Fire deaths 2021-2022
Delaware county rankings
Delaware's 3 counties are ranked by the Overall Fireground Index — a normalization of the civilian fire-death rate (Delaware Office of the State Fire Marshal counts per Census population), the one metric comparable across every county. Data confidence flags counties where small counts or sparse public reporting make the profile less certain; it is never folded into the score.
| Rank | County | Index | Fire-death rate | Deaths (5yr) | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kent County192,690 pop. | 75 | 1.14 | 11 | moderate |
| 2 | Sussex County271,134 pop. | 43 | 1.25 | 17 | moderate |
| 3 | New Castle County588,093 pop. | 32 | 1.29 | 38 | moderate |
Counties are ranked only against one another. A low fire-death count in a small county produces a high score but a limited confidence flag — the uncertainty is shown, not hidden. See the methodology and data sources.