In 2025, fire departments serving Greensburg responded to 45 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $80K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Building fires lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 60% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Oct dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
241 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $223K cumulative property loss. 3 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 13 | — | |
| 2022* | 14 | — | |
| 2023 | 71 | — | |
| 2024 | 98 | +38.0% | |
| 2025 | 45 | -54.1% |
* Well below Greensburg'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 8 building fires Greensburg departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 107 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 | 78 | 72.9% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 6 | 5.6% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 5 | 4.7% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 5 | 4.7% | |
| 5 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 3 | 2.8% | |
| 6 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 2 | 1.9% | |
| 7 | Bedroom - 5+ persons; including barrack/dormitory | 1 | 0.9% | |
| 8 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 1 | 0.9% | |
| 9 | Conduit, pipe, utility, or ventilation shaft | 1 | 0.9% | |
| 10 | Ceiling & floor assembly, crawl space b/t stories | 1 | 0.9% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 4 | 3.7% |
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 Greensburg mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 90 | 84.1% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 2 | 1.9% | |
| 3 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 2 | 1.9% | |
| 4 | Heat, spark from friction | 2 | 1.9% | |
| 5 | Radiated heat from another fire | 2 | 1.9% | |
| 6 | Flying brand, ember, spark | 2 | 1.9% | |
| 7 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 1 | 0.9% | |
| 8 | Arcing | 1 | 0.9% | |
| 9 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 1 | 0.9% | |
| 10 | Hot ember or ash | 1 | 0.9% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 3 | 2.8% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Greensburg departments in 2025. These 4 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $80,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $60,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $12,000 | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $5,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Greensburg sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 11,480 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,200 | 30.0 mi | |
| 1993 | Debris and open burning | 1,200 | 37.8 mi | |
| 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 623 | 44.6 mi | |
| 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 622 | 42.4 mi | |
| 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 570 | 30.3 mi | |
| 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 500 | 37.7 mi | |
| 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 491 | 39.1 mi | |
| 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 480 | 49.7 mi | |
| 1996 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 453 | 44.2 mi | |
| 2010 | Debris and open burning | 450 | 18.0 mi | |
| 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 408 | 42.1 mi | |
| 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 400 | 6.5 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 Greensburg. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Greensburg.
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.