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Early County, GA

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 79.1 Relatively High

10,603
Population
4
Departments
25
Stations
5
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
0.12
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
92nd highest of 159
Life Safety per 100k
1.15
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
12th highest of 159
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$5.5M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
85th highest of 159
Property Loss per Resident
$515
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
8th highest of 159

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 Early County, the largest single contributor is Tornado, 50% of the life-safety total.

Early County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $5.5M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 159 Georgia counties. Nationally, Early County ranks 2465th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 1469th for life safety per 100k residents, 2153rd for property loss, and 806th 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 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 Early 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 Early County.

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Loss Breakdown

65%
20%
16%
Property (buildings): $5.5M (64.6%)
Life safety: $1.7M (19.7%)
Agriculture: $1.3M (15.6%)

Total expected annual loss: $8,451,234 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.

Agriculture is 16% of expected annual loss in Early County, so total loss overstates property loss here. The property figure above counts building loss only.

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)

Tornado
$841K
Strong Wind
$277K
Cold Wave
$184K
Heat Wave
$115K
Lightning
$104K
Hurricane
$70K

By property loss ($/yr)

Hurricane
$2.7M
Inland Flooding
$2.2M
Tornado
$335K
Earthquake
$58K
Strong Wind
$38K
Wildfire
$26K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Early 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

25%
50%
25%
Combination: 25% (1)
Volunteer: 50% (2)
Unreported: 25% (1)
Residents per Station
424
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
235.8
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 4 departments registered in NERIS Public for Early County, GA. 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 Early 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 4 departments
Department ▲ Est. Population ▲ Life-Safety Loss ▼ NRI Rating ▲ Stations ▲
Colquitt-Miller County Volunteer Fire-Rescue 23,325 $2.8M Relatively High 9
Early County Fire 5,219 $848.3K Relatively High 12
City Of Blakely Fire Department 5,283 $818.9K Very High 1
Haleburg Fire Department 1,772 $186.5K Relatively Moderate 3
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Risk Snapshot

23.6%
Poverty Rate
19.9%
Age 65+
16.6%
Disability Rate
13.7%
Uninsured
41.7%
Pre-1980 Housing
27.5%
Mobile Homes
17.0%
Vacancy Rate
0.1%
Wood Heat
$52,542
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

8
Last 10 Years
11
Last 25 Years
Hurricane
Most Frequent

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