Nonresidential Fire Estimate Summaries (2014-2023)

National estimates

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

• 110,000 fires.
• 130 deaths.
• 1,200 injuries.
• $3,164,400,000 in dollar loss.

Overall trends

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

• A 19% increase in fires.
• A 70% increase in deaths.
  In 2016, in Oakland, California, a fire at a former warehouse converted to mixed-use properties with an assembly area contributed to the peak in fire deaths; 35 fire deaths were reported to the NFIRS as a result of this incident. Excluding these 35 deaths from the 10-year trend analysis results in an overall 93% increase in nonresidential building fire deaths. In 2021, there were 5 reported multifatality fire incidents and 9 each in 2022 and 2023. These reported multifatality fire incidents may have contributed to the increase in the estimate of fire deaths.
• A 14% decrease in injuries.
• A 10% 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, deaths, injuries and dollar loss

• Fires
• Deaths
• Injuries
• $ Loss