In 2025, fire departments serving Haughton responded to 123 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $150K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Grass fire lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 59% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Sep dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
965 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023. $5.8M cumulative property loss. 2 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 154 | — | |
| 2022 | 218 | +41.6% | |
| 2023 | 267 | +22.5% | |
| 2024 | 203 | -24.0% | |
| 2025 | 123 | -39.4% |
For the 10 building fires Haughton departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 466 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 | 260 | 55.8% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 44 | 9.4% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 36 | 7.7% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 31 | 6.7% | |
| 5 | Wildland, woods | 25 | 5.4% | |
| 6 | Cooking area, kitchen | 14 | 3.0% | |
| 7 | Other | 5 | 1.1% | |
| 8 | Cargo/trunk area - all vehicles | 5 | 1.1% | |
| 9 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 5 | 1.1% | |
| 10 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 4 | 0.9% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 37 | 7.9% |
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 Haughton mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 319 | 68.5% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 16 | 3.4% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 16 | 3.4% | |
| 4 | Hot ember or ash | 16 | 3.4% | |
| 5 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 11 | 2.4% | |
| 6 | Heat source: other | 10 | 2.1% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 8 | 1.7% | |
| 8 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 7 | 1.5% | |
| 9 | Cigarette lighter | 7 | 1.5% | |
| 10 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 7 | 1.5% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 49 | 10.5% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Haughton departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 92% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $150,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $150,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $100,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $75,000 | Fire in mobile home used as fixed residence | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $70,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $50,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $20,000 | Fire in mobile home used as fixed residence | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $18,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Haughton sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
8 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 | 1 | |
| 20-29 | 1 | |
| 30-39 | 1 | |
| 40-49 | 1 | |
| 50-59 | 0 | |
| 60-69 | 3 | |
| 70-79 | 0 | |
| 80+ | 0 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 22,119 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 | 41.6 mi | |
| 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,378 | 40.2 mi | |
| 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,036 | 45.4 mi | |
| 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,465 | 39.9 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,254 | 39.9 mi | |
| 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,048 | 45.9 mi | |
| 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 902 | 41.3 mi | |
| 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 902 | 38.3 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 745 | 36.5 mi | |
| 2004 | Natural | 727 | 45.1 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 669 | 17.5 mi | |
| 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 557 | 37.5 mi |
Top 3 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 Haughton. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Haughton.
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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.