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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
2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fires | 85400 | 92800 | 93700 | 99500 | 104600 | 96800 | 111000 | 103600 | 110900 | 103400 |
Nonresidential building fire deaths
2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Deaths | 80 | 65 | 65 | 60 | 70 | 145 | 95 | 85 | 100 | 95 |
Nonresidential building fire injuries
2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Injuries | 1100 | 1450 | 1425 | 1200 | 1325 | 1550 | 1200 | 1025 | 1125 | 1025 |
Nonresidential building fire dollar loss
Year | Dollar loss |
---|---|
2011 | 2,802,500,000 |
2012 | 2,785,400,000 |
2013 | 2,734,600,000 |
2014 | 2,816,200,000 |
2015 | 2,938,500,000 |
2016 | 3,070,900,000 |
2017 | 2,871,200,000 |
2018 | 2,738,100,000 |
2019 | 2,905,200,000 |
2020 | 3,289,600,000 |
2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dollar loss | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 3.3 |