ZIP 70043 recorded 41 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 592 across 2021–2025. Primary county: St. Bernard Parish, LA.
592 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 112 | |
| 2022 | 134 | |
| 2023 | 174 | |
| 2024 | 131 | |
| 2025 | 41 |
Sep peaks. May dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 70043 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 104 | 17.6% | |
| 2 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | 102 | 17.2% | |
| 3 | Building fires | 62 | 10.5% | |
| 4 | Carbon monoxide incident | 62 | 10.5% | |
| 5 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 57 | 9.6% |
For the 5 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 70043 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 37 | 21.0% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 28 | 15.9% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 23 | 13.1% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 15 | 8.5% | |
| 5 | Undetermined | 12 | 6.8% | |
| 6 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 9 | 5.1% | |
| 7 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 6 | 3.4% | |
| 8 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 6 | 3.4% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 40 | 22.7% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 75 | 42.6% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 21 | 11.9% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 14 | 8.0% | |
| 4 | Cigarette | 9 | 5.1% | |
| 5 | Heat source: other | 8 | 4.5% | |
| 6 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 8 | 4.5% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 6 | 3.4% | |
| 8 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 4 | 2.3% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 31 | 17.6% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 70043 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 292% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $100,000 | Fires in structures other than in a building | 2023 | Significant |
| 2 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 3 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 4 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 5 | $85,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 6 | $80,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 7 | $78,000 | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | 2022 | Significant |
| 8 | $75,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 70043.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chalmette | 585 | |
| 2 | Meraux | 4 | |
| 3 | Independence | 2 |
The figures above are historical. For today's air quality, fire-weather warnings, and active fires, go to the official sources.
NFIRS reports each fire incident with a 5-digit address ZIP. We aggregate those rows directly to produce ZIP-level totals — 592 incidents in this ZIP across 2021–2025. Building-fire breakdowns (Area of Origin, Heat Source, ignition cause) only count fires investigators classified beyond the basic incident report. Because NFIRS reporting is voluntary, totals are a strong indicator rather than a complete census.