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Nonresidential Building Other Unintentional, Careless Fire Trends (2012‑2021)

National estimates

The 2021 national estimates for nonresidential building other unintentional, careless fires and loss show that there were:

  • 14,100 fires.
  • $542,100,000 in dollar loss.

Overall trends

Overall trends for nonresidential building other unintentional, careless fires and loss for the 10-year period of 2012 to 2021 show the following:

  • A 55% increase in fires.
  • A 5% increase in dollar loss.*
    A $100,000,000 West, Texas, fertilizer plant fire and a $40,000,000 Burlington, Wisconsin, manufacturing plant fire contributed to the 2013 dollar-loss peak. A $31,000,000 reported fire in a Los Angeles, California, religious property and a $25,250,000 reported warehouse fire in Hopkins, Minnesota, contributed to the 2015 and 2016 dollar-loss peaks, respectively.
*This overall constant dollar-loss trend takes inflation into account by adjusting each year's dollar loss to its equivalent 2021 value.

Fires and dollar loss

Deaths and injuries by individual causes are not shown, as small numbers of nonresidential building casualties are reported to the NFIRS, and many of the fires that caused these casualties have insufficient information to determine fire cause.

Nonresidential building other unintentional, careless fires

2012201320142015201620172018201920202021
Fires910086001000010900107001230011900128001220014100

Nonresidential building other unintentional, careless fire dollar loss

YearDollar loss
2012392600000
2013655700000
2014441900000
2015607000000
2016609200000
2017518900000
2018546000000
2019458900000
2020564500000
2021542100000