In 2025, fire departments serving Dubach responded to 32 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $350K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Grass fire lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 63% of all calls.
Jan peaks. Jun dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
142 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023. $1.9M cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 12 | — | |
| 2022* | 2 | — | |
| 2023 | 55 | — | |
| 2024 | 41 | -25.5% | |
| 2025 | 32 | -22.0% |
* Well below Dubach'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 1 building fires Dubach departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 84 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 | 25 | 29.8% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 10 | 11.9% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 9 | 10.7% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 8 | 9.5% | |
| 5 | Other | 4 | 4.8% | |
| 6 | Function area, other | 4 | 4.8% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 4 | 4.8% | |
| 8 | Wildland, woods | 4 | 4.8% | |
| 9 | Storage area, other | 3 | 3.6% | |
| 10 | Vehicle area, other | 2 | 2.4% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 11 | 13.1% |
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 Dubach mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 50 | 59.5% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 6 | 7.1% | |
| 3 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 5 | 6.0% | |
| 4 | Lightning | 4 | 4.8% | |
| 5 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 3 | 3.6% | |
| 6 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 3 | 3.6% | |
| 7 | Flying brand, ember, spark | 3 | 3.6% | |
| 8 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 2 | 2.4% | |
| 9 | Hot ember or ash | 2 | 2.4% | |
| 10 | Heat source: other | 1 | 1.2% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 5 | 6.0% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Dubach departments in 2025. These 6 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $350,000 | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $250,000 | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | Major | Investigated |
| 3 | $30,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $13,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $1,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $100 | Special outside fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Dubach sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 10,332 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 | 39.1 mi | |
| 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 929 | 17.0 mi | |
| 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 902 | 12.9 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 745 | 28.1 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 669 | 37.6 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 632 | 47.4 mi | |
| 2007 | Debris and open burning | 450 | 44.9 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 376 | 45.6 mi | |
| 2010 | Debris and open burning | 345 | 41.6 mi | |
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 334 | 34.6 mi | |
| 2011 | Natural | 310 | 48.9 mi | |
| 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 264 | 37.7 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 Dubach. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Dubach.
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.