In 2025, fire departments serving Shreveport responded to 2,046 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $700K 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 44% of all calls.
Dec peaks. Jun dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
9,547 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023. $18.0M cumulative property loss. 8 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1,506 | — | |
| 2022 | 1,878 | +24.7% | |
| 2023 | 2,251 | +19.9% | |
| 2024 | 1,866 | -17.1% | |
| 2025 | 2,046 | +9.6% |
For the 318 building fires Shreveport departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 3,362 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 | 1,108 | 33.0% | |
| 2 | Other | 390 | 11.6% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 348 | 10.4% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 339 | 10.1% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 160 | 4.8% | |
| 6 | Vehicle area, other | 103 | 3.1% | |
| 7 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 88 | 2.6% | |
| 8 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 80 | 2.4% | |
| 9 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 69 | 2.1% | |
| 10 | Wildland, woods | 49 | 1.5% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 628 | 18.7% |
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 Shreveport mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 2,149 | 63.9% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 223 | 6.6% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 177 | 5.3% | |
| 4 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 145 | 4.3% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 143 | 4.3% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 86 | 2.6% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 64 | 1.9% | |
| 8 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 55 | 1.6% | |
| 9 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 46 | 1.4% | |
| 10 | Cigarette lighter | 36 | 1.1% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 238 | 7.1% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Shreveport departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 51% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $700,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $500,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 3 | $200,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $150,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $105,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $100,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $100,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $80,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Shreveport sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
40 fire-related casualties recorded in NFIRS Module 11 across the 2021–2025 window. Age, gender, and severity are coarse-binned — no individual identification possible.
| Age | Count | |
|---|---|---|
| 0-9 | 0 | |
| 10-19 | 1 | |
| 20-29 | 12 | |
| 30-39 | 5 | |
| 40-49 | 4 | |
| 50-59 | 4 | |
| 60-69 | 1 | |
| 70-79 | 0 | |
| 80+ | 2 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 16,335 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,378 | 30.5 mi | |
| 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,036 | 31.6 mi | |
| 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,465 | 22.9 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,254 | 49.1 mi | |
| 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,048 | 33.1 mi | |
| 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 902 | 34.2 mi | |
| 1996 | Debris and open burning | 850 | 39.6 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 669 | 33.4 mi | |
| 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 557 | 20.0 mi | |
| 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 452 | 25.4 mi | |
| 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 429 | 25.4 mi | |
| 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 380 | 42.1 mi |
Top 10 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 Shreveport. 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.