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Blount County, AL

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 59.5 Relatively Moderate

59,518
Population
20
Departments
32
Stations
16
Census Tracts

Natural Hazard Loss Profile

Expected annual loss across the 18 natural hazards in FEMA's National Risk Index. Life safety is expressed in fatality-equivalents, combining expected deaths and injuries. Property loss counts building damage only, not agriculture.

Natural Hazard Life Safety
0.53
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
25th highest of 67
Life Safety per 100k
0.89
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
40th highest of 67
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$13.4M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
30th highest of 67
Property Loss per Resident
$225
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
64th highest of 67

These figures cover natural hazards only. Structure fire, EMS, and motor vehicle incidents are not in the National Risk Index, so this is not an all-cause life safety measure. For Blount County, the largest single contributor is Tornado, 53% of the life-safety total.

Blount County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $13.4M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 67 Alabama counties. Nationally, Blount County ranks 1026th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 1925th for life safety per 100k residents, 1233rd for property loss, and 2556th for property loss per resident. Computed from census tract data covering every resident, independent of fire department boundaries.

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Loss Breakdown

63%
34%
Property (buildings): $13.4M (62.8%)
Life safety: $7.2M (34.0%)
Agriculture: $691K (3.2%)

Total expected annual loss: $21,294,671 per year. Life safety is shown here in dollars, at FEMA's $13.7M value of statistical life, so the three shares sum to the total.

Hazards Ranked Two Ways

The hazard that threatens people is often not the hazard that destroys buildings. Both columns cover the same 18 hazards over the same year.

By life-safety loss ($/yr)

Tornado
$3.8M
Cold Wave
$1.0M
Strong Wind
$846K
Heat Wave
$669K
Lightning
$538K
Earthquake
$205K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$9.8M
Tornado
$2.7M
Earthquake
$537K
Strong Wind
$104K
Wildfire
$74K
Ice Storm
$45K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Blount County. Gray tracts have no modeled loss or no resident population. Per-resident figures on this map use the National Risk Index 2020 tract population.

Fire Service Profile

15%
85%
Combination: 15% (3)
Volunteer: 85% (17)
Residents per Station
1,860
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
53.8
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 20 departments registered in NERIS Public for Blount County, AL. Departments that have not registered are not counted. Station coverage divides census population by registered stations; department service areas overlap, so their populations are not summed.

Department Rankings

Fire and EMS departments serving Blount County. Click column headers to sort.

NRI Rating is from FEMA's National Risk Index, which measures community risk across 18 natural hazards using expected annual losses, social vulnerability, and community resilience. Life-Safety Loss uses FEMA's Value of Statistical Life ($13.7M per expected fatality) to estimate annual risk to human life.

Department boundaries and station counts are self-reported through NERIS Public and may not reflect current service areas. Population and Life-Safety Loss reflect each department's full jurisdiction. County-level risk metrics are computed from census tract data and are not affected by boundary accuracy. See full methodology.

Showing 20 departments
Department ▲ Est. Population ▲ Life-Safety Loss ▼ NRI Rating ▲ Stations ▲
Mt High Volunteer Fire Department & Rescue Squad 35,768 $4.6M Relatively High 1
Palmerdale Fire District 34,082 $4.0M Relatively Moderate 4
Blountsville Volunteer Fire & Rescue Dept. Station 1 30,680 $3.7M Relatively Moderate 1
Ricetown Volunteer Fire & Rescue 24,101 $3.1M Relatively Moderate 1
Straight Mountain Volunteer Fire & Rescue 18,017 $2.3M Relatively High 2
West Blount Fire Department 17,061 $2.0M Relatively Moderate 4
Royal Community Fire Department 16,134 $1.9M Relatively Moderate 1
Susan Moore Fire And Rescue Department 14,969 $1.7M Relatively Moderate 1
Oneonta Fire And Rescue Service 13,113 $1.7M Relatively High 3
Pine Mountain Volunteer Fire Department 12,561 $1.5M Relatively High 3
Allgood Volunteer Fire And Rescue 10,489 $1.2M Relatively Moderate 1
Holly Springs Fire And Rescue 9,496 $1.2M Relatively Moderate 1
Dallas-Selfville Fire & Rescue 8,487 $1.1M Relatively High 1
Locust Fork Volunteer Fire And Rescue 8,487 $1.1M Relatively High 1
Bangor Fire & Rescue Service 9,225 $1.0M Relatively High 0
Murphree Valley Volunteer Fire Department 8,257 $947.3K Relatively Moderate 2
Remlap Fire & Ems District, Inc. 7,652 $929.6K Relatively High 2
Nectar Fire Department 7,490 $916.8K Relatively Moderate 1
Cleveland Volunteer Fire Department 7,284 $720.2K Relatively Moderate 1
Brooksville Volunteer Fire & Rescue 4,724 $565.6K Relatively High 1
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Risk Snapshot

12.9%
Poverty Rate
18.6%
Age 65+
17.5%
Disability Rate
10.3%
Uninsured
36.1%
Pre-1980 Housing
24.3%
Mobile Homes
11.0%
Vacancy Rate
2.4%
Wood Heat
$65,526
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

9
Last 10 Years
19
Last 25 Years
Severe Storm
Most Frequent

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