In 2025, fire departments serving East Baton Rouge Parish responded to 2,624 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $1.2M property loss.
Building fires lead by count. Top five categories make up about 55% of all calls.
Jan peaks. Dec dips.
14,329 incidents from 2021 through 2025.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2,844 | |
| 2022 | 2,558 | |
| 2023 | 3,118 | |
| 2024 | 3,185 | |
| 2025 | 2,624 |
For the 402 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.
Largest single-incident property losses in East Baton Rouge Parish during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 23% of the county's total.
| # | Property loss | City | Type | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,245,100 | PARISH | Building fires | Major |
| 2 | $1,000,000 | BR | Building fires | Major |
| 3 | $500,000 | BATON ROUGE | Building fires | Major |
| 4 | $500,000 | Zachary | Fires in structures other than in a building | Major |
| 5 | $400,000 | BATON ROUGE | Building fires | Major |
| 6 | $400,000 | Baton Rouge | Building fires | Major |
| 7 | $400,000 | Baton Rouge | Building fires | Major |
| 8 | $400,000 | Greenwell Springs | Building fires | Major |
| 9 | $400,000 | Greenwell Springs | Building fires | Major |
| 10 | $350,000 | BATON ROUGE | Building fires | Major |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.
12 cities mapped to FIPS 22033.
| City | Population | |
|---|---|---|
| Baton Rouge | 225,500 | View › |
| Central | 29,518 | View › |
| Zachary | 19,401 | View › |
| Shenandoah | 18,561 | View › |
| Baker | 12,463 | View › |
| Gardere | 11,565 | View › |
| Village St. George | 8,919 | View › |
| Oak Hills Place | 8,813 | View › |
| Merrydale | 8,557 | View › |
| Old Jefferson | 8,162 | View › |
| Inniswold | 6,236 | View › |
| Brownfields | 5,358 | View › |
12 departments report from this county.
Top 10 fire perimeters by acres burned (state-scoped fallback while we build out per-county polygons).
| # | Name | Year | Agency | Acres |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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.