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2025 County Report

Fires in Cameron Parish, LA

In 2025, fire departments serving Cameron Parish responded to 13 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $150K property loss. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.

1,179 residents FIPS 22023 11 cities · 6 fire depts
Total incidents
13
133 across 5 years
Building fires
2
7 wildland
Property loss
$225K
$150K structure · $75K contents
Casualties
2 / 0
2 civ deaths · 0 civ inj · 0 FF inj
01 The mix

What kinds of fires happen here?

Grass fire lead by count. Top five categories make up about 85% of all calls.

13
Total Incidents
Grass fire 4 30.8%
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire 3 23.1%
Building fires 2 15.4%
Chemical spill or leak 1 7.7%
Electrical wiring/equipment problem, other 1 7.7%
All other categories 2 15.4%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Cameron Parish?

Sep peaks. Oct dips.

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

Year over year in Cameron Parish

133 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 6
2022 9
2023 80
2024 25
2025 13
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 2 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
0%
0
Cause undetermined
88%
7
Intentional / arson
0%
0
Equipment / heat source failure
0%
0
Under investigation
12%
1
Act of nature (lightning)
0%
0
05 The biggest fires

1 fires · $150K in losses

Largest single-incident property losses in Cameron Parish during 2025. These 1 fires alone account for 100% of the county's total.

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $150,000 GRAND CHENIER Building fires Significant
06 How Cameron Parish compares

Cameron Parish vs LA vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

11.03
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Cameron Parish
11.03
LA avg
9.63
US avg
7.15
1.7
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Cameron Parish
1.7
LA avg
1.29
US avg
0.82
1696.4
Civilian fire deaths per million
Cameron Parish
1696.4
LA avg
15.6
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Cameron Parish

11 cities mapped to FIPS 22023.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Cameron Parish

6 departments report from this county.

Cameron Vol Fire Dept
Cameron
FDID 12001 19 incidents 11 vol
CAMERON FIRE DIST 10
—
FDID 12003 1 incidents
XCreole VFD
CREOLE
FDID 12005 0 incidents 32 vol
XCameron Fire Dist9
—
FDID 12010 0 incidents
GRAND LAKE SWEET LAKE VFD
—
FDID 12012 0 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.