In 2025, fire departments serving St. James Parish responded to 74 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $500K property loss.
Building fires lead by count. Top five categories make up about 57% of all calls.
Aug peaks. Sep dips.
528 incidents from 2021 through 2025.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 124 | |
| 2022 | 84 | |
| 2023 | 146 | |
| 2024 | 100 | |
| 2025 | 74 |
For the 11 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.
Largest single-incident property losses in St. James Parish during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 94% of the county's total.
| # | Property loss | City | Type | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $500,000 | CONVENT | Building fires | Major |
| 2 | $180,000 | Paulina | Building fires | Significant |
| 3 | $100,000 | LUTCHER | Building fires | Significant |
| 4 | $60,000 | Lutcher | Building fires | Significant |
| 5 | $40,000 | Lutcher | Building fires | Significant |
| 6 | $40,000 | VACHERIE | Building fires | Significant |
| 7 | $40,000 | GRAMERCY | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant |
| 8 | $30,000 | VACHERIE | Fire in motor home, camper, recreational vehicle | Significant |
| 9 | $23,530 | Vacherie | Building fires | Significant |
| 10 | $20,000 | GRAMERCY | Building fires | Significant |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.
12 cities mapped to FIPS 22093.
4 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.