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DuPage County, IL

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 51.7 Relatively Moderate

930,024
Population
39
Departments
215
Stations
219
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
9.86
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
2nd highest of 102
Life Safety per 100k
1.06
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
90th highest of 102
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$230.8M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
2nd highest of 102
Property Loss per Resident
$248
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
87th highest of 102

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 DuPage County, the largest single contributor is Cold Wave, 53% of the life-safety total.

DuPage County carries an expected 10 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $230.8M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 102 Illinois counties. Nationally, DuPage County ranks 43rd of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 1624th for life safety per 100k residents, 75th for property loss, and 2324th 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 DuPage 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 DuPage County.

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Loss Breakdown

63%
37%
Property (buildings): $230.8M (63.1%)
Life safety: $135.1M (36.9%)
Agriculture: $29K (0.0%)

Total expected annual loss: $366,006,482 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)

Cold Wave
$72.3M
Tornado
$39.5M
Strong Wind
$9.8M
Heat Wave
$5.6M
Earthquake
$2.9M
Lightning
$2.3M

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$193.1M
Tornado
$27.6M
Earthquake
$8.4M
Strong Wind
$744K
Lightning
$386K
Hail
$348K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in DuPage 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

74%
26%
Career: 74% (29)
Combination: 26% (10)
Residents per Station
4,326
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
23.1
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 39 departments registered in NERIS Public for DuPage County, IL. 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 DuPage 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 39 departments
Department ▲ Est. Population ▲ Life-Safety Loss ▼ NRI Rating ▲ Stations ▲
Chicago Fire Department 2.8M $597.5M Relatively Moderate 96
Aurora Fire Department 183,164 $27.9M Relatively Moderate 17
Naperville Fire Department 152,981 $22.9M Relatively High 10
Schaumburg Fire Department 77,191 $17.3M Relatively High 5
Bolingbrook Fire Department 74,749 $12.7M Relatively Moderate 5
Lisle Woodridge Fire Protection District 62,256 $9.1M Relatively Moderate 5
Wheaton Fire Department 54,903 $8.0M Relatively Moderate 3
Glen Ellyn Volunteer Fire Company 51,260 $7.9M Relatively Moderate 2
Bartlett Fire Protection District 44,236 $7.5M Relatively Moderate 3
Downers Grove Fire Department 51,161 $7.3M Relatively Moderate 4
Elmhurst Fire Department 48,632 $7.2M Relatively High 2
Elk Grove Village Fire Department 32,680 $6.9M Relatively High 4
Hanover Park Fire Department 35,201 $6.6M Relatively Moderate 2
Roselle Fire Department 40,506 $6.6M Relatively Moderate 1
Tri-State Fire Protection District 40,172 $6.5M Relatively Moderate 4
Lombard Fire Department 44,411 $6.3M Relatively Low 2
Carol Stream Fire Protection District 39,637 $5.7M Relatively Moderate 3
Addison Fire Protection District 38,182 $5.6M Relatively Moderate 3
Lemont Fire Protection District 25,221 $5.3M Relatively High 4
Glenside Fire Protection District 36,439 $5.2M Relatively Moderate 1
Bloomingdale Fire Protection District 36,161 $5.1M Relatively Moderate 2
Saint Charles Fire Department 34,037 $5.0M Relatively Moderate 3
Pleasantview Fire Protection District 22,724 $4.7M Relatively High 3
Darien Woodridge Fire Protection District 28,289 $4.0M Relatively Moderate 2
Westmont Fire Department 27,375 $3.9M Relatively Moderate 2
Fox River And Countryside Fire/Rescue District 25,044 $3.7M Relatively Moderate 5
Villa Park Fire Department 22,251 $3.2M Relatively Low 2
Bensenville Fire Protection District 20,324 $2.9M Relatively High 2
Hinsdale Fire Department 17,234 $2.9M Relatively High 1
Winfield Fire Protection District 18,965 $2.6M Relatively High 3
Warrenville Fire Protection District 15,830 $2.3M Relatively High 1
Wood Dale Fire Protection District 13,757 $2.1M Relatively High 2
Itasca Fire Protection District 9,609 $1.4M Relatively High 2
Oakbrook Terrace Fire Protection District 9,295 $1.3M Relatively Moderate 1
Oak Brook Fire Department 7,852 $1.3M Relatively High 2
Clarendon Hills Fire Department 8,042 $1.2M Relatively Moderate 1
York Center Fire Protection District 7,428 $1.1M Relatively Moderate 1
Fermilab 79 $12.3K Relatively Moderate 1
Argonne National Laboratory Fire Department 8 $1.2K Relatively High 3
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Risk Snapshot

6.6%
Poverty Rate
17.3%
Age 65+
9.0%
Disability Rate
5.2%
Uninsured
53.5%
Pre-1980 Housing
0.3%
Mobile Homes
4.5%
Vacancy Rate
0.0%
Wood Heat
$121,366
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

2
Last 10 Years
8
Last 25 Years
Flood
Most Frequent

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