In 2025, fire departments serving Charenton responded to 26 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 69% of all calls.
Apr peaks. Sep dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
75 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $1K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 4 | — | |
| 2022* | 2 | — | |
| 2023* | 1 | — | |
| 2024 | 42 | — | |
| 2025 | 26 | -38.1% |
* Well below Charenton'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 0 building fires Charenton departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 13 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 | 5 | 38.5% | |
| 2 | Corridor, mall | 1 | 7.7% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 1 | 7.7% | |
| 4 | Storage: supplies or tools; dead storage | 1 | 7.7% | |
| 5 | Roof surface: exterior | 1 | 7.7% | |
| 6 | Outside area, other | 1 | 7.7% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 1 | 7.7% | |
| 8 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 1 | 7.7% | |
| 9 | Wildland, woods | 1 | 7.7% |
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 Charenton mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 8 | 61.5% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 1 | 7.7% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 1 | 7.7% | |
| 4 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 1 | 7.7% | |
| 5 | Cigarette lighter | 1 | 7.7% | |
| 6 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 1 | 7.7% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Charenton sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 11 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 618 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Recreation and ceremony | 200 | 44.5 mi | |
| 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 75 | 21.6 mi | |
| 2010 | Debris and open burning | 70 | 31.2 mi | |
| 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 60 | 41.3 mi | |
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 55 | 21.0 mi | |
| 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 | 48.0 mi | |
| 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 47 | 33.2 mi | |
| 2005 | Natural | 22 | 45.7 mi | |
| 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 19 | 33.4 mi | |
| 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 | 44.3 mi | |
| 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 | 41.9 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 Charenton. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
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.