In 2025, fire departments serving Choudrant responded to 27 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $1.4M 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 56% of all calls.
Nov peaks. Aug dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
104 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $2.4M cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 7 | — | |
| 2022* | 0 | — | |
| 2023 | 29 | — | |
| 2024 | 41 | +41.4% | |
| 2025 | 27 | -34.1% |
* Well below Choudrant'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 4 building fires Choudrant departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 54 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 | Outside area, other | 12 | 22.2% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 8 | 14.8% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 8 | 14.8% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 5 | 9.3% | |
| 5 | Vehicle area, other | 4 | 7.4% | |
| 6 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 4 | 7.4% | |
| 7 | Structural area, other | 2 | 3.7% | |
| 8 | Attic: vacant, crawl space above top story, cupola | 2 | 3.7% | |
| 9 | Cooking area, kitchen | 1 | 1.9% | |
| 10 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 1 | 1.9% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 7 | 13.0% |
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 Choudrant mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 36 | 66.7% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 3 | 5.6% | |
| 3 | Flying brand, ember, spark | 3 | 5.6% | |
| 4 | Match | 2 | 3.7% | |
| 5 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 2 | 3.7% | |
| 6 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 1.9% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 1 | 1.9% | |
| 8 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 1 | 1.9% | |
| 9 | Hot ember or ash | 1 | 1.9% | |
| 10 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 1 | 1.9% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 3 | 5.6% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Choudrant departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,366,925 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $150,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $100,000 | Outside equipment fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $100,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $10,000 | Outside rubbish fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $10,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $8,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $2,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Choudrant sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 18,950 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4,969 | 46.9 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,806 | 37.8 mi | |
| 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1,806 | 48.5 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,254 | 48.8 mi | |
| 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,075 | 50.0 mi | |
| 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 929 | 30.0 mi | |
| 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 906 | 47.5 mi | |
| 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 902 | 23.7 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 745 | 26.9 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 669 | 42.1 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 632 | 46.1 mi | |
| 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 380 | 40.3 mi |
Top 5 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 Choudrant. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Choudrant.
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.