Strong language from Richard M Patton, President, Crusade Against Fire Deaths, Inc.....

When an airplane crashes the investigation is thorough and nearly always the cause is discovered. This produces corrections. Therefore air travel is very safe. Fire investigations are at the opposite end of the spectrum. Therefore the United States has one of the highest fire death rates in the world, if not the highest. Here's how an agency of the federal government describes it:
"The U.S. fire problem, on a per capita basis, is one of the worst in the industrial world.