In 2025, fire departments serving Lafitte responded to 35 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Building fires lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 80% of all calls.
May peaks. Oct dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
202 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 42 | — | |
| 2022 | 39 | -7.1% | |
| 2023 | 47 | +20.5% | |
| 2024 | 39 | -17.0% | |
| 2025 | 35 | -10.3% |
For the 11 building fires Lafitte departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 36 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 | 28 | 77.8% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 4 | 11.1% | |
| 3 | Vehicle area, other | 2 | 5.6% | |
| 4 | Laboratory | 1 | 2.8% | |
| 5 | Attic: vacant, crawl space above top story, cupola | 1 | 2.8% |
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 Lafitte mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 32 | 88.9% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 3 | 8.3% | |
| 3 | Lightning | 1 | 2.8% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Lafitte sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 12,868 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 | 47.8 mi | |
| 2011 | Natural | 1,500 | 28.8 mi | |
| 2010 | Natural | 893 | 26.2 mi | |
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 800 | 45.8 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 725 | 45.6 mi | |
| 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 614 | 43.1 mi | |
| 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 570 | 42.7 mi | |
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 550 | 49.3 mi | |
| 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 520 | 40.8 mi | |
| 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 500 | 46.0 mi | |
| 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 424 | 43.1 mi | |
| 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 397 | 32.9 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 Lafitte. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Lafitte.
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.