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Nonresidential Building Electrical Malfunction Fire Trends (2011‑2020)

National estimates

The 2020 national estimates for nonresidential building electrical malfunction fires and loss show that there were:

  • 6,800 fires.
  • $425,900,000 in dollar loss.

Overall trends

Overall trends for nonresidential building electrical malfunction fires and loss for the 10-year period of 2011 to 2020 show the following:

  • A 5% increase in fires.
  • A 20% increase in dollar loss.
    This overall constant dollar-loss trend takes inflation into account by adjusting each year's dollar loss to its equivalent 2020 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

2011201220132014201520162017201820192020
Fires7800640074008000820071008200810082006800

Nonresidential building electrical malfunction fire dollar loss

YearDollar loss
2011348100000
2012354700000
2013414600000
2014322300000
2015425500000
2016317900000
2017455800000
2018384900000
2019415700000
2020425900000