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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)

2014201520162017201820192020202120222023
Fires8000820071008200810082006800720080007400

Nonresidential building electrical malfunction fire dollar loss (2014-2023)

YearDollar loss
2014379400000
2015500900000
2016374300000
2017536700000
2018453100000
2019489500000
2020501400000
2021564300000
2022389900000
2023354400000