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Solano County, CA

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 72.7 Relatively High

451,918
Population
12
Departments
38
Stations
100
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, not agriculture.

Natural Hazard Life Safety
2.26
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
25th highest of 58
Life Safety per 100k
0.50
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
45th highest of 58
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$249.2M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
19th highest of 58
Property Loss per Resident
$551
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
40th highest of 58

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 Solano County, the largest single contributor is Earthquake, 89% of the life-safety total.

Solano County carries an expected 2 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $249.2M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 58 California counties. Nationally, Solano County ranks 251st of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 2538th for life safety per 100k residents, 62nd for property loss, and 698th 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 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 Solano 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 Solano County.

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Loss Breakdown

85%
11%
Property (buildings): $249.2M (85.3%)
Life safety: $31.0M (10.6%)
Agriculture: $11.9M (4.1%)

Total expected annual loss: $292,106,733 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)

Earthquake
$27.5M
Heat Wave
$1.3M
Inland Flooding
$635K
Landslide
$539K
Lightning
$354K
Wildfire
$306K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$140.4M
Earthquake
$101.0M
Coastal Flooding
$3.5M
Wildfire
$3.2M
Tornado
$556K
Landslide
$354K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Solano 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

17%
75%
8%
Career: 17% (2)
Combination: 75% (9)
Volunteer: 8% (1)
Residents per Station
11,893
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
8.4
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 12 departments registered in NERIS Public for Solano 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 Solano 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 12 departments
Department ▲ Est. Population ▲ Life-Safety Loss ▼ NRI Rating ▲ Stations ▲
Vallejo Fire Department 115,187 $11.3M Relatively High 7
Fairfield Fire Department 116,251 $8.1M Relatively High 5
Suisun Fire Protection District 50,831 $5.8M Very High 2
California Medical Facility / CSP Solano Fire Department 128,157 $5.7M Relatively High 1
Vacaville Fire Department 90,776 $3.9M Relatively High 6
Benicia Fire Department 23,982 $2.8M Relatively Moderate 2
Vacaville Fire Protection District 37,928 $2.2M Very High 7
Crockett-Carquinez Fire Department 7,187 $1.7M Very High 3
Montezuma Fire Protection District 18,595 $1.4M Very High 1
City Of Suisun City Fire Department 23,877 $976.5K Relatively High 2
Dixon Fire Department 16,334 $879.2K Very High 1
Rio Vista Fire Department 11,476 $878.1K Very High 1
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Risk Snapshot

10.0%
Poverty Rate
17.4%
Age 65+
13.5%
Disability Rate
4.8%
Uninsured
45.2%
Pre-1980 Housing
2.5%
Mobile Homes
4.4%
Vacancy Rate
0.9%
Wood Heat
$105,356
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

11
Last 10 Years
16
Last 25 Years
Flood
Most Frequent

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