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Nonresidential Building Exposure Fire Trends (2012‑2021)

National estimates

The 2021 national estimates for nonresidential building exposure fires and loss show that there were:

  • 3,000 fires.
  • $532,400,000 in dollar loss.

Overall trends

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

  • A 26% decrease in fires.
  • A 261% increase in dollar loss.*
    A $67,800,000 reported Hoboken, New Jersey, manufacturing fire contributed to the 2021 dollar-loss peak.
*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 exposure fires

2012201320142015201620172018201920202021
Fires4000390044004500420048003500360030003000

Nonresidential building exposure fire dollar loss

YearDollar loss
2012100500000
2013173300000
2014166600000
2015169800000
2016284800000
2017158300000
2018113600000
2019218400000
2020272500000
2021532400000