In 2025, fire departments serving Rosepine responded to 16 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Natural vegetation fire, other lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 81% of all calls.
Feb peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
32 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 0 | — | |
| 2022 | 8 | — | |
| 2023* | 0 | — | |
| 2024 | 8 | — | |
| 2025 | 16 | +100.0% |
* Well below Rosepine'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 0 building fires Rosepine departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 11 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 | 4 | 36.4% | |
| 2 | Wildland, woods | 3 | 27.3% | |
| 3 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 1 | 9.1% | |
| 4 | Vehicle area, other | 1 | 9.1% | |
| 5 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 1 | 9.1% | |
| 6 | Outside area, other | 1 | 9.1% |
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 Rosepine mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 6 | 54.5% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 1 | 9.1% | |
| 3 | Heat, spark from friction | 1 | 9.1% | |
| 4 | Hot ember or ash | 1 | 9.1% | |
| 5 | Cigarette lighter | 1 | 9.1% | |
| 6 | Multiple heat sources including multiple ignitions | 1 | 9.1% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Rosepine sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 67,514 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 | 18.1 mi | |
| 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12,877 | 39.5 mi | |
| 2010 | Natural | 4,363 | 44.4 mi | |
| 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4,197 | 49.5 mi | |
| 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 3,134 | 43.4 mi | |
| 2000 | Smoking | 2,922 | 30.4 mi | |
| 2005 | Natural | 2,852 | 22.7 mi | |
| 2000 | Natural | 2,500 | 43.9 mi | |
| 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,000 | 40.8 mi | |
| 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | 1,858 | 42.0 mi | |
| 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,633 | 44.0 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,622 | 11.3 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 | 70659 | 32 |
Six Louisiana cities with population within ±25% of Rosepine. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Rosepine.
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.