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2025 County Report

Fires in Caddo Parish, LA

In 2025, fire departments serving Caddo Parish responded to 2,772 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $700K property loss. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.

199,525 residents FIPS 22017 56 cities · 8 fire depts
Total incidents
2,772
12,866 across 5 years
Building fires
399
427 wildland
Property loss
$7.5M
$5.4M structure · $2.0M contents
Casualties
6 / 6
6 civ deaths · 2 civ inj · 4 FF inj
01 The mix

What kinds of fires happen here?

Building fires lead by count. Top five categories make up about 43% of all calls.

2,772
Total Incidents
Building fires 399 14.4%
Grass fire 227 8.2%
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) 206 7.4%
Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire 177 6.4%
Power line down 169 6.1%
All other categories 1,594 57.5%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Caddo Parish?

Mar peaks. Jun dips.

Jan 254
Feb 238
Mar 312
Apr 204
May 211
Jun 124
Jul 235
Aug 266
Sep 205
Oct 231
Nov 238
Dec 254
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Caddo Parish

12,866 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 2,036
2022 2,642
2023 2,961
2024 2,455
2025 2,772
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 399 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
34%
311
Cause undetermined
22%
207
Intentional / arson
9%
84
Equipment / heat source failure
7%
60
Under investigation
23%
212
Act of nature (lightning)
5%
23
05 The biggest fires

10 fires · $2.7M in losses

Largest single-incident property losses in Caddo Parish during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 50% of the county's total.

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $700,000 Shreveport Building fires Major
2 $600,000 CADDO PARISH Building fires Major
3 $500,000 SHREVEPORT Building fires Major
4 $200,000 SHREVEPORT Road freight or transport vehicle fire Significant
5 $150,000 SHREVEPORT Building fires Significant
6 $150,000 CADDO PARISH Road freight or transport vehicle fire Significant
7 $120,000 CADDO PARISH Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire Significant
8 $105,000 SHREVEPORT Building fires Significant
9 $100,000 SHREVEPORT Building fires Significant
10 $100,000 SHREVEPORT Building fires Significant
06 How Caddo Parish compares

Caddo Parish vs LA vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

13.89
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Caddo Parish
13.89
LA avg
9.63
US avg
7.15
2
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Caddo Parish
2
LA avg
1.29
US avg
0.82
30.1
Civilian fire deaths per million
Caddo Parish
30.1
LA avg
15.6
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Caddo Parish

12 cities mapped to FIPS 22017.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Caddo Parish

8 departments report from this county.

SHREVEPORT FD
—
FDID 09060 1,945 incidents
CADDO PARISH FIRE DIST 1
—
FDID 09005 200 incidents
CADDO PARISH FIRE DIST 4
—
FDID 09063 138 incidents
CADDO PARISH FIRE DIST 7
—
FDID 09045 126 incidents
CADDO PARISH FIRE DIST 8
—
FDID 09070 106 incidents
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.