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.
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 Dale County, the largest single contributor is Tornado, 59% of the life-safety total.
Dale County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $11.5M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 67 Alabama counties. Nationally, Dale County ranks 1300th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 2128th for life safety per 100k residents, 1382nd for property loss, and 2478th for property loss per resident. Computed from census tract data covering every resident, independent of fire department boundaries.
Add fire mortality, cause, and loss
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 Dale 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 Dale County.
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Total expected annual loss: $18,524,920 per year. Life safety is shown here in dollars, at FEMA's $13.7M value of statistical life, so the three shares sum to the total.
Agriculture is 9% of expected annual loss in Dale County, so total loss overstates property loss here. The property figure above counts building loss only.
Hazards Ranked Two Ways
The hazard that threatens people is often not the hazard that destroys buildings. Both columns cover the same 18 hazards over the same year.
By life-safety loss ($/yr)
By property loss ($/yr)
Census Tract Risk Map
Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Dale 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
Department composition covers the 17 departments registered in NERIS Public for Dale 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 Dale 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.
| Department ▲ | Est. Population ▲ | Life-Safety Loss ▼ | NRI Rating ▲ | Stations ▲ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dothan Regional Airport Fire Department | 73,232 | $9.5M | Relatively High | 1 |
| Dothan Fire Department | 70,996 | $9.2M | Relatively High | 11 |
| Marley Mill Volunteer Fire Department | 24,559 | $2.6M | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| City of Ozark Fire Rescue | 14,000 | $1.5M | Relatively Moderate | 3 |
| Newville Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. | 15,190 | $1.4M | Relatively High | 1 |
| Bellwood Volunteer Fire Department | 10,664 | $1.2M | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Level Plains Volunteer Fire Department | 11,197 | $1.2M | Relatively High | 1 |
| Fort Rucker Army Fire & Emergency Services | 4,781 | $474.1K | Relatively Moderate | 2 |
| Daleville Volunteer Fire Department | 4,308 | $457.5K | Relatively High | 1 |
| Newton Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. | 3,354 | $333.7K | Relatively High | 1 |
| Midland City Volunteer Fire Department | 2,391 | $251.0K | Very High | 1 |
| Skipperville Volunteer Fire Department | 1,977 | $211.6K | Relatively High | 1 |
| Napier Field Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. | 1,903 | $204.9K | Very High | 0 |
| Pinckard Volunteer Fire Department | 1,938 | $188.3K | Very High | 1 |
| Echo Fire/Rescue | 1,897 | $178.6K | Relatively Moderate | 0 |
| Choctawhatchee Volunteer Fire Department | 998 | $100.6K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Clayhatchee Fire Department | 500 | $54.7K | Relatively Moderate | 3 |
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