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2025 County Report

Fires in Concordia Parish, LA

In 2025, fire departments serving Concordia Parish responded to 110 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $2.8M property loss.

10,465 residents FIPS 22029 31 cities · 5 fire depts
Total incidents
110
431 across 5 years
Building fires
42
17 wildland
Property loss
$9.6M
$7.0M structure · $2.6M contents
Casualties
1 / 0
1 civ deaths · 0 civ inj · 0 FF inj
01 The mix

What kinds of fires happen here?

Building fires lead by count. Top five categories make up about 68% of all calls.

110
Total Incidents
Building fires 42 38.2%
Passenger vehicle fire 11 10.0%
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) 9 8.2%
Grass fire 7 6.4%
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire 6 5.5%
All other categories 35 31.8%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Concordia Parish?

Aug peaks. Jul dips.

Jan 8
Feb 7
Mar 9
Apr 11
May 7
Jun 7
Jul 4
Aug 14
Sep 12
Oct 7
Nov 12
Dec 12
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Concordia Parish

431 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 45
2022 81
2023 95
2024 100
2025 110
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 42 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
41%
33
Cause undetermined
37%
30
Intentional / arson
7%
6
Equipment / heat source failure
5%
4
Under investigation
7%
6
Act of nature (lightning)
3%
2
05 The biggest fires

10 fires · $6.3M in losses

Largest single-incident property losses in Concordia Parish during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 90% of the county's total.

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $2,800,000 Ferriday Building fires Major
2 $2,500,000 Ferriday Building fires Major
3 $250,000 Ferriday Building fires Major
4 $150,000 Ferriday Building fires Significant
5 $100,000 Ferriday Building fires Significant
6 $100,000 Clayton Building fires Significant
7 $100,000 Clayton Building fires Significant
8 $100,000 Vidalia Building fires Significant
9 $100,000 Ferriday Building fires Significant
10 $75,000 Vidalia Building fires Significant
06 How Concordia Parish compares

Concordia Parish vs LA vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

10.51
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Concordia Parish
10.51
LA avg
9.63
US avg
7.15
4.01
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Concordia Parish
4.01
LA avg
1.29
US avg
0.82
95.6
Civilian fire deaths per million
Concordia Parish
95.6
LA avg
15.6
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Concordia Parish

12 cities mapped to FIPS 22029.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Concordia Parish

5 departments report from this county.

CONCORDIA FIRE DIST 2
—
FDID 15030 92 incidents
VIDALIA FD
Vidalia
FDID 15025 18 incidents 26 paid
FERRIDAY FD
—
FDID 15005 1 incidents
MONTEREY FIRE PRO DIST 1
—
FDID 15010 0 incidents
RIDGECREST VFD
—
FDID 15020 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.