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Tallapoosa County, AL

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 64.1 Relatively High

40,938
Population
10
Departments
16
Stations
12
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
0.27
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
36th highest of 67
Life Safety per 100k
0.67
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
58th highest of 67
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$15.3M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
28th highest of 67
Property Loss per Resident
$373
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
17th 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 Tallapoosa County, the largest single contributor is Heat Wave, 37% of the life-safety total.

Tallapoosa County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $15.3M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 67 Alabama counties. Nationally, Tallapoosa County ranks 1612th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 2273rd for life safety per 100k residents, 1117th for property loss, and 1358th 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 Tallapoosa 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 Tallapoosa County.

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Loss Breakdown

80%
20%
Property (buildings): $15.3M (79.8%)
Life safety: $3.8M (19.7%)
Agriculture: $112K (0.6%)

Total expected annual loss: $19,146,353 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)

Heat Wave
$1.4M
Tornado
$1.1M
Cold Wave
$605K
Lightning
$294K
Strong Wind
$181K
Earthquake
$132K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$12.9M
Tornado
$949K
Hurricane
$566K
Earthquake
$406K
Wildfire
$156K
Hail
$121K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Tallapoosa 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

10%
90%
Career: 10% (1)
Volunteer: 90% (9)
Residents per Station
2,559
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
39.1
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 10 departments registered in NERIS Public for Tallapoosa 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 Tallapoosa 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 10 departments
Department ▲ Est. Population ▲ Life-Safety Loss ▼ NRI Rating ▲ Stations ▲
Friendship Volunteer Fire Department 26,814 $1.8M Relatively Moderate 1
Kellyton Volunteer Fire And Rescue 12,322 $1.4M Relatively Moderate 2
Alexander City Fire Department 14,245 $1.4M Relatively High 3
Pace's Point Volunteer Fire & Rescue 11,529 $1.3M Relatively High 3
Reeltown Volunteer Fire Department 11,095 $856.2K Relatively Low 2
Camp Hill Volunteer Fire Department 6,488 $571.9K Relatively High 1
Buttston Volunteer Fire Department 4,665 $423.4K Relatively High 1
Jacksons Gap Volunteer Fire Department 4,352 $386.2K Very High 1
Hackneyville Volunteer Fire Department 3,297 $376.2K Relatively Moderate 1
Daviston Volunteer Fire Department 2,535 $212.8K Relatively Low 1
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Risk Snapshot

16.3%
Poverty Rate
23.3%
Age 65+
21.2%
Disability Rate
8.4%
Uninsured
41.8%
Pre-1980 Housing
16.2%
Mobile Homes
26.3%
Vacancy Rate
1.8%
Wood Heat
$60,481
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

8
Last 10 Years
15
Last 25 Years
Hurricane
Most Frequent

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