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Apache County, AZ

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 54.6 Relatively Moderate

65,341
Population
9
Departments
17
Stations
18
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, separate from agriculture.

Natural Hazard Life Safety
0.29
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
13th highest of 15
Life Safety per 100k
0.45
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
15th highest of 15
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$16.9M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
13th highest of 15
Property Loss per Resident
$259
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
14th highest of 15

These figures cover natural hazards only. Structure fire, EMS, and motor vehicle incidents are not included in the National Risk Index and are not counted here, so this is not an all-cause life safety measure. For Apache County, the largest single contributor is Lightning, 58% of the life-safety total.

Apache County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $16.9M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 15 Arizona counties. Nationally, Apache County ranks 1547th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 2661st for life safety per 100k residents, 1022nd for property loss, and 2215th 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 one half of the picture. The other half is what your departments run on: fire deaths and injuries, cause of ignition, dollar loss per incident. That comes from NERIS incident reporting, and it grows as departments serving Apache County enroll. Our Regional tier brings it together across your jurisdiction, with participating departments, alongside response time analytics, cross-department benchmarking, and coverage gap analysis.

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What Drives the Loss

81%
19%
Property (buildings): $16.9M (80.6%)
Life safety: $4.0M (19.0%)
Agriculture: $80K (0.4%)

Total expected annual loss: $21,016,506 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)

Lightning
$2.3M
Cold Wave
$829K
Wildfire
$241K
Winter Weather
$223K
Heat Wave
$168K
Earthquake
$62K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$10.8M
Wildfire
$5.8M
Earthquake
$309K
Landslide
$16K
Hail
$10K
Strong Wind
$4K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Apache 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

100%
Combination: 100% (9)
Residents per Station
3,844
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
26.0
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 9 departments registered in NERIS Public for Apache County, AZ. 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 Apache 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 9 departments
Department Est. Population Life-Safety Loss NRI Rating Stations
White Mountain Apache Fire & Rescue Department 21,147 $2.0M Very High 3
Vernon Fire District 20,768 $1.3M Relatively Moderate 2
Puerco Valley Fire District 15,520 $1.0M Relatively Moderate 1
Ganado Fire District 13,727 $919.9K Relatively Moderate 2
Round Valley Fire and Medical Department 8,258 $656.8K Very High 1
Alpine Fire Department 5,240 $483.6K Very High 2
Greer Fire District 5,240 $483.6K Very High 2
St. Johns Emergency Services 5,361 $280.7K Relatively Low 2
Concho Volunteer Fire Department 4,317 $249.8K Relatively Low 2
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Risk Snapshot

30.5%
Poverty Rate
16.8%
Age 65+
13.2%
Disability Rate
18.2%
Uninsured
34.4%
Pre-1980 Housing
22.7%
Mobile Homes
27.2%
Vacancy Rate
59.8%
Wood Heat
$44,934
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

4
Last 10 Years
11
Last 25 Years
Flood
Most Frequent

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