Top Hazards by Life-Safety Loss ($/yr)
Department Rankings
Fire and EMS departments serving Van Buren 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 ▲ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quitman Volunteer Fire Department | 13,354 | $3.5M | Relatively High | 1 |
| Fairfield Bay Fire Department | 10,643 | $2.2M | Relatively High | 6 |
| Choctaw Volunteer Fire Department | 9,015 | $2.0M | Relatively High | 0 |
| Fox Volunteer Fire Department | 9,036 | $1.9M | Relatively High | 4 |
| Clinton Fire Department | 9,079 | $1.8M | Relatively High | 3 |
| Damascus Fire Department | 6,821 | $1.7M | Relatively High | 1 |
| Burnt Ridge Volunteer Fire Department | 8,908 | $1.7M | Relatively Moderate | 3 |
| Highway 110 Fire Department | 8,596 | $1.6M | Relatively High | 1 |
| Witts Springs Volunteer Fire Department | 5,722 | $1.1M | Relatively High | 1 |
| Chimes Volunteer Fire Department - Station #1 | 5,979 | $1.1M | Relatively High | 2 |
| Gravesville Volunteer Fire Department | 3,732 | $798.7K | Relatively High | 1 |
| Scotland Area Fire And Emergency | 3,358 | $720.5K | Relatively High | 2 |
| Botkinburg Community Volunteer Fire Department | 3,796 | $624.4K | Relatively High | 1 |
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