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Nonresidential Building Cooking Fire Trends (2014-2023)

National estimates

The 2023 national estimates for nonresidential building cooking fires and loss show that there were:

  • 33,300 fires.
  • $50,300,000 in 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.

Overall trends

Overall trends for nonresidential building cooking fires and loss for the 10-year period of 2014 to 2023 show the following:

  • A 13% increase in fires.
  • A 1% 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 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 cooking fires (2014-2023)

2014201520162017201820192020202120222023
Fires29000309002890033700317003320028600311003580033300

Nonresidential building cooking fire dollar loss (2014-2023)

YearDollar loss
201468400000
201572700000
201674400000
201760000000
201862700000
201971100000
202060000000
202181000000
202292700000
202350300000