In 2025, fire departments serving Mansura responded to 30 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $200 building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Passenger vehicle fire lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 53% of all calls.
Aug peaks. Oct dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
108 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023. $200 cumulative property loss. 1 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 20 | — | |
| 2022* | 4 | — | |
| 2023 | 31 | — | |
| 2024 | 23 | -25.8% | |
| 2025 | 30 | +30.4% |
* Well below Mansura'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 1 building fires Mansura departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 38 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 | 8 | 21.1% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 7 | 18.4% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 6 | 15.8% | |
| 4 | Vehicle area, other | 3 | 7.9% | |
| 5 | Other | 2 | 5.3% | |
| 6 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 2 | 5.3% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 2 | 5.3% | |
| 8 | Wildland, woods | 2 | 5.3% | |
| 9 | Cooking area, kitchen | 1 | 2.6% | |
| 10 | Heating room or area, water heater area | 1 | 2.6% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 4 | 10.5% |
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 Mansura mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 8 | 21.1% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 4 | 10.5% | |
| 3 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 4 | 10.5% | |
| 4 | Match | 3 | 7.9% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 2 | 5.3% | |
| 6 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 2 | 5.3% | |
| 7 | Incendiary device | 2 | 5.3% | |
| 8 | Cigarette | 2 | 5.3% | |
| 9 | Flame/torch used for lighting | 2 | 5.3% | |
| 10 | Radiated heat from another fire | 2 | 5.3% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 7 | 18.4% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Mansura departments in 2025. These 1 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $200 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Mansura sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 36,857 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12,877 | 40.9 mi | |
| 1994 | Debris and open burning | 4,110 | 38.7 mi | |
| 2000 | Smoking | 2,922 | 46.6 mi | |
| 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,000 | 43.1 mi | |
| 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,633 | 31.3 mi | |
| 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,375 | 33.6 mi | |
| 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,295 | 2.1 mi | |
| 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,071 | 30.5 mi | |
| 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 800 | 40.7 mi | |
| 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 766 | 44.2 mi | |
| 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 753 | 30.9 mi | |
| 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 720 | 43.2 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 | 71350 | 108 |
Six Louisiana cities with population within ±25% of Mansura. 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.