In 2025, fire departments serving Brusly responded to 17 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $500K 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 82% of all calls.
Jun peaks. May dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
39 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025. $1.1M cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 0 | — | |
| 2022* | 1 | — | |
| 2023 | 9 | — | |
| 2024 | 12 | +33.3% | |
| 2025 | 17 | +41.7% |
* Well below Brusly'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 5 building fires Brusly departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 14 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 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 3 | 21.4% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 3 | 21.4% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 2 | 14.3% | |
| 4 | Storage area, other | 2 | 14.3% | |
| 5 | Storage room, area, tank, or bin | 1 | 7.1% | |
| 6 | Storage: supplies or tools; dead storage | 1 | 7.1% | |
| 7 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 1 | 7.1% | |
| 8 | Attic: vacant, crawl space above top story, cupola | 1 | 7.1% |
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 Brusly mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 5 | 35.7% | |
| 2 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 2 | 14.3% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 1 | 7.1% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 7.1% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 1 | 7.1% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 1 | 7.1% | |
| 7 | Candle | 1 | 7.1% | |
| 8 | Backfire from internal combustion engine | 1 | 7.1% | |
| 9 | Lightning | 1 | 7.1% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Brusly departments in 2025. These 4 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $500,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $300,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 3 | $260,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 4 | $10,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Brusly sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 4,017 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 | 35.5 mi | |
| 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 400 | 49.9 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 230 | 33.4 mi | |
| 2000 | Recreation and ceremony | 200 | 26.7 mi | |
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 200 | 26.9 mi | |
| 2006 | Debris and open burning | 200 | 43.2 mi | |
| 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 192 | 29.2 mi | |
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 160 | 37.5 mi | |
| 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 150 | 34.7 mi | |
| 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 150 | 41.3 mi | |
| 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 140 | 45.4 mi | |
| 2014 | Debris and open burning | 136 | 37.9 mi |
Top 2 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 Brusly. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Brusly.
A 30-minute weekend can cut your home's exposure substantially. These four checklists are a good starting point.
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.