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Nonresidential Building Equipment Malfunction Fire Trends (2013-2022)

National estimates

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

  • 4,600 fires.
  • $411,300,000 in dollar loss.

Overall trends

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

  • An 80% increase in fires.
  • A 45% increase in dollar loss.*
    A $25,000,000 Carthage, Arkansas, manufacturing fire contributed to the 2022 dollar-loss peak.
*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 equipment malfunction fires (2013-2022)

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Fires2200250033003300390039004100370041004600

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

YearDollar loss
2013256800000
2014244100000
2015247600000
2016189500000
2017277200000
2018277000000
2019294700000
2020291900000
2021229200000
2022411300000