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 Riverside County, the largest single contributor is Earthquake, 79% of the life-safety total.
Riverside County carries an expected 17 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $2.0B in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 58 California counties. Nationally, Riverside County ranks 18th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 2269th for life safety per 100k residents, 2nd for property loss, and 232nd 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 Riverside 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 Riverside County See what a department seesWhat Drives the Loss
Total expected annual loss: $2,265,651,417 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 Riverside 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 43 departments registered in NERIS Public for Riverside 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 Riverside 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 ▲ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riverside County Fire Department | 2.0M | $172.5M | Very High | 42 |
| Banning Fire Service | 1.6M | $156.1M | Very High | 1 |
| Beaumont Fire Service | 1.6M | $156.1M | Very High | 2 |
| Desert Hot Springs Fire Service | 1.6M | $156.1M | Very High | 1 |
| Rubidoux Fire Service | 1.6M | $156.1M | Very High | 1 |
| San Jacinto Fire Service | 1.6M | $156.1M | Very High | 1 |
| San Bernardino County Fire District | 1.0M | $148.0M | Very High | 87 |
| California Rehabilitation Center | 1.7M | $145.6M | Very High | 1 |
| City Of Norco Fire Department | 1.7M | $145.6M | Very High | 2 |
| Indian Wells Fire Service | 1.7M | $145.6M | Very High | 1 |
| La Quinta Fire Service | 1.7M | $145.6M | Very High | 3 |
| Lake Elsinore Fire Service | 1.7M | $145.6M | Very High | 3 |
| Moreno Valley Fire Service | 1.7M | $145.6M | Very High | 7 |
| Palm Desert Fire Service | 1.7M | $145.6M | Very High | 3 |
| Perris Fire Services | 1.7M | $145.6M | Very High | 3 |
| Rancho Mirage Fire Service | 1.7M | $145.6M | Very High | 2 |
| Temecula Fire Service | 1.7M | $145.6M | Very High | 5 |
| Fort Irwin Army Fire & Emergency Services | 740,134 | $136.4M | Very High | 11 |
| San Manuel Band Of Mission Indians Fire Department | 740,134 | $136.4M | Very High | 1 |
| Searles Valley Minerals Fire Department | 740,134 | $136.4M | Very High | 2 |
| Anaheim Fire & Rescue | 315,840 | $43.1M | Relatively High | 35 |
| University Of California Riverside | 307,424 | $41.8M | Very High | 1 |
| City of Riverside Fire Department | 307,540 | $41.8M | Very High | 15 |
| Mule Creek State Prison Fire Department | 75,700 | $22.8M | Very High | 1 |
| Camptonville Fire Department | 170,124 | $15.4M | Relatively High | 1 |
| Central California Women's Facility Valley State Prison For Women Fire Department | 158,175 | $13.2M | Very High | 1 |
| Hemet Fire Department | 93,574 | $12.8M | Very High | 6 |
| Corona Fire Department | 158,062 | $11.7M | Very High | 7 |
| Indio Fire Service | 89,225 | $11.5M | Very High | 4 |
| Chino Valley Independent Fire District | 171,400 | $11.0M | Very High | 10 |
| Palm Springs Fire Department | 57,043 | $9.3M | Very High | 5 |
| Coachella Fire Department | 54,097 | $8.3M | Very High | 1 |
| Cathedral City Fire | 52,140 | $6.3M | Relatively High | 3 |
| Murrieta Fire & Rescue | 111,674 | $4.4M | Relatively High | 5 |
| Calimesa Fire Service | 19,171 | $2.4M | Very High | 0 |
| Morongo Fire Department | 3,511 | $1.9M | Very High | 1 |
| Soboba Fire Department | 5,019 | $1.9M | Very High | 1 |
| Colorado River Indian Tribes | 4,440 | $752.1K | Very High | 0 |
| Ehrenberg Fire District | 4,253 | $670.0K | Very High | 1 |
| Idyllwild Fire Protection District | 4,171 | $665.5K | Very High | 1 |
| Pechanga Fire Department | 7,796 | $640.6K | Very High | 2 |
| Canyon Lake Fire Department | 15,331 | $513.6K | Very High | 1 |
| March Field Fire Department | 4,388 | $421.6K | Very High | 1 |
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