In 2025, fire departments serving Rapides Parish responded to 932 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $300K property loss. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
Building fires lead by count. Top five categories make up about 62% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Nov dips.
6,957 incidents from 2021 through 2025.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1,076 | |
| 2022 | 1,493 | |
| 2023 | 1,842 | |
| 2024 | 1,614 | |
| 2025 | 932 |
For the 187 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.
Largest single-incident property losses in Rapides Parish during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 46% of the county's total.
| # | Property loss | City | Type | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $300,000 | Hineston | Building fires | Major |
| 2 | $175,000 | Alexandria | Building fires | Significant |
| 3 | $150,000 | Alexandria | Building fires | Significant |
| 4 | $150,000 | Alexandria | Building fires | Significant |
| 5 | $120,000 | Deville | Building fires | Significant |
| 6 | $100,000 | Alexandria | Building fires | Significant |
| 7 | $100,000 | Alexandria | Building fires | Significant |
| 8 | $100,000 | Alexandria | Building fires | Significant |
| 9 | $100,000 | Alexandria | Building fires | Significant |
| 10 | $86,000 | Ball | Building fires | Significant |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.
12 cities mapped to FIPS 22079.
23 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.