In 2025, fire departments serving Glenmora responded to 69 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $30K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Hazardous condition, other lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 74% of all calls.
Apr peaks. Dec dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
285 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023. $209K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 27 | — | |
| 2022 | 59 | — | |
| 2023 | 69 | +16.9% | |
| 2024 | 61 | -11.6% | |
| 2025 | 69 | +13.1% |
* Well below Glenmora'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 Glenmora departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 123 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 | 33 | 26.8% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 29 | 23.6% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 10 | 8.1% | |
| 4 | Wildland, woods | 9 | 7.3% | |
| 5 | Other | 8 | 6.5% | |
| 6 | Cooking area, kitchen | 4 | 3.3% | |
| 7 | Vehicle area, other | 4 | 3.3% | |
| 8 | Function area, other | 3 | 2.4% | |
| 9 | Corridor, mall | 2 | 1.6% | |
| 10 | Equipment or service area, other | 2 | 1.6% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 19 | 15.4% |
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 Glenmora mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 54 | 43.9% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 20 | 16.3% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 10 | 8.1% | |
| 4 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 9 | 7.3% | |
| 5 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 4 | 3.3% | |
| 6 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 3 | 2.4% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 3 | 2.4% | |
| 8 | Hot ember or ash | 3 | 2.4% | |
| 9 | Fireworks | 3 | 2.4% | |
| 10 | Multiple heat sources including multiple ignitions | 3 | 2.4% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 11 | 8.9% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Glenmora departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $30,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $5,000 | Water vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $5,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $2,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $1,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $100 | Grass fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $5 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $5 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Glenmora sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 49,411 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 | 14.9 mi | |
| 2010 | Natural | 4,363 | 45.0 mi | |
| 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 3,134 | 44.0 mi | |
| 2000 | Smoking | 2,922 | 18.8 mi | |
| 2005 | Natural | 2,852 | 31.2 mi | |
| 2000 | Natural | 2,500 | 45.8 mi | |
| 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,000 | 18.8 mi | |
| 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | 1,858 | 43.6 mi | |
| 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,633 | 9.8 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,622 | 32.7 mi | |
| 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,375 | 37.1 mi | |
| 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,295 | 34.1 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 Glenmora. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Glenmora.
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.