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Greater Bridgeport, CT

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 46.0 Relatively Moderate

329,259
Population
9
Departments
47
Stations
79
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, separate from agriculture.

Natural Hazard Life Safety
0.62
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
5th highest of 9
Life Safety per 100k
0.19
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
3rd highest of 9
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$95.7M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
5th highest of 9
Property Loss per Resident
$291
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
5th highest of 9

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 Greater Bridgeport, the largest single contributor is Strong Wind, 29% of the life-safety total.

Greater Bridgeport carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $95.7M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 9 Connecticut counties. Nationally, Greater Bridgeport ranks 902nd of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 3180th for life safety per 100k residents, 225th for property loss, and 1934th for property loss per resident. Computed from census tract data covering every resident, independent of fire department boundaries.

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What Drives the Loss

92%
8%
Property (buildings): $95.7M (91.7%)
Life safety: $8.5M (8.2%)
Agriculture: $62K (0.1%)

Total expected annual loss: $104,270,016 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)

Strong Wind
$2.5M
Heat Wave
$1.3M
Cold Wave
$957K
Inland Flooding
$947K
Hurricane
$739K
Earthquake
$603K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$59.6M
Hurricane
$21.1M
Coastal Flooding
$10.9M
Earthquake
$2.4M
Tornado
$610K
Strong Wind
$530K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Greater Bridgeport. 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

33%
11%
56%
Career: 33% (3)
Combination: 11% (1)
Volunteer: 56% (5)
Residents per Station
7,006
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
14.3
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 9 departments registered in NERIS Public for Greater Bridgeport, CT. 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 Greater Bridgeport. 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 9 departments
Department Est. Population Life-Safety Loss NRI Rating Stations
Bridgeport Fire Department 142,423 $3.4M Relatively Moderate 12
Fairfield Fire Department 61,297 $2.0M Relatively Moderate 11
Stratford Fire Department 50,200 $1.4M Relatively Moderate 8
Monroe Volunteer Fire Department 18,141 $415.8K Relatively Moderate 2
Long Hill Fire Department 17,177 $391.1K Relatively Moderate 4
Trumbull Center Fire District 10,295 $233.7K Relatively Moderate 3
Easton Volunteer Fire Company No. 1 7,670 $172.6K Relatively Low 1
Nichols Fire Department 5,700 $133.1K Relatively Low 2
Stevenson Volunteer Fire Company 2,866 $63.4K Relatively Moderate 4
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Risk Snapshot

12.4%
Poverty Rate
16.0%
Age 65+
12.5%
Disability Rate
8.6%
Uninsured
77.0%
Pre-1980 Housing
0.2%
Mobile Homes
5.1%
Vacancy Rate
0.2%
Wood Heat
$112,608
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

0
Last 10 Years
0
Last 25 Years
None
Most Frequent

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