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 Maricopa County, the largest single contributor is Heat Wave, 97% of the life-safety total.
Maricopa County carries an expected 72 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $1.2B in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 15 Arizona counties. Nationally, Maricopa County ranks 3rd of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 942nd for life safety per 100k residents, 10th for property loss, and 2170th 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 Maricopa 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 Maricopa County.
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Total expected annual loss: $2,195,561,919 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 Maricopa 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 35 departments registered in NERIS Public for Maricopa 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 Maricopa 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 ▲ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phoenix Fire Department | 1.7M | $365.8M | Relatively High | 63 |
| Mesa Fire and Medical Department | 526,043 | $114.3M | Relatively High | 26 |
| Boeing Mesa Fire Department | 513,713 | $111.7M | Relatively High | 0 |
| Chandler Fire Department | 281,070 | $62.2M | Relatively High | 11 |
| Gilbert Fire and Rescue | 289,781 | $60.4M | Relatively High | 11 |
| City of Scottsdale Fire Department | 244,191 | $56.0M | Relatively High | 17 |
| Glendale Fire Department | 258,951 | $54.6M | Relatively High | 10 |
| Peoria Fire Department | 200,609 | $42.4M | Relatively High | 8 |
| Tempe Fire Medical Rescue Department | 188,942 | $40.4M | Relatively High | 10 |
| Surprise Fire-Medical Department | 174,136 | $31.4M | Relatively High | 11 |
| Rural Metro Fire Department | 264,863 | $31.2M | Relatively Moderate | 15 |
| Carefree Fire Department | 143,689 | $28.2M | Relatively High | 17 |
| Buckeye Fire Department | 136,349 | $23.5M | Relatively High | 8 |
| Goodyear Fire Department | 130,546 | $22.7M | Relatively High | 8 |
| Arizona Fire & Medical Authority | 101,358 | $20.5M | Very High | 17 |
| Avondale Fire Medical | 102,119 | $19.8M | Relatively High | 6 |
| South Florence Volunteer Fire Department | 151,376 | $13.5M | Relatively Moderate | 0 |
| Queen Creek Fire and Medical Department | 95,381 | $13.2M | Relatively High | 6 |
| Sun City Fire District | 45,078 | $10.4M | Very High | 3 |
| Daisy Mountain Fire District | 47,811 | $10.3M | Relatively High | 12 |
| El Mirage Fire Department | 36,389 | $7.9M | Relatively High | 1 |
| Fountain Hills Fire Department | 23,629 | $5.1M | Very High | 2 |
| Tonto Basin Fire District | 2,231 | $2.3M | Very High | 4 |
| Tolleson Fire Department | 9,724 | $1.7M | Very High | 1 |
| Wickenburg Fire Department | 7,936 | $1.6M | Very High | 1 |
| Gila River Fire Department | 15,886 | $1.6M | Very High | 4 |
| Salt River Fire Department | 5,176 | $1.4M | Very High | 4 |
| Luke Air Force Base | 2,792 | $772.2K | Relatively Low | 0 |
| Gila Bend Fire Department | 2,100 | $648.6K | Very High | 1 |
| Circle City- Morristown Fire Department | 1,712 | $329.5K | Very High | 1 |
| Rio Verde Fire District | 3,187 | $224.9K | Very High | 2 |
| Aguila Volunteer Fire Department | 1,048 | $204.6K | Very High | 1 |
| fort mcdowell | 1,240 | $164.4K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Harquahala Valley Fire District | 466 | $87.7K | Very High | 1 |
| Gila Bend Afaf Fire Department | 8 | $198 | Very Low | 0 |
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