Nonresidential Fire Estimate Summaries (2014-2023)
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National estimates
The 2023 national estimates for nonresidential building fires and losses show that there were:
110,000 fires.
130 deaths.
1,200 injuries.
$3,164,400,000 in dollar loss.
Overall trends
Overall trends for nonresidential building fires and losses for the 10-year period of 2014 to 2023 show the following:
A 19% increase in fires.
A 70% increase in deaths. In 2016, in Oakland, California, a fire at a former warehouse 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 93% increase in nonresidential building fire deaths. In 2021, there were 5 reported multifatality fire incidents and 9 each in 2022 and 2023. These reported multifatality fire incidents may have contributed to the increase in the estimate of fire deaths.
A 14% decrease in injuries.
A 10% increase 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, deaths, injuries and dollar loss
Nonresidential building fires (2014-2023)
Nonresidential building fires (2014-2023)
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
Fires
99,500
104,600
96,800
111,000
103,600
110,900
103,400
116,500
129,500
110,000
Nonresidential building fire deaths (2014-2023)
Nonresidential building fire deaths (2014-2023)
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
Deaths
60
70
145
95
85
100
95
115
140
130
Nonresidential building fire injuries (2014-2023)
Nonresidential building fire injuries (2014-2023)
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
Injuries
1,200
1,325
1,550
1,200
1,025
1,125
1,025
1,025
1,300
1,200
Nonresidential building fire dollar loss (2014-2023)
Nonresidential building fire dollar loss (2014-2023)