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Bossier Parish, LA

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 56.8 Relatively Moderate

129,789
Population
12
Departments
102
Stations
33
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
1.73
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
9th highest of 64
Life Safety per 100k
1.33
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
26th highest of 64
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$23.0M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
26th highest of 64
Property Loss per Resident
$177
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
60th highest of 64

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 Bossier Parish, the largest single contributor is Heat Wave, 58% of the life-safety total.

Bossier Parish carries an expected 2 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $23.0M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 64 Louisiana counties. Nationally, Bossier Parish ranks 343rd of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 1218th for life safety per 100k residents, 791st for property loss, and 2952nd for property loss per resident. Computed from census tract data covering every resident, independent of fire department boundaries.

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Loss Breakdown

48%
50%
Property (buildings): $23.0M (48.3%)
Life safety: $23.7M (49.9%)
Agriculture: $823K (1.7%)

Total expected annual loss: $47,520,647 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)

Heat Wave
$13.8M
Inland Flooding
$3.3M
Tornado
$1.7M
Cold Wave
$1.7M
Strong Wind
$1.6M
Lightning
$726K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$11.3M
Ice Storm
$3.6M
Tornado
$3.6M
Hail
$1.9M
Hurricane
$853K
Lightning
$696K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Bossier Parish. 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

17%
75%
8%
Career: 17% (2)
Combination: 75% (9)
Volunteer: 8% (1)
Residents per Station
1,272
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
78.6
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 12 departments registered in NERIS Public for Bossier Parish, LA. 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 Bossier Parish. 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 12 departments
Department ▲ Est. Population ▲ Life-Safety Loss ▼ NRI Rating ▲ Stations ▲
Shreveport Fire Department 174,717 $25.6M Relatively Moderate 49
Bossier City Fire Department 59,922 $11.8M Relatively Moderate 9
Caddo Parish Fire District #1 37,854 $5.4M Relatively Moderate 5
Benton Fire District #4 30,203 $4.9M Relatively High 6
Haughton Fire Department 23,599 $3.7M Relatively Moderate 0
East-Central Bossier Parish Fire District #1 17,923 $3.0M Relatively Moderate 6
South Bossier Parish Fire District Two 6,946 $1.3M Relatively Moderate 6
Caddo Parish Fire District Seven 9,031 $1.3M Relatively High 5
Laap Fire Protection District Of Bossier & Webster Parish 4,160 $817.9K Relatively High 1
Bossier Parish Fire District # 7 3,603 $600.0K Very High 5
Caddo Parish Fire District #5 3,837 $512.3K Very High 4
Northeast Bossier Parish Fire District #5 1,594 $249.0K Relatively Moderate 6
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Risk Snapshot

15.9%
Poverty Rate
15.4%
Age 65+
15.5%
Disability Rate
9.5%
Uninsured
35.9%
Pre-1980 Housing
13.2%
Mobile Homes
10.4%
Vacancy Rate
0.3%
Wood Heat
$74,709
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

17
Last 10 Years
29
Last 25 Years
Hurricane
Most Frequent

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