Am I at Risk?

Since 1970, more than 10,000 homes and 20,000 other structures and facilities have been lost nationwide to severe wildfires. With forests turned into timberboxes by drought and decades of fire suppression, fire seasons are becoming more and more devastating.

The wildfire statistics since 1998 tell a frightening story:

Year	Total Fires¹(AZ)	Total Acres Burned (AZ)	Total Fires (U.S.)	Total Acres Burned (U.S.)	Total Structures Lost (U.S.)
1998	3,233	51,150	81,043	2,329,709	No data
1999	3,211	82,280	93,702	5,661,976	817
2000	3,579	82,896	122,827	8,422,237	861
2001	3,167	30,503	84,079	3,570,911	731
2002	3,218	629,876	88,458	6,937,584	815
¹ All data from National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC), Boise, Idaho (www.nifc.gov)

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