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 Shelby County, the largest single contributor is Tornado, 52% of the life-safety total.
Shelby County carries an expected 2 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $72.4M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 67 Alabama counties. Nationally, Shelby County ranks 232nd of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 1651st for life safety per 100k residents, 298th for property loss, and 1741st 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 Shelby 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 Shelby County.
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Total expected annual loss: $105,774,723 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)
By property loss ($/yr)
Census Tract Risk Map
Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Shelby 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 32 departments registered in NERIS Public for Shelby 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 Shelby 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 ▲ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rex Lake Fire District | 524,957 | $59.7M | Relatively Moderate | 0 |
| Birmingham Fire And Rescue Service Department | 200,845 | $23.3M | Relatively Moderate | 32 |
| North Shelby County Fire And Emergency Medical District | 158,621 | $21.4M | Relatively High | 3 |
| Hoover Fire Department | 81,212 | $9.8M | Relatively High | 13 |
| Alabaster Fire Department | 35,029 | $4.9M | Relatively Moderate | 6 |
| Saginaw Volunteer Fire Department | 35,029 | $4.9M | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Jemison Fire Department | 37,719 | $4.7M | Relatively Moderate | 2 |
| Pelham Fire Department | 24,015 | $4.1M | Relatively High | 9 |
| Fourmile Fire And Rescue | 24,484 | $3.3M | Relatively High | 1 |
| Cahaba Valley Fire & Emergency Medical Rescue District | 22,464 | $3.1M | Relatively Moderate | 4 |
| Helena Fire Department | 23,469 | $3.0M | Relatively Moderate | 5 |
| Green Pond Fire & Rescue Service | 23,033 | $2.6M | Relatively Moderate | 3 |
| Childersburg Fire & Rescue | 19,326 | $2.6M | Relatively High | 1 |
| Calera Fire & Rescue | 17,870 | $2.3M | Relatively Moderate | 3 |
| Chelsea Fire And Rescue | 14,259 | $1.8M | Relatively High | 3 |
| Brierfield Fire And Rescue | 12,462 | $1.6M | Relatively Moderate | 3 |
| Leeds Fire Department | 12,619 | $1.3M | Relatively Moderate | 2 |
| Montevallo Fire & Rescue | 6,642 | $856.7K | Relatively Moderate | 2 |
| Columbiana Fire Department | 5,483 | $620.9K | Relatively High | 2 |
| Indian Ford Fire District | 5,089 | $591.4K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Shelby Volunteer Fire Department | 4,025 | $537.1K | Very High | 3 |
| Vincent Volunteer Fire Department | 2,048 | $308.1K | Very High | 1 |
| City Of Westover Fire Deparment | 2,275 | $275.5K | Relatively High | 1 |
| Westover Volunteer Fire And Rescue | 2,275 | $275.5K | Relatively High | 1 |
| Wilsonville Fire Department | 1,987 | $265.1K | Relatively High | 0 |
| Harpersville Fire Department | 1,957 | $258.1K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| West Shelby Fire & Rescue District, Inc. | 1,934 | $233.3K | Relatively Moderate | 2 |
| Kingdom Volunteer Fire Department | 1,511 | $199.1K | Relatively High | 1 |
| County 17 Fire & Rescue | 1,351 | $169.6K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Dry Valley Fire And Rescue | 1,000 | $140.7K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Dunnavant Volunteer Fire Department | 836 | $124.5K | Relatively Low | 0 |
| Summer Hill Volunteer Fire Department | 904 | $108.3K | Relatively High | 1 |
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