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2025 County Report

Fires in Beauregard Parish, LA

In 2025, fire departments serving Beauregard Parish responded to 373 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $200K property loss. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.

12,175 residents FIPS 22011 27 cities · 5 fire depts
Total incidents
373
2,596 across 5 years
Building fires
33
135 wildland
Property loss
$1.1M
$821K structure · $309K contents
Casualties
1 / 5
1 civ deaths · 2 civ inj · 3 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 49% of all calls.

373
Total Incidents
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire 49 13.1%
Grass fire 43 11.5%
Building fires 33 8.8%
Forest, woods or wildland fire 31 8.3%
Authorized controlled burning 28 7.5%
All other categories 189 50.7%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Beauregard Parish?

Mar peaks. Dec dips.

Jan 23
Feb 33
Mar 57
Apr 33
May 33
Jun 26
Jul 32
Aug 26
Sep 26
Oct 39
Nov 26
Dec 19
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Beauregard Parish

2,596 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 450
2022 652
2023 649
2024 472
2025 373
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 33 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
45%
74
Cause undetermined
28%
46
Intentional / arson
6%
10
Equipment / heat source failure
11%
19
Under investigation
4%
6
Act of nature (lightning)
6%
11
05 The biggest fires

10 fires · $772K in losses

Largest single-incident property losses in Beauregard Parish during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 94% of the county's total.

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $200,000 DERIDDER Building fires Significant
2 $175,000 Ragley Building fires Significant
3 $124,687 DERIDDER Building fires Significant
4 $100,000 DERIDDER Building fires Significant
5 $56,250 Deridder Building fires Significant
6 $50,000 DERIDDER Building fires Significant
7 $24,278 DERIDDER Building fires Significant
8 $16,500 DeRidder Water vehicle fire Significant
9 $15,000 DERIDDER Building fires Significant
10 $10,000 Singer Building fires Significant
06 How Beauregard Parish compares

Beauregard Parish vs LA vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

30.64
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Beauregard Parish
30.64
LA avg
9.63
US avg
7.15
2.71
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Beauregard Parish
2.71
LA avg
1.29
US avg
0.82
82.1
Civilian fire deaths per million
Beauregard Parish
82.1
LA avg
15.6
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Beauregard Parish

12 cities mapped to FIPS 22011.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Beauregard Parish

5 departments report from this county.

BEAUREGARD FIRE DIST 4
DeRidder
FDID 06035 128 incidents 13 vol
BEAUREGARD FIRE DIST 1
Singer
FDID 06018 108 incidents 1 paid 89 vol
DE RIDDER FD
—
FDID 06010 98 incidents
BEAUREGARD FIRE DIST 3
Dry Creek
FDID 06005 12 incidents 40 vol
BEAUREGARD FIRE DIST 2
Longville
FDID 06001 0 incidents 1 paid 90 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.