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Nonresidential building fire trends (2012‑2021)
The 2021 national estimates for nonresidential building fires and losses show that there were:
- 116,500 fires.
- 115 deaths.
- 1,025 injuries.
- $3,697,200,000 in dollar loss.
Overall trends for nonresidential building fires and losses for the 10-year period of 2012 to 2021 show the following:
- A 20% increase in fires.
- A 70% increase in deaths.
In 2016, in Oakland, California, a fire at a former warehouse that had been converted to mixed-use properties with an assembly area contributed to the peak in fire deaths; 35 fire deaths were reported to the NFIRS as a result of this incident. Excluding these 35 deaths from the 10-year trend analysis results in an overall 79% increase in nonresidential building fire deaths. In 2021, 5 reported multifatality fire incidents may have contributed to the increase in the estimate of fire deaths. - A 31% decrease in injuries.
- An 21% increase in dollar loss.
This overall constant dollar-loss trend takes inflation into account by adjusting each year's dollar loss to its equivalent 2021 value.
Fires, deaths, injuries and dollar loss
Nonresidential building fires
2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | |
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Fires | 92800 | 93700 | 99500 | 104600 | 96800 | 111000 | 103600 | 110900 | 103400 | 116500 |
Nonresidential building fire deaths
2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Deaths | 65 | 65 | 60 | 70 | 145 | 95 | 85 | 100 | 95 | 115 |
Nonresidential building fire injuries
2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Injuries | 1450 | 1425 | 1200 | 1325 | 1550 | 1200 | 1025 | 1125 | 1025 | 1025 |
Nonresidential building fire dollar loss
Year | Dollar loss |
---|---|
2012 | 2,916,300,000 |
2013 | 2,863,100,000 |
2014 | 2,948,500,000 |
2015 | 3,076,600,000 |
2016 | 3,215,100,000 |
2017 | 3,006,100,000 |
2018 | 2,866,700,000 |
2019 | 3,041,700,000 |
2020 | 3,444,200,000 |
2021 | 3,697,200,000 |
2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | |
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Dollar loss | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 3.7 |