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Kankakee County, IL

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 74.4 Relatively High

106,635
Population
15
Departments
28
Stations
30
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
1.04
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
27th highest of 102
Life Safety per 100k
0.98
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
97th highest of 102
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$53.5M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
12th highest of 102
Property Loss per Resident
$502
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
31st 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 Kankakee County, the largest single contributor is Cold Wave, 70% of the life-safety total.

Kankakee County carries an expected 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $53.5M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 102 Illinois counties. Nationally, Kankakee County ranks 569th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 1770th for life safety per 100k residents, 369th for property loss, and 856th 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 Kankakee 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 Kankakee County.

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Loss Breakdown

78%
21%
Property (buildings): $53.5M (78.5%)
Life safety: $14.3M (20.9%)
Agriculture: $401K (0.6%)

Total expected annual loss: $68,155,474 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
$10.0M
Tornado
$1.7M
Heat Wave
$1.2M
Strong Wind
$604K
Earthquake
$348K
Lightning
$216K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$47.9M
Tornado
$3.4M
Earthquake
$1.3M
Hail
$376K
Strong Wind
$369K
Ice Storm
$42K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Kankakee 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

27%
60%
Career: 7% (1)
Combination: 27% (4)
Volunteer: 60% (9)
Unreported: 7% (1)
Residents per Station
3,808
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
26.3
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 15 departments registered in NERIS Public for Kankakee 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 Kankakee 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 15 departments
Department ▲ Est. Population ▲ Life-Safety Loss ▼ NRI Rating ▲ Stations ▲
Bourbonnais Fire Protection District 32,828 $4.6M Relatively High 1
Kankakee Fire Department 23,358 $3.2M Relatively High 10
Kankakee Township Fire Protection District 13,989 $2.8M Relatively High 2
Momence Fire Department 11,842 $2.6M Very High 1
Bradley Fire Department 18,514 $2.5M Relatively High 2
Aroma Fire Protection District 9,346 $2.2M Relatively High 2
Limestone Township Fire Protection District 12,734 $1.7M Very High 1
Manteno Community Fire Protection District 12,459 $1.6M Relatively High 2
Otto Township Fire Protection District 2,443 $519.4K Very High 1
Saint Anne Fire Protection District 3,733 $493.1K Relatively Low 1
Grant Park Fire Protection District 2,830 $400.3K Relatively High 1
Pilot Township Fire Protection District 2,690 $364.2K Very High 1
Pembroke Fire Protection District 1,866 $240.8K Relatively Low 1
Essex Fire Protection District 1,682 $216.4K Very High 1
Reddick Community Fire Protection District 252 $32.8K Very High 1
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Risk Snapshot

12.2%
Poverty Rate
17.8%
Age 65+
15.6%
Disability Rate
5.7%
Uninsured
64.9%
Pre-1980 Housing
6.5%
Mobile Homes
9.7%
Vacancy Rate
0.2%
Wood Heat
$76,781
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

2
Last 10 Years
5
Last 25 Years
Biological
Most Frequent

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