ZIP 70053 recorded 92 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 689 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Jefferson Parish, LA.
689 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 174 | |
| 2022 | 140 | |
| 2023 | 160 | |
| 2024 | 123 | |
| 2025 | 92 |
Sep peaks. Apr dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 70053 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 118 | 17.1% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 100 | 14.5% | |
| 3 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | 55 | 8.0% | |
| 4 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 52 | 7.5% | |
| 5 | Passenger vehicle fire | 46 | 6.7% |
For the 17 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 70053 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 51 | 22.9% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 36 | 16.1% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 20 | 9.0% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 17 | 7.6% | |
| 5 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 9 | 4.0% | |
| 6 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 8 | 3.6% | |
| 7 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 8 | 3.6% | |
| 8 | Wall surface: exterior | 5 | 2.2% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 69 | 30.9% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 133 | 59.6% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 14 | 6.3% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 13 | 5.8% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 11 | 4.9% | |
| 5 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 8 | 3.6% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 6 | 2.7% | |
| 7 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 6 | 2.7% | |
| 8 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 6 | 2.7% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 26 | 11.7% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 70053 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 2029% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 2 | $50,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 3 | $35,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 4 | $25,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 5 | $20,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 6 | $20,000 | Fires in structures other than in a building | 2021 | Significant |
| 7 | $20,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 8 | $20,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2022 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 70053.
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 — 689 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.