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Montgomery County, KY

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 59.7 Relatively Moderate

28,395
Population
1
Departments
9
Stations
7
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
0.25
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
56th highest of 120
Life Safety per 100k
0.87
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
98th highest of 120
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$6.8M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
65th highest of 120
Property Loss per Resident
$241
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
104th highest of 120

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 Montgomery County, the largest single contributor is Tornado, 23% of the life-safety total.

Montgomery County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $6.8M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 120 Kentucky counties. Nationally, Montgomery County ranks 1710th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 1943rd for life safety per 100k residents, 1934th for property loss, and 2400th 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 Montgomery 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 Montgomery County.

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Loss Breakdown

66%
33%
Property (buildings): $6.8M (66.3%)
Life safety: $3.4M (33.1%)
Agriculture: $62K (0.6%)

Total expected annual loss: $10,295,828 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)

Tornado
$786K
Strong Wind
$686K
Inland Flooding
$649K
Cold Wave
$520K
Lightning
$310K
Heat Wave
$243K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$5.5M
Tornado
$534K
Earthquake
$316K
Hail
$225K
Strong Wind
$141K
Ice Storm
$30K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Montgomery 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

100%
Combination: 100% (1)
Residents per Station
3,155
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
31.7
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 1 departments registered in NERIS Public for Montgomery County, KY. 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 Montgomery 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 1 departments
Department ▲ Est. Population ▲ Life-Safety Loss ▼ NRI Rating ▲ Stations ▲
Montgomery County Fire Protection District #1 28,919 $3.4M Relatively Moderate 9
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Risk Snapshot

15.4%
Poverty Rate
16.9%
Age 65+
21.1%
Disability Rate
7.2%
Uninsured
41.5%
Pre-1980 Housing
16.4%
Mobile Homes
10.0%
Vacancy Rate
1.5%
Wood Heat
$56,038
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

7
Last 10 Years
16
Last 25 Years
Severe Storm
Most Frequent

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