Residential Building Electrical Malfunction Fire Trends (2015-2024)
National estimates
The 2024 national estimates for residential building electrical malfunction fires and losses show that there were:
- 26,400 fires.
- 255 deaths.
- 800 injuries.
- $1,555,500,000 in dollar loss.
Overall trends
Overall trends for residential building electrical malfunction fires and losses for the 10-year period of 2015 to 2024 show the following:
- 5% increase in fires.
- 7% decrease in deaths.
- 1% increase in injuries.
-
25% increase in dollar loss.*
- The 2022 high-dollar-loss fires included an $11,000,000 fire in Missouri.
Fires, deaths, injuries and dollar loss
Residential building electrical malfunction fires (2015-2024)
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fires | 24500 | 23500 | 24100 | 25700 | 24200 | 23400 | 24200 | 26100 | 23700 | 26400 |
Residential building electrical malfunction fire deaths (2015-2024)
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deaths | 290 | 310 | 200 | 255 | 225 | 200 | 295 | 185 | 305 | 255 |
Residential building electrical malfunction fire injuries (2015-2024)
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Injuries | 850 | 800 | 750 | 825 | 1050 | 975 | 900 | 850 | 800 | 800 |
Residential building electrical malfunction fire dollar loss (2015-2024)
| Year | Dollar loss |
|---|---|
| 2015 | 1256300000 |
| 2016 | 1185500000 |
| 2017 | 1353700000 |
| 2018 | 1533300000 |
| 2019 | 1482600000 |
| 2020 | 1376800000 |
| 2021 | 1390900000 |
| 2022 | 1599700000 |
| 2023 | 1545900000 |
| 2024 | 1555500000 |