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Escambia County, AL

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 94.6 Very High

36,629
Population
19
Departments
25
Stations
10
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
0.51
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
26th highest of 67
Life Safety per 100k
1.39
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
15th highest of 67
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$28.6M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
15th highest of 67
Property Loss per Resident
$782
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
3rd 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 Escambia County, the largest single contributor is Tornado, 27% of the life-safety total.

Escambia County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $28.6M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 67 Alabama counties. Nationally, Escambia County ranks 1057th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 1151st for life safety per 100k residents, 621st for property loss, and 263rd for property loss per resident. Computed from census tract data covering every resident, independent of fire department boundaries.

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Loss Breakdown

79%
19%
Property (buildings): $28.6M (79.1%)
Life safety: $7.0M (19.2%)
Agriculture: $585K (1.6%)

Total expected annual loss: $36,194,550 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
$1.9M
Lightning
$1.5M
Heat Wave
$1.2M
Hurricane
$1.2M
Strong Wind
$556K
Cold Wave
$475K

By property loss ($/yr)

Hurricane
$19.4M
Inland Flooding
$7.6M
Tornado
$1.1M
Earthquake
$182K
Strong Wind
$156K
Wildfire
$128K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Escambia 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

11%
11%
79%
Career: 11% (2)
Combination: 11% (2)
Volunteer: 79% (15)
Residents per Station
1,465
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
68.3
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 19 departments registered in NERIS Public for Escambia 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 Escambia 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 19 departments
Department ▲ Est. Population ▲ Life-Safety Loss ▼ NRI Rating ▲ Stations ▲
Appleton Volunteer Fire Department 28,089 $4.9M Very High 1
Brewton Fire Department 20,034 $3.4M Very High 1
City Of Atmore Fire Department 8,063 $1.6M Very High 2
Wallace Volunteer Fire Department 6,442 $1.2M Very High 1
Friendship Volunteer Fire Department 3,359 $724.8K Very High 1
Poarch Band Of Creek Indians Fire Department 2,974 $538.6K Very High 2
Flomaton Fire & Rescue, Inc 2,312 $493.6K Very High 2
East Brewton Fire Department 2,642 $429.1K Very High 1
Escambia County Fire & Rescue Squad, Inc. 2,642 $429.1K Very High 1
Mccullough Volunteer Fire Department 1,987 $332.3K Very High 1
Mccall Volunteer Fire Department 1,593 $273.0K Very High 1
Munson Volunteer Fire And Rescue 1,717 $214.1K Very High 4
Nokomis Volunteer Fire Department 850 $171.4K Very High 1
Boykin-Damascus Volunteer Fire Department 653 $104.4K Very High 1
Huxford Volunteer Fire Department 591 $98.7K Very High 1
Wing Volunteer Fire Department 616 $91.2K Relatively High 1
Barnett Crossroads Volunteer Fire Department 351 $66.7K Very High 1
Pineview-Foshee Volunteer Fire Department 302 $64.8K Very High 1
Bradley Volunteer Fire Department 155 $36.6K Relatively Moderate 1
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Risk Snapshot

20.0%
Poverty Rate
19.0%
Age 65+
21.3%
Disability Rate
9.2%
Uninsured
44.7%
Pre-1980 Housing
21.0%
Mobile Homes
23.8%
Vacancy Rate
0.5%
Wood Heat
$50,217
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

9
Last 10 Years
17
Last 25 Years
Hurricane
Most Frequent

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