In 2025, fire departments serving Addis responded to 18 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $400K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Building fires lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 83% of all calls.
Jan peaks. Sep dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
50 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $965K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 1 | — | |
| 2022* | 0 | — | |
| 2023 | 8 | — | |
| 2024 | 23 | +187.5% | |
| 2025 | 18 | -21.7% |
* Well below Addis's usual volume. That almost always means one or more departments didn't submit a full year to NFIRS, not that fires dropped, so no year-over-year change is shown for it.
For the 6 building fires Addis departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 25 building fires investigators classified across 2021–2025. The room or location where ignition occurred — kitchens, bedrooms, exterior, vehicle areas — tells you where to focus prevention.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 10 | 40.0% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 3 | 12.0% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 1 | 4.0% | |
| 4 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 1 | 4.0% | |
| 5 | Storage area, other | 1 | 4.0% | |
| 6 | Storage room, area, tank, or bin | 1 | 4.0% | |
| 7 | Closet | 1 | 4.0% | |
| 8 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 1 | 4.0% | |
| 9 | Duct: hvac, cable, exhaust, heating, or AC | 1 | 4.0% | |
| 10 | Exterior balcony, unenclosed porch | 1 | 4.0% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 4 | 16.0% |
NFIRS Heat Source (HEAT_SOURC) — the physical thing that started it. Spark or ember from operating equipment, an open flame, smoking materials, or hot embers from a fireplace are the leading culprits nationwide. Here's the Addis mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 20 | 80.0% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 2 | 8.0% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 4.0% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 1 | 4.0% | |
| 5 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 1 | 4.0% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Addis departments in 2025. These 6 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $400,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $100,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $75,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $70,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $50,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $2,000 | Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Addis sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 3,716 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Debris and open burning | 450 | 37.0 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 230 | 35.4 mi | |
| 2000 | Recreation and ceremony | 200 | 26.6 mi | |
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 200 | 29.0 mi | |
| 2006 | Debris and open burning | 200 | 45.3 mi | |
| 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 192 | 30.7 mi | |
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 160 | 38.2 mi | |
| 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 150 | 35.5 mi | |
| 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 150 | 42.3 mi | |
| 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 140 | 47.4 mi | |
| 2014 | Debris and open burning | 136 | 40.1 mi | |
| 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 125 | 40.1 mi |
Top 3 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
Six Louisiana cities with population within ±25% of Addis. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
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Numbers reflect incidents reported by participating fire departments to the National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) Public Data Release for calendar year 2025. NFIRS is voluntary — about 23,000 of roughly 30,000 US fire departments report — so totals are a strong indicator, not a complete census. Per-capita comparisons use 2023 ACS population estimates. Wildland fire data complements NFIRS with NIFC and USFS perimeters. Active-fire counts come from a dated NIFC snapshot, not a live feed.