In 2025, fire departments serving Haynesville responded to 23 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $60K 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 83% of all calls.
Jan peaks. May dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
107 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $1.1M cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 14 | — | |
| 2022 | 27 | +92.9% | |
| 2023 | 20 | -25.9% | |
| 2024 | 23 | +15.0% | |
| 2025 | 23 | +0.0% |
For the 4 building fires Haynesville departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 34 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 | 15 | 44.1% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 5 | 14.7% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 3 | 8.8% | |
| 4 | Other | 1 | 2.9% | |
| 5 | Function area, other | 1 | 2.9% | |
| 6 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 1 | 2.9% | |
| 7 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 1 | 2.9% | |
| 8 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 1 | 2.9% | |
| 9 | Storage: supplies or tools; dead storage | 1 | 2.9% | |
| 10 | Structural area, other | 1 | 2.9% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 4 | 11.8% |
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 Haynesville mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 25 | 73.5% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 4 | 11.8% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 1 | 2.9% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 2.9% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 1 | 2.9% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 1 | 2.9% | |
| 7 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 1 | 2.9% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Haynesville departments in 2025. These 5 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $60,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $50,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $10,000 | Fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $5,000 | Forest, woods or wildland fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $1,000 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Haynesville sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 11,069 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 929 | 22.3 mi | |
| 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 905 | 40.3 mi | |
| 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 902 | 23.8 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 745 | 44.2 mi | |
| 2004 | Natural | 727 | 22.2 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 669 | 36.7 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 506 | 35.8 mi | |
| 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 490 | 49.8 mi | |
| 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 452 | 47.8 mi | |
| 2007 | Debris and open burning | 450 | 40.9 mi | |
| 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 429 | 47.8 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 376 | 17.9 mi |
Top 1 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
| # | ZIP | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 71038 | 107 |
Six Louisiana cities with population within ±25% of Haynesville. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Haynesville.
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.