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Nonresidential Building Electrical Malfunction Fire Trends (2014-2023)

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National estimates

The 2023 national estimates for nonresidential building electrical malfunction fires and loss show that there were:

  • 7,400 fires.
  • $354,400,000 in dollar loss.

Deaths and injuries by individual causes are not shown, as small numbers of nonresidential building casualties are reported to the NFIRS, and many of the fires that caused these casualties have insufficient information to determine fire cause.

Overall trends

Overall trends for nonresidential building electrical malfunction fires and loss for the 10-year period of 2014 to 2023 show the following:

  • A 7% decrease in fires.
  • A 1% decrease in dollar loss.*

* This overall constant dollar-loss trend takes inflation into account by adjusting each year's dollar loss to its equivalent 2023 value.

Fires and dollar loss

Deaths and injuries by individual causes are not shown, as small numbers of nonresidential building casualties are reported to the NFIRS, and many of the fires that caused these casualties have insufficient information to determine fire cause.

Nonresidential building electrical malfunction fires (2014-2023)

Nonresidential building electrical malfunction fires (2014-2023)
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Fires 8000 8200 7100 8200 8100 8200 6800 7200 8000 7400

Nonresidential building electrical malfunction fire dollar loss (2014-2023)

Nonresidential building electrical malfunction fire dollar loss (2014-2023)
Year Dollar loss
2014 379400000
2015 500900000
2016 374300000
2017 536700000
2018 453100000
2019 489500000
2020 501400000
2021 564300000
2022 389900000
2023 354400000