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Nonresidential Fire Estimate Summaries (2014-2023)

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)

2014201520162017201820192020202120222023
Fires9950010460096800111000103600110900103400116500129500110000

Nonresidential building fire deaths (2014-2023)

2014201520162017201820192020202120222023
Deaths6070145958510095115140130

Nonresidential building fire injuries (2014-2023)

2014201520162017201820192020202120222023
Injuries1200132515501200102511251025102513001200

Nonresidential building fire dollar loss (2014-2023)

YearDollar loss
20143315600000
20153459600000
20163615400000
20173380400000
20183223600000
20193420300000
20203872900000
20214157400000
20223895200000
20233164400000
2014201520162017201820192020202120222023
Dollar loss3.33.53.63.43.23.43.94.23.93.2