Nonresidential Building Electrical Malfunction Fire Trends (2014-2023)
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)
| 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)
| Year | Dollar loss |
|---|---|
| 2014 | 379400000 |
| 2015 | 500900000 |
| 2016 | 374300000 |
| 2017 | 536700000 |
| 2018 | 453100000 |
| 2019 | 489500000 |
| 2020 | 501400000 |
| 2021 | 564300000 |
| 2022 | 389900000 |
| 2023 | 354400000 |