In 2025, fire departments serving Moss Bluff responded to 137 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $90K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Building fires lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 53% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Dec dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
752 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $1.1M cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 50 | — | |
| 2022 | 177 | — | |
| 2023 | 168 | -5.1% | |
| 2024 | 220 | +31.0% | |
| 2025 | 137 | -37.7% |
* Well below Moss Bluff'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 24 building fires Moss Bluff departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 299 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 | 133 | 44.5% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 43 | 14.4% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 31 | 10.4% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 20 | 6.7% | |
| 5 | Wildland, woods | 18 | 6.0% | |
| 6 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 15 | 5.0% | |
| 7 | Vehicle area, other | 8 | 2.7% | |
| 8 | Other | 5 | 1.7% | |
| 9 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 4 | 1.3% | |
| 10 | Exterior balcony, unenclosed porch | 4 | 1.3% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 18 | 6.0% |
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 Moss Bluff mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 204 | 68.2% | |
| 2 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 15 | 5.0% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 13 | 4.3% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 10 | 3.3% | |
| 5 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 8 | 2.7% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 7 | 2.3% | |
| 7 | Flame/torch used for lighting | 7 | 2.3% | |
| 8 | Arcing | 6 | 2.0% | |
| 9 | Radiated heat from another fire | 6 | 2.0% | |
| 10 | Cigarette lighter | 5 | 1.7% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 18 | 6.0% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Moss Bluff departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $90,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $1 | Outside rubbish fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $1 | Outside storage fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $1 | Outside storage fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $1 | Outside rubbish fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $1 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $1 | Trash or rubbish fire, contained | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $1 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Moss Bluff sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 175,061 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 15,864 | 47.2 mi | |
| 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12,877 | 46.1 mi | |
| 2005 | Natural | 12,154 | 31.0 mi | |
| 2014 | Natural | 11,218 | 41.5 mi | |
| 1992 | Debris and open burning | 11,210 | 36.9 mi | |
| 2014 | Natural | 8,874 | 29.6 mi | |
| 2019 | Natural | 7,433 | 32.6 mi | |
| 2001 | Natural | 7,000 | 30.0 mi | |
| 2016 | Natural | 6,385 | 35.1 mi | |
| 2013 | Natural | 6,384 | 36.2 mi | |
| 2009 | Natural | 6,365 | 36.0 mi | |
| 2010 | Natural | 6,259 | 36.3 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 Moss Bluff. 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.