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 Los Angeles County, the largest single contributor is Earthquake, 93% of the life-safety total.
Los Angeles County carries an expected 125 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $5.9B in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 58 California counties. Nationally, Los Angeles County ranks 1st of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 1307th for life safety per 100k residents, 1st for property loss, and 582nd 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 Los Angeles 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 Los Angeles County.
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Total expected annual loss: $7,652,992,381 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 Los Angeles 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 37 departments registered in NERIS Public for Los Angeles 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 Los Angeles 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 ▲ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Fire Department | 4.0M | $840.7M | Relatively High | 109 |
| La Tuna Canyon Fire & Rescue | 3.8M | $790.2M | Relatively High | 0 |
| UCLA Fire | 3.8M | $790.2M | Relatively High | 0 |
| Los Angeles County Fire Department | 4.0M | $531.1M | Relatively High | 200 |
| City Of La Habra Fire Department | 3.6M | $488.3M | Relatively High | 0 |
| California State Prison-Los Angeles County -Fire Department | 3.6M | $481.4M | Relatively High | 0 |
| Long Beach Fire Department | 447,929 | $70.4M | Relatively High | 24 |
| Mojave Air And Space Port Fire Department | 548,139 | $53.6M | Relatively High | 0 |
| Pasadena Fire Department | 130,948 | $42.4M | Very High | 11 |
| Glendale Fire Department | 180,385 | $34.8M | Very High | 9 |
| Santa Monica Fire Department | 87,090 | $24.2M | Very High | 9 |
| Dos Palos Fire Department | 218,182 | $23.1M | Relatively High | 0 |
| Gustine Volunteer Fire Department | 218,182 | $23.1M | Relatively High | 0 |
| City Of Burbank Fire Department | 100,047 | $19.1M | Very High | 14 |
| Torrance Fire Department | 133,174 | $18.9M | Very High | 6 |
| City Of Downey Fire Department | 105,606 | $14.4M | Relatively High | 9 |
| Alhambra Fire Department | 75,418 | $12.7M | Relatively High | 4 |
| Beverly Hills Fire Department | 27,405 | $11.7M | Very High | 6 |
| Compton Fire Department | 81,792 | $10.6M | Relatively High | 4 |
| Culver City Fire Department | 32,013 | $10.0M | Very High | 5 |
| Arcadia Fire Department | 52,518 | $8.9M | Very High | 3 |
| Montebello Fire Department | 56,298 | $8.3M | Very High | 3 |
| West Covina Fire Department | 93,506 | $7.2M | Relatively High | 18 |
| Monrovia Fire Department | 35,240 | $7.0M | Very High | 5 |
| Monterey Park Fire Department | 54,275 | $6.5M | Very High | 3 |
| Santa Fe Springs Fire Department | 18,609 | $6.4M | Very High | 8 |
| Redondo Beach Fire Department | 60,479 | $5.3M | Very High | 5 |
| La Verne Fire Department | 26,655 | $4.7M | Very High | 2 |
| El Segundo Fire Department | 15,316 | $4.6M | Very High | 7 |
| San Gabriel Fire Deparetment | 33,019 | $4.5M | Very High | 4 |
| South Pasadena Fire Department | 23,212 | $4.0M | Relatively High | 3 |
| Sierra Madre Fire Department | 9,643 | $3.6M | Very High | 1 |
| Manhattan Beach Fire Department | 31,219 | $3.4M | Relatively High | 4 |
| San Marino Fire Department | 10,541 | $2.0M | Very High | 3 |
| La Habra Heights Fire Department | 5,522 | $701.3K | Relatively High | 1 |
| Avalon Fire Department | 3,022 | $138.2K | Relatively High | 2 |
| Edwards Air Force Base Fire & Emergency Services | 2,633 | $90.7K | Relatively Moderate | 5 |
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