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2025 County Report

Fires in Allen Parish, LA

In 2025, fire departments serving Allen Parish responded to 23 fire and hazmat incidents. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.

10,954 residents FIPS 22003 20 cities · 8 fire depts
Total incidents
23
285 across 5 years
Building fires
6
11 wildland
Property loss
$400
$0 structure · $400 contents
Casualties
0 / 0
0 civ deaths · 0 civ inj · 0 FF inj
01 The mix

What kinds of fires happen here?

Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire lead by count. Top five categories make up about 83% of all calls.

23
Total Incidents
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire 7 30.4%
Building fires 6 26.1%
Power line down 3 13.0%
Forest, woods or wildland fire 2 8.7%
Fire, other 1 4.3%
All other categories 4 17.4%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Allen Parish?

Mar peaks. Jun dips.

Jan 3
Feb 3
Mar 5
Apr 5
May 2
Jun 0
Jul 2
Aug 2
Sep 0
Oct 1
Nov 0
Dec 0
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Allen Parish

285 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 57
2022 29
2023 95
2024 81
2025 23
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 6 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
57%
8
Cause undetermined
0%
0
Intentional / arson
21%
3
Equipment / heat source failure
0%
0
Under investigation
7%
1
Act of nature (lightning)
15%
2
06 How Allen Parish compares

Allen Parish vs LA vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

2.1
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Allen Parish
2.1
LA avg
9.63
US avg
7.15
0.55
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Allen Parish
0.55
LA avg
1.29
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Allen Parish
0
LA avg
15.6
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Allen Parish

12 cities mapped to FIPS 22003.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Allen Parish

8 departments report from this county.

ALLEN PARISH FIRE DIST 3
—
FDID 02025 8 incidents
ELIZABETH FIRE DEPT
elizabeth
FDID 02001 0 incidents 21 vol
ALLEN PARISH FIRE DIST 4
Kinder
FDID 02005 0 incidents 36 vol
OAKDALE FD
—
FDID 02010 0 incidents
ALLEN PARISH FIRE DIST 5
Oberlin
FDID 02015 0 incidents 1 paid 30 vol
09 Historical wildfires

Largest fires recorded in LA

Top 10 fire perimeters by acres burned (state-scoped fallback while we build out per-county polygons).

#NameYearAgencyAcres
1 Cinnamon Teal Fire 2014 FWS 11,235
2 Pintail Fire 2014 FWS 8,889
3 Sac a Lait 2019 FWS 7,445
4 Wilderness 1987 USFS 7,089
5 LEONARD FIRE 2013 FWS 6,396
6 Cottonmouth 2016 FWS 6,389
7 CICADA 2010 FWS 6,270
8 Threat 1 2016 PRI 5,370
9 Wrangler 2010 USFS 4,363
10 Anole 2016 FWS 3,563

About this data

County-level NFIRS aggregates for 2025, plus 5-year totals across 2021–2025. NFIRS is voluntary — about 23,000 of roughly 30,000 US fire departments report — so totals are a strong indicator, not a complete census. Wildfire risk score (0–100) and Expected Annual Loss come from FEMA's National Risk Index. Drought class is the most recent USDM classification (D0 = abnormally dry through D4 = exceptional drought). Historical fire perimeters are sourced from the NIFC InterAgency Fire Perimeter History.