In 2025, fire departments serving Pleasant Hill responded to 20 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Forest, woods or wildland fire lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 90% of all calls.
Sep peaks. Apr dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
90 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 11 | — | |
| 2022 | 20 | +81.8% | |
| 2023 | 26 | +30.0% | |
| 2024 | 13 | -50.0% | |
| 2025 | 20 | +53.8% |
For the 1 building fires Pleasant Hill departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 81 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 | 53 | 65.4% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 13 | 16.0% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 5 | 6.2% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 3 | 3.7% | |
| 5 | Wildland, woods | 3 | 3.7% | |
| 6 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 2 | 2.5% | |
| 7 | Vehicle area, other | 2 | 2.5% |
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 Pleasant Hill mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 75 | 92.6% | |
| 2 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 2 | 2.5% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 1 | 1.2% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 1 | 1.2% | |
| 5 | Munitions | 1 | 1.2% | |
| 6 | Lightning | 1 | 1.2% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Pleasant Hill sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 30,758 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4,969 | 31.4 mi | |
| 2010 | Natural | 4,363 | 36.6 mi | |
| 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 3,134 | 37.4 mi | |
| 2000 | Natural | 2,500 | 35.4 mi | |
| 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | 1,858 | 37.3 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,254 | 29.1 mi | |
| 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,100 | 40.7 mi | |
| 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,075 | 44.5 mi | |
| 2000 | Recreation and ceremony | 1,000 | 34.2 mi | |
| 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 906 | 34.9 mi | |
| 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 874 | 45.5 mi | |
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 800 | 36.5 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 Pleasant Hill. 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.