National estimates
The 2022 national estimates for nonresidential building fires and losses show that there were:
- 129,500 fires.
- 140 deaths.
- 1,300 injuries.
- $3,741,200,000 in dollar loss.
Overall trends
Overall trends for nonresidential building fires and losses for the 10-year period of 2013 to 2022 show the following:
- A 27% increase in fires.
- An 83% 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 100% increase in nonresidential building fire deaths. In 2021, there were 5 reported multifatality fire incidents and 9 in 2022. These reported multifatality fire incidents may have contributed to the increase in the estimate of fire deaths. - A 21% decrease in injuries.
- A 23% increase in dollar loss*.
Fires, deaths, injuries and dollar loss
Nonresidential building fires (2013-2022)
2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | |
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Fires | 93700 | 99500 | 104600 | 96800 | 111000 | 103600 | 110900 | 103400 | 116500 | 129500 |
Nonresidential building fire deaths (2013-2022)
2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Deaths | 65 | 60 | 70 | 145 | 95 | 85 | 100 | 95 | 115 | 140 |
Nonresidential building fire injuries (2013-2022)
2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Injuries | 1425 | 1200 | 1325 | 1550 | 1200 | 1025 | 1125 | 1025 | 1025 | 1300 |
Nonresidential building fire dollar loss (2013-2022)
Year | Dollar loss |
---|---|
2013 | 3,092,200,000 |
2014 | 3,184,500,000 |
2015 | 3,322,800,000 |
2016 | 3,472,400,000 |
2017 | 3,246,700,000 |
2018 | 3,096,100,000 |
2019 | 3,285,100,000 |
2020 | 3,719,800,000 |
2021 | 3,993,000,000 |
2022 | 3,741,200,000 |
2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dollar loss | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 3.7 |