In 2025, fire departments serving Larose responded to 54 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $100K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 72% of all calls.
May peaks. Nov dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
244 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023. $800K cumulative property loss. 1 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 30 | — | |
| 2022* | 22 | — | |
| 2023 | 75 | — | |
| 2024 | 63 | -16.0% | |
| 2025 | 54 | -14.3% |
* Well below Larose'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 2 building fires Larose departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 59 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 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 19 | 32.2% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 12 | 20.3% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 8 | 13.6% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 5 | 8.5% | |
| 5 | Other | 2 | 3.4% | |
| 6 | Cooking area, kitchen | 2 | 3.4% | |
| 7 | Vehicle area, other | 2 | 3.4% | |
| 8 | Wildland, woods | 2 | 3.4% | |
| 9 | Processing/manufacturing area, workroom | 1 | 1.7% | |
| 10 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 1 | 1.7% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 5 | 8.5% |
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 Larose mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 29 | 49.2% | |
| 2 | Hot ember or ash | 6 | 10.2% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 4 | 6.8% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 3 | 5.1% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 3 | 5.1% | |
| 6 | Cigarette | 3 | 5.1% | |
| 7 | Match | 3 | 5.1% | |
| 8 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 2 | 3.4% | |
| 9 | Flame/torch used for lighting | 2 | 3.4% | |
| 10 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 1 | 1.7% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 3 | 5.1% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Larose departments in 2025. These 7 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $100,000 | Water vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $65,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $60,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $60,000 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $40,000 | Fire in motor home, camper, recreational vehicle | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $8,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $5,000 | Outside equipment fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Larose sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 5,095 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Natural | 1,500 | 45.1 mi | |
| 2010 | Natural | 893 | 31.8 mi | |
| 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 614 | 25.0 mi | |
| 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 397 | 49.0 mi | |
| 2018 | Natural | 303 | 48.5 mi | |
| 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 220 | 48.2 mi | |
| 2012 | Natural | 166 | 48.4 mi | |
| 2000 | Debris and open burning | 125 | 45.0 mi | |
| 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 75 | 46.9 mi | |
| 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 70 | 41.5 mi | |
| 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 69 | 48.7 mi | |
| 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 60 | 48.9 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 Larose. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
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.