home or room involvement in fires is anoxia to the all parts body, accounting for approximately 214,481 visits across the 20-year NEISS window, followed by burns, thermal to the face (12,666 cases). The 25-34 age group absorbs the largest share of injuries, about 44,618 cases over the NEISS window, and females appear slightly more often than the opposite sex in that cohort. Severity outcomes from the NEISS disposition field show that 25.1% of ER visits involving this product end in hospital admission or transfer, and a small fraction (2.58%) result in fatality.
Beyond the hospital-sampled NEISS projections, this page also aggregates 0 consumer incident reports filed directly on SaferProducts.gov, plus 20 anonymized ER narratives - together forming a layered picture of how general home or room involvement in fires fail in real households. Every figure on this page comes from CPSC-published data: NEISS projects national estimates from a probability sample of about 100 U.S. hospital emergency departments, while SaferProducts.gov collects voluntary reports from consumers, manufacturers, and clinicians. The danger score, trend indicators, and demographic breakdowns update automatically when CPSC releases a new yearly NEISS file, which is why this page is dated 2024-12-31. For regulatory context, consult CPSC recall notices and the SaferProducts.gov public database linked below.
Annual Injury Estimates (2005–2024)
Source: CPSC NEISS national estimates CPSC NEISS national estimates Injuries represent ER-treated cases only
Who Gets Injured?
| Age Group | Male | Female | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-4 | 13,011 | 9,942 | |
| 5-14 | 12,582 | 13,422 | |
| 15-24 | 16,902 | 17,114 | |
| 25-34 | 21,234 | 23,328 | |
| 35-44 | 20,575 | 19,842 | |
| 45-54 | 22,496 | 17,602 | |
| 55-64 | 21,963 | 17,700 | |
| 65-74 | 14,551 | 11,740 | |
| 75+ | 8,794 | 11,680 |
Most Common Injuries
| Body Part | Diagnosis | Est. Injuries |
|---|---|---|
| All Parts Body | Anoxia | |
| Face | Burns, Thermal | |
| Hand | Burns, Thermal | |
| Lower Arm | Burns, Thermal | |
| All Parts Body | Burns, Thermal | |
| 25-50% Of Body | Burns, Thermal | |
| Upper Trunk | Burns, Thermal | |
| Foot | Burns, Thermal | |
| All Parts Body | Other | |
| Lower Leg | Burns, Thermal | |
| Upper Trunk | Other | |
| Not Stated/unk | Other | |
| Head | Burns, Thermal | |
| Finger | Burns, Thermal | |
| Not Stated/unk | Burns, Thermal |
Severity Breakdown
ER Visit Narratives
Real anonymized emergency room reports from the CPSC NEISS database.
61 YOM WAS INVOLVED IN A HOUSE FIRE INHALED SMOKE AND INJURED LOWER ARMS FIRE DEPT DID ATTEND DX ANOXIA THERMAL BURNS LOWER ARMS
31YOF PRESENT TO ED AFTER SHE WAS IN A HOUSE FIRE.HER HOUSE CAUGHT ON FIRE,REPORTEDLY CLIMBED OUT FIRE ESCAPE,HIT HER FACE CAUSING LESIONS D/T POOR VISIBILITY,TRYING TO FIND HER BOYFRIEND WHO WAS IN THE HOUSE AND THEIR DOG.COULDNT TAKE THE SMOKE ANYLONGER AND GOT OUT.PT C/O NOSE SWELLING SHUT.SCATTERED PUNCTATE SUPERFICIAL BURNS L LEG/L BUTTOCK/R FLANKDX:BURN
59YOF FROM HOME WAS INVOLVED IN AN APARTMENT FIRE AND INHALED A GREAT AMOUNT OF SMOKE WAS USING METH AND MARIJUANA AT THE TIME CPK 14,970 NOTHING STATED ABOUT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT DX: ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SMOKE INHALATION; TRAUMATIC RHABDOMYOLYSIS
66YOM, C/O BURNS LEGS & LEFT ARM, HOUSE FIRE, HX LEFT BKA, TROUBLE GETTING OUT OF HOUSE DX: BURNS TO LEFT THIGH, BUTTOCKS, RIGHT LOWER EXTREMITY, LEFT HAND, MULTIPLE DIGITS, 22% TBSA
4 YOF INVOLVED IN A HOUSE FIRE A FEW DAYS AGO. STILL COUGHING. FD NOT STATED. DX SMOKE INHALLATION
62YOM BROUGHT IN BY EMS FROM A HOUSE FIRE, WAS THERE FOR APPROXIMATELY 15 MINUTES BEFORE GETTING OUT. PATIENT PRESENTS WITH SINGED HAIR TO THE FACE, NARES, NEW ONSET PRODUCTIVE COUGH, DIFFICULT BREATHING, CHEST PAIN. PATIENT SLIPPED AND FELL ONTO BACK THREE TIMES BEFORE GETTING OUT. UNKNOWN IF FIRE RESPONDED. DX:SMOKE INHALATION; ACUTE NONINTRACTABLE HEADACHE.
