In 2025, fire departments serving Hahnville responded to 22 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $28K 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 68% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
177 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2021. $976K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 48 | — | |
| 2022 | 42 | -12.5% | |
| 2023 | 33 | -21.4% | |
| 2024 | 32 | -3.0% | |
| 2025 | 22 | -31.2% |
For the 5 building fires Hahnville departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 39 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 | 5 | 12.8% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 5 | 12.8% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 4 | 10.3% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 4 | 10.3% | |
| 5 | Undetermined | 4 | 10.3% | |
| 6 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 3 | 7.7% | |
| 7 | Vehicle area, other | 2 | 5.1% | |
| 8 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 1 | 2.6% | |
| 9 | Storage area, other | 1 | 2.6% | |
| 10 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 1 | 2.6% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 9 | 23.1% |
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 Hahnville mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 19 | 48.7% | |
| 2 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 3 | 7.7% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 2 | 5.1% | |
| 4 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 2 | 5.1% | |
| 5 | Molten, hot material | 2 | 5.1% | |
| 6 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 2 | 5.1% | |
| 7 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 2 | 5.1% | |
| 8 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 2.6% | |
| 9 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 1 | 2.6% | |
| 10 | Hot ember or ash | 1 | 2.6% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 4 | 10.3% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Hahnville departments in 2025. These 4 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $28,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $11,288 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $2,500 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $1,000 | Cooking fire, confined to container | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Hahnville sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 15,298 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,922 | 43.4 mi | |
| 2011 | Natural | 1,500 | 31.3 mi | |
| 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,200 | 42.4 mi | |
| 2010 | Natural | 893 | 7.2 mi | |
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 800 | 37.2 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 725 | 36.6 mi | |
| 2008 | Debris and open burning | 641 | 48.1 mi | |
| 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 614 | 38.5 mi | |
| 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 600 | 47.9 mi | |
| 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 570 | 41.6 mi | |
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 550 | 40.3 mi | |
| 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 520 | 37.6 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 Hahnville. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Hahnville.
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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.