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Nassau County, FL

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 38.2 Relatively Low

97,859
Population
11
Departments
111
Stations
24
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
0.29
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
43rd highest of 67
Life Safety per 100k
0.29
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
62nd highest of 67
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$20.4M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
40th highest of 67
Property Loss per Resident
$208
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
65th highest of 67

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 Nassau County, the largest single contributor is Heat Wave, 30% of the life-safety total.

Nassau County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $20.4M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 67 Florida counties. Nationally, Nassau County ranks 1572nd of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 3015th for life safety per 100k residents, 880th for property loss, and 2698th 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 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 Nassau 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.

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What Drives the Loss

83%
16%
Property (buildings): $20.4M (83.2%)
Life safety: $3.9M (15.9%)
Agriculture: $222K (0.9%)

Total expected annual loss: $24,509,251 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)

Heat Wave
$1.2M
Tornado
$1.1M
Lightning
$595K
Coastal Flooding
$257K
Hurricane
$221K
Earthquake
$215K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$10.2M
Hurricane
$6.4M
Coastal Flooding
$1.7M
Wildfire
$847K
Tornado
$581K
Earthquake
$411K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Nassau 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

36%
36%
27%
Career: 36% (4)
Combination: 36% (4)
Volunteer: 27% (3)
Residents per Station
882
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
113.4
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 11 departments registered in NERIS Public for Nassau County, FL. 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 Nassau 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 11 departments
Department Est. Population Life-Safety Loss NRI Rating Stations
Baldwin Fire Department 1.0M $48.0M Relatively Moderate 0
Jacksonville Fire And Rescue 1.0M $48.0M Relatively Moderate 73
Camden County Fire Rescue 56,970 $3.3M Relatively Moderate 9
Nassau County Fire Rescue 81,670 $3.2M Relatively Low 10
Nassau Oaks Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. 81,670 $3.2M Relatively Low 1
River Road Community Volunteer Fire Department 81,670 $3.2M Relatively Low 1
Charlton County Fire Rescue 12,818 $758.9K Relatively High 5
Fernandina Beach Fire Department 19,912 $743.1K Relatively Moderate 4
Kingsland Fire Rescue 13,211 $719.3K Relatively Low 3
Saint Marys Fire Department 11,917 $713.1K Relatively Moderate 4
Hilliard Volunteer Fire Department 7,143 $297.9K Very Low 1
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Risk Snapshot

9.7%
Poverty Rate
23.9%
Age 65+
16.2%
Disability Rate
7.2%
Uninsured
19.6%
Pre-1980 Housing
16.0%
Mobile Homes
12.8%
Vacancy Rate
0.2%
Wood Heat
$90,474
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

21
Last 10 Years
29
Last 25 Years
Hurricane
Most Frequent

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