55 YOM APARTMENT FIRE AND HE INHALED A LOT OF SMOKE, SOB DX; SMOKE INHALATION, AMA
50YOM, INVOLVED IN HOUSE FIRE, WENT BACK IN TO GET STUFF OUT OF HOUSE, SOOT NOTED TO BACK OF THROAT, BURN TOP OF HEAD, HOARSE VOICE DX: INHALATION BURN
92 YOF WAS FOUND DOWN IN A HOUSE FIRE. FD NS. +BURNS RIGHT HAND, ARM AND CHEST. DX: SMOKE INHALATION, LACTIC ACID ACIDOSIS, CARBON MONOXIDE EXPOSURE, BURN OF SKIN.
66 YOM PRESENTS WITH SOB AND HEADACHE. HE REPORTS THE APARTMENT ABOVE HIM HAD A FIRE. HE IS UNSURE OF SMOKE EXPOSURE. COHGB NOT DONE ?FD DX SOB
56 YOM TRAUMA HOUSE FIRE, FD UNKNOWN DX TRAUMA
33 YOF INVOLVED IN 2 STRUCTURE HOUSE FIRE, WAS IN THE FIRE AROUND 2 MINUTES WITH + FACIAL AND INTRAORAL BURNS, PT INTUBATED FOR AIRWAY PROTECTION, COHGB 2.4, + FIRE DEPARTMENT. DX: FACIAL BURNS INVOLVING AIRWAY, HIGH RISK FOR RESPIRATORY FAILURE SECONDARY TO INTRAORAL BURNS
Product Recalls
Search for active and past recalls related to general home or room involvement in fires on the CPSC website.
Frequently Asked Questions
How dangerous are general home or room involvement in fires?
Based on 20 years of CPSC data, general home or room involvement in fires have a danger score of 71/100 (high risk). An estimated 14,776 ER-treated injuries occur annually in the U.S. related to this product category.
What are the most common injuries from general home or room involvement in fires?
The most common injury is anoxia to the all parts body, accounting for approximately 214,481 injuries over 20 years.
Are injuries from general home or room involvement in fires increasing or decreasing?
Up 23% over 5 years.
Who is most at risk for general home or room involvement in fires injuries?
The 25-34 age group accounts for the most injuries, with approximately 44,618 cases recorded over 20 years. Females are more frequently injured in this age group.
What happens when someone is injured by general home or room involvement in fires?
Of all ER visits involving general home or room involvement in fires, approximately 25.1% result in hospital admission. The majority of patients (74.9%) are treated and released from the emergency department.
How can I report a safety problem with general home or room involvement in fires?
You can file a consumer incident report at SaferProducts.gov, the official CPSC reporting portal. Reports help the CPSC identify emerging hazards and trigger investigations or recalls. You can also call the CPSC hotline at 1-800-638-2772.
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What this means for you
Treat the 71/100 score as relative risk between products, not your personal odds of injury.
- See where this category ranks against every other tracked product. Full rankings
- Injuries cluster in the 25-34 age group, take extra care if that describes your household.
- Check for active recalls on this product before you assume it is safe. CPSC recalls
NEISS estimates ER-treated injuries from a national probability sample of hospitals; they do not capture injuries treated elsewhere or not treated at all.
Data: CPSC National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS) 2005–2024 and SaferProducts.gov consumer incident reports. Injury estimates are based on a nationally representative probability sample of U.S. hospital emergency departments. This page is for informational purposes only and is not affiliated with the CPSC.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, scored, and verified.
