In 2025, fire departments serving DeQuincy responded to 92 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $150K 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 59% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Jul dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
612 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $901.6M cumulative property loss. 2 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 93 | — | |
| 2022 | 93 | +0.0% | |
| 2023 | 162 | +74.2% | |
| 2024 | 172 | +6.2% | |
| 2025 | 92 | -46.5% |
For the 18 building fires DeQuincy departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 237 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 | 123 | 51.9% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 42 | 17.7% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 17 | 7.2% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 9 | 3.8% | |
| 5 | Vehicle area, other | 7 | 3.0% | |
| 6 | Other | 6 | 2.5% | |
| 7 | Cooking area, kitchen | 4 | 1.7% | |
| 8 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 3 | 1.3% | |
| 9 | Wildland, woods | 3 | 1.3% | |
| 10 | Function area, other | 2 | 0.8% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 21 | 8.9% |
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 DeQuincy mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 173 | 73.0% | |
| 2 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 10 | 4.2% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 8 | 3.4% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 8 | 3.4% | |
| 5 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 7 | 3.0% | |
| 6 | Flying brand, ember, spark | 5 | 2.1% | |
| 7 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 4 | 1.7% | |
| 8 | Hot ember or ash | 3 | 1.3% | |
| 9 | Match | 3 | 1.3% | |
| 10 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 2 | 0.8% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 14 | 5.9% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by DeQuincy departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 91% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $150,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $150,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $52,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $50,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $50,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $30,000 | Camper or recreational vehicle (RV) fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $24,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $12,000 | Fires in structures other than in a building | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. DeQuincy sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 165,289 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 15,864 | 32.5 mi | |
| 2005 | Natural | 12,154 | 38.8 mi | |
| 2014 | Natural | 11,218 | 45.9 mi | |
| 1992 | Debris and open burning | 11,210 | 42.5 mi | |
| 2014 | Natural | 8,874 | 35.0 mi | |
| 2019 | Natural | 7,433 | 35.8 mi | |
| 2001 | Natural | 7,000 | 34.5 mi | |
| 2016 | Natural | 6,385 | 40.7 mi | |
| 2013 | Natural | 6,384 | 41.6 mi | |
| 2009 | Natural | 6,365 | 42.4 mi | |
| 2010 | Natural | 6,259 | 42.1 mi | |
| 2011 | Natural | 6,174 | 36.0 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 DeQuincy. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
2 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in DeQuincy.
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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.