In 2025, fire departments serving Egan responded to 10 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 80% of all calls.
Jul peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
64 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $200K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 13 | — | |
| 2022 | 19 | +46.2% | |
| 2023 | 12 | -36.8% | |
| 2024 | 10 | -16.7% | |
| 2025 | 10 | +0.0% |
For the 0 building fires Egan departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 17 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 | Vehicle area, other | 5 | 29.4% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 4 | 23.5% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 2 | 11.8% | |
| 4 | Other | 1 | 5.9% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 1 | 5.9% | |
| 6 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 1 | 5.9% | |
| 7 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 1 | 5.9% | |
| 8 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 1 | 5.9% | |
| 9 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 1 | 5.9% |
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 Egan mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heat source: other | 3 | 17.6% | |
| 2 | Heat, spark from friction | 3 | 17.6% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 2 | 11.8% | |
| 4 | Flame/torch used for lighting | 2 | 11.8% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 1 | 5.9% | |
| 6 | Arcing | 1 | 5.9% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 1 | 5.9% | |
| 8 | Heat from undetermined smoking material | 1 | 5.9% | |
| 9 | Chemical, natural heat source, other | 1 | 5.9% | |
| 10 | Multiple heat sources including multiple ignitions | 1 | 5.9% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 1 | 5.9% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Egan sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 35,438 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12,877 | 36.7 mi | |
| 2005 | Natural | 2,852 | 42.9 mi | |
| 2005 | Debris and open burning | 2,504 | 31.3 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,154 | 24.8 mi | |
| 2010 | Natural | 2,000 | 44.8 mi | |
| 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,000 | 32.8 mi | |
| 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,178 | 43.7 mi | |
| 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,100 | 31.7 mi | |
| 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 842 | 34.5 mi | |
| 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 836 | 25.7 mi | |
| 1999 | Debris and open burning | 800 | 47.7 mi | |
| 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 720 | 49.5 mi |
Top 3 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 Egan. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Egan.
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.