ZIP 70548 recorded 73 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 350 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Vermilion Parish, LA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
350 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 41 | |
| 2022 | 75 | |
| 2023 | 78 | |
| 2024 | 83 | |
| 2025 | 73 |
Oct peaks. May dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 70548 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 68 | 19.4% | |
| 2 | Grass fire | 49 | 14.0% | |
| 3 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 46 | 13.1% | |
| 4 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 22 | 6.3% | |
| 5 | Electrical wiring/equipment problem, other | 18 | 5.1% |
For the 19 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 70548 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 68 | 44.2% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 18 | 11.7% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 14 | 9.1% | |
| 4 | Other | 13 | 8.4% | |
| 5 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 8 | 5.2% | |
| 6 | Cooking area, kitchen | 7 | 4.5% | |
| 7 | Wall surface: exterior | 4 | 2.6% | |
| 8 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 3 | 1.9% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 19 | 12.3% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 109 | 70.8% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 15 | 9.7% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 3 | 1.9% | |
| 4 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 3 | 1.9% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 2 | 1.3% | |
| 6 | Arcing | 2 | 1.3% | |
| 7 | Incendiary device | 2 | 1.3% | |
| 8 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 2 | 1.3% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 16 | 10.4% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 70548 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 281500% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $180,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 2 | $45,000 | Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other | 2023 | Significant |
| 3 | $25,000 | Fire, other | 2021 | Significant |
| 4 | $12,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2021 | Significant |
| 5 | $10,000 | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | 2021 | Significant |
| 6 | $6,000 | Outside equipment fire | 2024 | Significant |
| 7 | $3,000 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 2023 | Significant |
| 8 | $500 | Fires in structures other than in a building | 2021 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 70548.
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 — 350 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.