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.
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 Fresno County, the largest single contributor is Earthquake, 78% of the life-safety total.
Fresno County carries an expected 3 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $282.6M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 58 California counties. Nationally, Fresno County ranks 170th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 2982nd for life safety per 100k residents, 45th for property loss, and 2025th 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 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 Fresno 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.
Talk to us about Fresno County See what a department seesWhat Drives the Loss
Total expected annual loss: $557,314,963 per year. Life safety is shown here in dollars, at FEMA's $13.7M value of statistical life, so the three shares sum to the total.
Agriculture is 42% of expected annual loss in Fresno County, so total loss overstates property loss here. The property figure above counts building loss only.
Hazards Ranked Two Ways
The hazard that threatens people is often not the hazard that destroys buildings. Both columns cover the same 18 hazards over the same year.
By life-safety loss ($/yr)
By property loss ($/yr)
Census Tract Risk Map
Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Fresno 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 27 departments registered in NERIS Public for Fresno County, CA. 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 Fresno 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 ▲ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round Valley Fire Department | 478,480 | $38.0M | Relatively High | 0 |
| Tulare County Fire Department | 478,480 | $38.0M | Relatively High | 55 |
| Death Valley National Park Fire Department | 18,739 | $25.2M | Very High | 1 |
| Keeler Volunteer Fire Department | 18,739 | $25.2M | Very High | 1 |
| Dos Palos Fire Department | 218,182 | $23.1M | Relatively High | 0 |
| Gustine Volunteer Fire Department | 218,182 | $23.1M | Relatively High | 0 |
| Hume Lake Fire & Rescue Department | 405,521 | $21.9M | Relatively High | 1 |
| City Of Fresno Fire Department | 550,833 | $21.9M | Relatively Moderate | 49 |
| Huntington Lake Volunteer Fire Department | 387,368 | $20.9M | Relatively High | 1 |
| Pine Ridge Volunteer Fire Department | 387,368 | $20.9M | Relatively High | 1 |
| Hollister Fire Department | 96,047 | $20.0M | Very High | 4 |
| San Benito County Fire Department | 96,047 | $20.0M | Very High | 1 |
| Fresno County Fire Protection District | 286,669 | $16.9M | Relatively High | 18 |
| Kings County Fire Department | 144,641 | $14.3M | Relatively High | 19 |
| Central California Women's Facility Valley State Prison For Women Fire Department | 158,175 | $13.2M | Very High | 1 |
| Madera County Fire Department | 97,595 | $8.0M | Very High | 14 |
| North Central Fire Protection District | 74,130 | $5.9M | Relatively High | 6 |
| Clovis Fire Department | 108,426 | $2.5M | Relatively Moderate | 8 |
| Coalinga Fire Department | 11,942 | $933.5K | Very High | 2 |
| Orange Cove Fire Protection District | 15,314 | $887.8K | Relatively High | 1 |
| Auberry Volunteer Fire Department | 14,243 | $866.5K | Very High | 1 |
| City Of Firebaugh Fire Department | 7,231 | $697.4K | Relatively High | 1 |
| Reedley Fire Department | 22,101 | $613.0K | Relatively High | 2 |
| Selma Fire Department | 10,502 | $520.1K | Relatively High | 5 |
| Sanger Fire Department | 12,764 | $435.2K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Shaver Lake Fire Department | 2,112 | $238.9K | Relatively High | 2 |
| Kingsburg Fire | 3,296 | $69.6K | Relatively Moderate | 2 |
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