In 2025, fire departments serving Des Allemands responded to 16 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $225K 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 69% of all calls.
Jun peaks. Jul dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
70 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023. $225K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 4 | — | |
| 2022* | 0 | — | |
| 2023 | 25 | — | |
| 2024 | 25 | +0.0% | |
| 2025 | 16 | -36.0% |
* Well below Des Allemands'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 3 building fires Des Allemands departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 25 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 | 14 | 56.0% | |
| 2 | Attic: vacant, crawl space above top story, cupola | 3 | 12.0% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 3 | 12.0% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 2 | 8.0% | |
| 5 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 1 | 4.0% | |
| 6 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 1 | 4.0% | |
| 7 | Wildland, woods | 1 | 4.0% |
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 Des Allemands mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 19 | 76.0% | |
| 2 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 2 | 8.0% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 1 | 4.0% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 1 | 4.0% | |
| 5 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 1 | 4.0% | |
| 6 | Flame/torch used for lighting | 1 | 4.0% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Des Allemands departments in 2025. These 1 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $225,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Des Allemands sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 10,346 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Natural | 1,500 | 38.5 mi | |
| 2010 | Natural | 893 | 17.3 mi | |
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 800 | 47.2 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 725 | 46.7 mi | |
| 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 614 | 28.3 mi | |
| 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 520 | 46.6 mi | |
| 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 500 | 47.9 mi | |
| 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 424 | 45.5 mi | |
| 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 397 | 41.6 mi | |
| 2006 | Debris and open burning | 373 | 46.0 mi | |
| 2018 | Natural | 303 | 41.6 mi | |
| 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 300 | 47.7 mi |
Top 1 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
| # | ZIP | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 70030 | 70 |
Six Louisiana cities with population within ±25% of Des Allemands. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Des Allemands.
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.