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Nonresidential Building Other Equipment Fire Trends (2012‑2021)

National estimates

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

  • 5,800 fires.
  • $671,300,000 in dollar loss.

Overall trends

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

  • A 28% increase in fires.
  • A 132% increase in dollar loss.*
    A $170,000,000 Earlimart, California, fire reported in a manufacturing property contributed to the 2021 dollar-loss peak. A $100,500,000 transmitter building fire in Tustin, Michigan, contributed to the 2018 dollar-loss increase.
*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 equipment fires

2012201320142015201620172018201920202021
Fires4100450046005100450050004900530050005800

Nonresidential building other equipment fire dollar loss

YearDollar loss
2012335600000
2013178600000
2014158200000
2015265200000
2016254300000
2017252100000
2018378300000
2019292700000
2020230500000
2021671300000