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Nonresidential Building Electrical Malfunction Fire Trends (2013-2022)

National estimates

The 2022 national estimates for nonresidential building electrical malfunction fires and loss show that there were:

  • 8,000 fires.
  • $374,500,000 in dollar loss.

Overall trends

Overall trends for nonresidential building electrical malfunction fires and loss for the 10-year period of 2013 to 2022 show the following:

  • A 3% decrease in fires.
  • An 8% increase in dollar loss*.
*This overall constant dollar-loss trend takes inflation into account by adjusting each year's dollar loss to its equivalent 2022 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 electrical malfunction fires (2013-2022)

2013201420152016201720182019202020212022
Fires7400800082007100820081008200680072008000

Nonresidential building electrical malfunction fire dollar loss (2013-2022)

YearDollar loss
2013468800000
2014364400000
2015481100000
2016359500000
2017515500000
2018435200000
2019470100000
2020481600000
2021542000000
2022374500000