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Peoria County, IL

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 61.8 Relatively High

179,645
Population
14
Departments
49
Stations
49
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
2.84
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
10th highest of 102
Life Safety per 100k
1.58
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
50th highest of 102
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$44.3M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
14th highest of 102
Property Loss per Resident
$247
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
88th 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 Peoria County, the largest single contributor is Cold Wave, 64% of the life-safety total.

Peoria County carries an expected 3 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $44.3M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 102 Illinois counties. Nationally, Peoria County ranks 187th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 944th for life safety per 100k residents, 426th for property loss, and 2335th 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 Peoria 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 Peoria County.

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Loss Breakdown

52%
46%
Property (buildings): $44.3M (52.3%)
Life safety: $38.9M (45.9%)
Agriculture: $1.5M (1.7%)

Total expected annual loss: $84,658,778 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
$24.9M
Tornado
$5.6M
Heat Wave
$3.9M
Strong Wind
$2.0M
Lightning
$976K
Inland Flooding
$595K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$31.6M
Tornado
$6.9M
Hail
$2.9M
Earthquake
$1.2M
Strong Wind
$942K
Ice Storm
$569K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Peoria 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

14%
14%
71%
Career: 14% (2)
Combination: 14% (2)
Volunteer: 71% (10)
Residents per Station
3,666
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
27.3
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 14 departments registered in NERIS Public for Peoria 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 Peoria 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 14 departments
Department ▲ Est. Population ▲ Life-Safety Loss ▼ NRI Rating ▲ Stations ▲
Peoria Fire Department 111,018 $24.2M Relatively Moderate 17
Limestone Township Fire Protection District 23,812 $5.0M Relatively High 4
Pekin Fire Department 30,709 $4.7M Relatively High 3
Chillicothe Community Fire Protection District 21,247 $4.7M Relatively High 4
Peoria Heights Fire Department 8,501 $1.9M Relatively Moderate 2
Dunlap Community Fire Protection District 6,672 $1.4M Relatively High 2
Bartonville Fire Department 5,585 $1.2M Relatively High 2
Logan-Trivoli Fire Protection District 5,593 $1.2M Relatively Moderate 3
Brimfield Community Fire Protection District 5,058 $1.1M Relatively High 2
West Peoria Fire Protection District 4,428 $912.0K Relatively High 1
Timber Hollis Fire Protection District 3,625 $733.2K Relatively High 4
Akron-Princeville Fire Protection District 3,319 $662.2K Relatively High 1
Elmwood Fire Department 2,558 $544.3K Very High 1
Williamsfield Fire Protection District 1,480 $264.1K Relatively Moderate 3
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Risk Snapshot

15.7%
Poverty Rate
18.3%
Age 65+
14.1%
Disability Rate
5.8%
Uninsured
70.4%
Pre-1980 Housing
1.1%
Mobile Homes
8.4%
Vacancy Rate
0.3%
Wood Heat
$73,320
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

2
Last 10 Years
8
Last 25 Years
Flood
Most Frequent

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