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Destrehan: Fire Incidents, Louisiana (LA)

2002 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 27. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 64 took place in 2018, and the least - 3 in 2007. The data has an increasing trend.

The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Destrehan, LA compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)
Destrehan:	33.5
Luling:	26.4
Kenner:	25.8
Waggaman:	26.3
River Ridge:	15.3
Harahan:	3.9
Laplace:	38.1
Metairie:	15.6
Bridge City:	23.4

Based on the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 0. The highest number of injuries - 5 took place in 2002, and the lowest - 0 in 2003. The data has a declining trend.
29.8% incidents where reported in the morning and 70.2% in the evening. The most fires (17.9%) took place on Saturday, and the least (11.9%) on Sunday.
Based on the 453 fire incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (11.7%) took place during April, and the least (6.2%) in August.
Out of all 2,259 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Good Intent Call (27.8%), Hazardous Condition (22.4%), and Fire (20.1%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Destrehan, LA
• 62827.8%Good Intent Call
• 50722.4%Hazardous Condition
• 45320.1%Fire
• 33514.8%Rescue & EMS
• 27712.3%False Alarm
• 351.5%Service Call
• 200.9%Special Incident
• 30.1%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (41.3%), and Structure Fires (37.7%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Destrehan, LA
• 18741.3%Outside Fires
• 17137.7%Structure Fires
• 6815.0%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 276.0%Other