Cost of Wildfires (USA)

Maybe this doesn't matter because the numbers are so low, but the real per capita cost of wildfire suppression in the US has increased by a factor of over 4 in 40 years:

That's only 4% per year, in real (inflation-adjusted) money. Probably not enough that anyone will care.

Data: 

* Wildfire costs

* US population 

* US Consumer price index

I hoped for more meaningful results. Sorry.