In 2025, fire departments serving Doyline responded to 15 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $5K 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 93% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Apr dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
51 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $6K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 4 | — | |
| 2022 | 15 | — | |
| 2023 | 12 | -20.0% | |
| 2024* | 5 | — | |
| 2025 | 15 | — |
* Well below Doyline'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 4 building fires Doyline departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 14 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 | 5 | 35.7% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 4 | 28.6% | |
| 3 | Other | 1 | 7.1% | |
| 4 | Attic: vacant, crawl space above top story, cupola | 1 | 7.1% | |
| 5 | Roof surface: exterior | 1 | 7.1% | |
| 6 | Vehicle area, other | 1 | 7.1% | |
| 7 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 1 | 7.1% |
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 Doyline mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 7 | 50.0% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 3 | 21.4% | |
| 3 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 2 | 14.3% | |
| 4 | Explosive, fireworks, other | 1 | 7.1% | |
| 5 | Flame/torch used for lighting | 1 | 7.1% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Doyline 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 | $1,000 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Doyline sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 20,746 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4,969 | 38.3 mi | |
| 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,378 | 45.0 mi | |
| 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,465 | 45.3 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,254 | 36.9 mi | |
| 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 929 | 47.5 mi | |
| 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 906 | 46.8 mi | |
| 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 902 | 45.6 mi | |
| 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 902 | 33.3 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 745 | 31.4 mi | |
| 2004 | Natural | 727 | 45.1 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 669 | 12.5 mi | |
| 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 557 | 42.7 mi |
Top 2 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 Doyline. 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.