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Crenshaw County, AL

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 54.8 Relatively Moderate

13,122
Population
12
Departments
13
Stations
6
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
0.11
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
62nd highest of 67
Life Safety per 100k
0.81
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
48th highest of 67
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$4.8M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
55th highest of 67
Property Loss per Resident
$365
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
21st 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 Crenshaw County, the largest single contributor is Tornado, 57% of the life-safety total.

Crenshaw County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $4.8M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 67 Alabama counties. Nationally, Crenshaw County ranks 2591st of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 2064th for life safety per 100k residents, 2278th for property loss, and 1407th for property loss per resident. Computed from census tract data covering every resident, independent of fire department boundaries.

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Natural hazard exposure is only part of the risk. Fire deaths and injuries, cause of ignition, and dollar loss per incident come from NERIS incident reporting, which grows as departments serving Crenshaw County enroll. Our Regional tier adds that data for the departments your jurisdiction sponsors, next to public risk and NERIS adoption for every department in Crenshaw County.

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Loss Breakdown

67%
20%
13%
Property (buildings): $4.8M (66.6%)
Life safety: $1.5M (20.2%)
Agriculture: $952K (13.2%)

Total expected annual loss: $7,201,387 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.

Agriculture is 13% of expected annual loss in Crenshaw County, so total loss overstates property loss here. The property figure above counts building loss only.

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
$827K
Heat Wave
$218K
Lightning
$196K
Strong Wind
$84K
Hurricane
$50K
Cold Wave
$44K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$2.5M
Hurricane
$1.6M
Tornado
$471K
Strong Wind
$145K
Earthquake
$62K
Hail
$11K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Crenshaw 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

100%
Volunteer: 100% (12)
Residents per Station
1,009
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
99.1
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 12 departments registered in NERIS Public for Crenshaw 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 Crenshaw 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 12 departments
Department ▲ Est. Population ▲ Life-Safety Loss ▼ NRI Rating ▲ Stations ▲
Gantt Area Fire & Rescue, Inc. 18,810 $3.0M Very High 2
Highland Home Volunteer Fire & Rescue Department, Inc. 12,415 $1.2M Relatively Moderate 1
Luverne Fire Department 8,261 $913.5K Relatively High 1
Rutledge Fire Department 5,920 $707.3K Very High 1
Ridge Grove Fire Department 3,187 $395.5K Very High 1
Brantley Fire & Rescue Department 1,621 $190.8K Relatively Low 1
Midway & Damascus Volunteer Fire Department 685 $111.5K Very High 1
Rose Hill Volunteer Fire Department 640 $100.5K Very High 1
Bullock Community Volunteer Fire Department 740 $89.6K Relatively High 1
Dozier Volunteer Fire Department 575 $67.7K Relatively Low 1
Fullers Crossroads Fire Department 615 $63.1K Relatively High 1
Glenwood Volunteer Fire Department 444 $54.7K Very High 1
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Risk Snapshot

17.9%
Poverty Rate
20.2%
Age 65+
17.4%
Disability Rate
8.1%
Uninsured
46.5%
Pre-1980 Housing
24.5%
Mobile Homes
20.5%
Vacancy Rate
0.6%
Wood Heat
$49,379
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

11
Last 10 Years
20
Last 25 Years
Hurricane
Most Frequent

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