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Fremont County, CO

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 58.1 Relatively Moderate

49,634
Population
7
Departments
22
Stations
15
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
0.38
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
28th highest of 64
Life Safety per 100k
0.76
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
49th highest of 64
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$16.9M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
16th highest of 64
Property Loss per Resident
$340
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
46th highest of 64

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 Fremont County, the largest single contributor is Inland Flooding, 43% of the life-safety total.

Fremont County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $16.9M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 64 Colorado counties. Nationally, Fremont County ranks 1312th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 2147th for life safety per 100k residents, 1029th for property loss, and 1571st 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 Fremont 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 Fremont County.

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Loss Breakdown

75%
23%
Property (buildings): $16.9M (75.2%)
Life safety: $5.2M (23.1%)
Agriculture: $384K (1.7%)

Total expected annual loss: $22,422,620 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)

Inland Flooding
$2.2M
Lightning
$1.7M
Tornado
$232K
Winter Weather
$207K
Heat Wave
$179K
Wildfire
$163K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$13.7M
Wildfire
$2.1M
Hail
$689K
Tornado
$209K
Earthquake
$109K
Strong Wind
$39K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Fremont 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

14%
43%
43%
Career: 14% (1)
Combination: 43% (3)
Volunteer: 43% (3)
Residents per Station
2,256
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
44.3
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 7 departments registered in NERIS Public for Fremont County, CO. 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 Fremont 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 7 departments
Department ▲ Est. Population ▲ Life-Safety Loss ▼ NRI Rating ▲ Stations ▲
Florence Fire Protection District 16,259 $1.9M Relatively Moderate 3
Canon City Area Fire Protection District 17,257 $1.7M Relatively Moderate 4
Wet Mountain Fire Protection District 5,558 $1.2M Relatively High 5
Deer Mountain Fire Protection District 4,859 $498.7K Relatively High 2
Southwestern Highway 115 Fire Protection District 1,218 $238.1K Relatively High 2
Cripple Creek Fire & Emergency Services 1,587 $168.3K Relatively High 1
Tallahassee Fire Protection District 813 $99.2K Relatively High 5
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Risk Snapshot

13.3%
Poverty Rate
22.9%
Age 65+
19.0%
Disability Rate
6.5%
Uninsured
48.8%
Pre-1980 Housing
14.0%
Mobile Homes
12.8%
Vacancy Rate
4.6%
Wood Heat
$56,278
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

2
Last 10 Years
12
Last 25 Years
Fire
Most Frequent

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