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Nonresidential Building Cooking Fire Trends (2012‑2021)

National estimates

The 2021 national estimates for nonresidential building cooking fires and loss show that there were:

  • 31,100 fires.
  • $72,100,000 in dollar loss.

Overall trends

Overall trends for nonresidential building cooking fires and loss for the 10-year period of 2012 to 2021 show the following:

  • A 14% increase in fires.
  • A 2% decrease 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 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 cooking fires

2012201320142015201620172018201920202021
Fires27200274002900030900289003370031700332002860031100

Nonresidential building cooking fire dollar loss

YearDollar loss
201251100000
201379000000
201460800000
201564600000
201666200000
201753400000
201855800000
201963200000
202053300000
202172100000