In 2025, fire departments serving Church Point responded to 80 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $5K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 63% of all calls.
Oct peaks. May dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
475 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023. $1.3M cumulative property loss. 1 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 75 | — | |
| 2022 | 102 | +36.0% | |
| 2023 | 128 | +25.5% | |
| 2024 | 90 | -29.7% | |
| 2025 | 80 | -11.1% |
For the 5 building fires Church Point departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 138 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 | 63 | 45.7% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 25 | 18.1% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 12 | 8.7% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 5 | 3.6% | |
| 5 | Wall surface: exterior | 5 | 3.6% | |
| 6 | Outside area, other | 4 | 2.9% | |
| 7 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 3 | 2.2% | |
| 8 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 3 | 2.2% | |
| 9 | Storage area, other | 3 | 2.2% | |
| 10 | Vehicle area, other | 3 | 2.2% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 12 | 8.7% |
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 Church Point mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 105 | 76.1% | |
| 2 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 7 | 5.1% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 4 | 2.9% | |
| 4 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 4 | 2.9% | |
| 5 | Cigarette | 3 | 2.2% | |
| 6 | Heat source: other | 2 | 1.4% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 2 | 1.4% | |
| 8 | Hot ember or ash | 2 | 1.4% | |
| 9 | Lightning | 2 | 1.4% | |
| 10 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 1 | 0.7% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 6 | 4.3% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Church Point departments in 2025. These 2 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $5,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $5,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Church Point sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 27,637 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12,877 | 35.8 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,154 | 45.6 mi | |
| 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,000 | 33.1 mi | |
| 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,295 | 47.3 mi | |
| 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,071 | 49.6 mi | |
| 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 842 | 40.9 mi | |
| 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 836 | 46.4 mi | |
| 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 720 | 48.8 mi | |
| 2005 | Natural | 465 | 43.3 mi | |
| 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 450 | 49.8 mi | |
| 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 420 | 49.8 mi | |
| 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 400 | 47.5 mi |
Top 6 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 Church Point. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Church Point.
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.