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Nonresidential Fire Estimate Summaries

Nonresidential building fire trends (2011-2020)

The 2020 national estimates for nonresidential building fires and losses show that there were:

  • 103,400 fires.
  • 95 deaths.
  • 1,025 injuries.
  • $3,289,600,000 in dollar loss.

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

  • A 22% increase in fires.
  • A 53% increase in deaths.
    In 2016, in Oakland, California, a fire at a former warehouse that had been 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 52% increase in nonresidential building fire deaths.
  • A 19% decrease in injuries.
  • An 11% 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, deaths, injuries and dollar loss

Nonresidential building fires

2011201220132014201520162017201820192020
Fires8540092800937009950010460096800111000103600110900103400

Nonresidential building fire deaths

2011201220132014201520162017201820192020
Deaths8065656070145958510095

Nonresidential building fire injuries

2011201220132014201520162017201820192020
Injuries1100145014251200132515501200102511251025

Nonresidential building fire dollar loss

YearDollar loss
20112,802,500,000
20122,785,400,000
20132,734,600,000
20142,816,200,000
20152,938,500,000
20163,070,900,000
20172,871,200,000
20182,738,100,000
20192,905,200,000
20203,289,600,000