In 2025, fire departments serving Galliano responded to 66 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $40K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 71% of all calls.
Jun peaks. Nov dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
359 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $670K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 58 | — | |
| 2022* | 25 | — | |
| 2023 | 86 | — | |
| 2024 | 124 | +44.2% | |
| 2025 | 66 | -46.8% |
* Well below Galliano'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 5 building fires Galliano departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 72 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 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 11 | 15.3% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 11 | 15.3% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 10 | 13.9% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 7 | 9.7% | |
| 5 | Other | 3 | 4.2% | |
| 6 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 3 | 4.2% | |
| 7 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 3 | 4.2% | |
| 8 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 2 | 2.8% | |
| 9 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 2 | 2.8% | |
| 10 | Storage: supplies or tools; dead storage | 2 | 2.8% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 18 | 25.0% |
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 Galliano mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 39 | 54.2% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 5 | 6.9% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 5 | 6.9% | |
| 4 | Cigarette lighter | 5 | 6.9% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 3 | 4.2% | |
| 6 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 3 | 4.2% | |
| 7 | Heat source: other | 2 | 2.8% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 1 | 1.4% | |
| 9 | Heat, spark from friction | 1 | 1.4% | |
| 10 | Hot ember or ash | 1 | 1.4% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 7 | 9.7% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Galliano departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $40,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $25,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $20,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $20,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $10,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $1,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $1,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $500 | Grass fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Galliano sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
5 fire-related casualties recorded in NFIRS Module 11 across the 2021–2025 window. Age, gender, and severity are coarse-binned — no individual identification possible.
| Age | Count | |
|---|---|---|
| 0-9 | 0 | |
| 10-19 | 0 | |
| 20-29 | 0 | |
| 30-39 | 1 | |
| 40-49 | 0 | |
| 50-59 | 1 | |
| 60-69 | 0 | |
| 70-79 | 0 | |
| 80+ | 0 |
Top 21 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 3,734 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 | 49.8 mi | |
| 2010 | Natural | 893 | 39.9 mi | |
| 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 614 | 28.9 mi | |
| 2000 | Debris and open burning | 125 | 49.9 mi | |
| 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 70 | 45.3 mi | |
| 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 60 | 49.3 mi | |
| 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 55 | 49.5 mi | |
| 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 50 | 45.6 mi | |
| 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 50 | 45.0 mi | |
| 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 50 | 44.9 mi | |
| 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 50 | 45.7 mi | |
| 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 41 | 49.7 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 Galliano. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Galliano.
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.