Nonresidential Building Electrical Malfunction Fire Trends (2015-2024)
National estimates
The 2024 national estimates for nonresidential building electrical malfunction fires and loss show that there were:
- 8,000 fires.
- $697,400,000 in dollar loss.*
Overall trends
Overall trends for nonresidential building electrical malfunction fires and loss for the 10-year period of 2015 to 2024 show the following:
- 3% decrease in fires.
-
13% decrease in dollar loss.**
- A $173,000,000 pier fire in California contributed to the 2024 dollar-loss peak.
- * 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.
- ** This overall constant dollar-loss trend takes inflation into account by adjusting each year's dollar loss to its equivalent 2024 value.
Fires and dollar loss
Nonresidential building electrical malfunction fires (2015-2024)
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fires | 8200 | 7100 | 8200 | 8100 | 8200 | 6800 | 7200 | 8000 | 7400 | 8000 |
Nonresidential building electrical malfunction fire dollar loss (2015-2024)
| Year | Dollar loss |
|---|---|
| 2015 | 515700000 |
| 2016 | 385300000 |
| 2017 | 552500000 |
| 2018 | 466500000 |
| 2019 | 503900000 |
| 2020 | 516200000 |
| 2021 | 580900000 |
| 2022 | 401400000 |
| 2023 | 364800000 |
| 2024 | 697400000 |