In 2025, fire departments serving Grambling responded to 34 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $115K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Fire, other lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 62% of all calls.
May peaks. Nov dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
83 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025. $256K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 1 | — | |
| 2022* | 1 | — | |
| 2023 | 14 | — | |
| 2024 | 33 | +135.7% | |
| 2025 | 34 | +3.0% |
* Well below Grambling'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 Grambling departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 30 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 | 6 | 20.0% | |
| 2 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 4 | 13.3% | |
| 3 | Vehicle area, other | 3 | 10.0% | |
| 4 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 3 | 10.0% | |
| 5 | Other | 2 | 6.7% | |
| 6 | Cooking area, kitchen | 2 | 6.7% | |
| 7 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 2 | 6.7% | |
| 8 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 2 | 6.7% | |
| 9 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 2 | 6.7% | |
| 10 | Wildland, woods | 2 | 6.7% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 2 | 6.7% |
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 Grambling mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 24 | 80.0% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 3 | 10.0% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 3.3% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 1 | 3.3% | |
| 5 | Heat, spark from friction | 1 | 3.3% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Grambling departments in 2025. These 4 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $115,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $10,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $8,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $5,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Grambling sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 17,907 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 | 38.5 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,806 | 47.9 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,254 | 40.0 mi | |
| 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,075 | 46.3 mi | |
| 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 929 | 28.1 mi | |
| 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 906 | 40.8 mi | |
| 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 902 | 15.3 mi | |
| 2005 | Natural | 800 | 49.4 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 745 | 16.6 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 669 | 30.4 mi | |
| 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 380 | 39.5 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 376 | 47.1 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 Grambling. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Grambling.
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.