In 2025, fire departments serving Delhi responded to 32 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Grass fire lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 59% of all calls.
Jan peaks. Sep dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
158 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $10K cumulative property loss. 2 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 17 | — | |
| 2022 | 32 | — | |
| 2023 | 25 | -21.9% | |
| 2024 | 52 | +108.0% | |
| 2025 | 32 | -38.5% |
* Well below Delhi'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 Delhi departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 109 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 | 38 | 34.9% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 20 | 18.3% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 18 | 16.5% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 5 | 4.6% | |
| 5 | Attic: vacant, crawl space above top story, cupola | 3 | 2.8% | |
| 6 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 3 | 2.8% | |
| 7 | Other | 2 | 1.8% | |
| 8 | Cooking area, kitchen | 2 | 1.8% | |
| 9 | Storage area, other | 2 | 1.8% | |
| 10 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 2 | 1.8% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 14 | 12.8% |
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 Delhi mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 76 | 69.7% | |
| 2 | Hot ember or ash | 10 | 9.2% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 5 | 4.6% | |
| 4 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 3 | 2.8% | |
| 5 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 2 | 1.8% | |
| 6 | Heat, spark from friction | 2 | 1.8% | |
| 7 | Fireworks | 2 | 1.8% | |
| 8 | Arcing | 1 | 0.9% | |
| 9 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 1 | 0.9% | |
| 10 | Explosive, fireworks, other | 1 | 0.9% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 6 | 5.5% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Delhi sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 7,622 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,806 | 45.6 mi | |
| 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1,806 | 37.4 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 632 | 44.8 mi | |
| 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 295 | 49.7 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 274 | 12.1 mi | |
| 1995 | Debris and open burning | 210 | 15.7 mi | |
| 2016 | Debris and open burning | 186 | 12.7 mi | |
| 2017 | Debris and open burning | 185 | 30.0 mi | |
| 2006 | Debris and open burning | 178 | 38.8 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 168 | 46.6 mi | |
| 2017 | Debris and open burning | 150 | 49.2 mi | |
| 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 150 | 23.0 mi |
Top 4 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 Delhi. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Delhi.
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.