In 2025, fire departments serving Delcambre responded to 49 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.
Jan peaks. Feb dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
107 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025. $51K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 4 | — | |
| 2022* | 0 | — | |
| 2023 | 21 | — | |
| 2024 | 33 | +57.1% | |
| 2025 | 49 | +48.5% |
* Well below Delcambre'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 7 building fires Delcambre departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 24 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 | 13 | 54.2% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 3 | 12.5% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 3 | 12.5% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 2 | 8.3% | |
| 5 | Structural area, other | 1 | 4.2% | |
| 6 | Substructure area or space, crawl space | 1 | 4.2% | |
| 7 | Exterior balcony, unenclosed porch | 1 | 4.2% |
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 Delcambre mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 22 | 91.7% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 1 | 4.2% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 4.2% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Delcambre sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 1,114 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 | 42.1 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 93 | 47.7 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 92 | 36.8 mi | |
| 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 75 | 11.7 mi | |
| 2010 | Debris and open burning | 70 | 42.8 mi | |
| 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | 68 | 45.3 mi | |
| 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 60 | 48.3 mi | |
| 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 60 | 35.5 mi | |
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 55 | 45.2 mi | |
| 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 | 29.2 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 | 42.1 mi | |
| 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | 35 | 41.0 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 Delcambre. 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.