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Cameron Parish, LA

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 83.3 Very High

5,015
Population
4
Departments
14
Stations
5
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
0.21
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
49th highest of 64
Life Safety per 100k
4.09
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
1st highest of 64
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$7.3M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
41st highest of 64
Property Loss per Resident
$1,461
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
1st 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 Cameron Parish, the largest single contributor is Lightning, 59% of the life-safety total.

Cameron Parish carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $7.3M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 64 Louisiana counties. Nationally, Cameron Parish ranks 1930th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 168th for life safety per 100k residents, 1837th for property loss, and 43rd 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 Cameron Parish enroll. Our Regional tier adds that data for the departments your jurisdiction sponsors, next to public risk and NERIS adoption for every department in Cameron Parish.

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Loss Breakdown

69%
27%
Property (buildings): $7.3M (69.4%)
Life safety: $2.8M (26.6%)
Agriculture: $426K (4.0%)

Total expected annual loss: $10,565,247 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)

Lightning
$1.7M
Coastal Flooding
$331K
Tornado
$282K
Cold Wave
$167K
Strong Wind
$106K
Hurricane
$106K

By property loss ($/yr)

Coastal Flooding
$3.2M
Hurricane
$2.3M
Inland Flooding
$812K
Wildfire
$760K
Tornado
$116K
Strong Wind
$28K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Cameron 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

75%
25%
Volunteer: 75% (3)
Unreported: 25% (1)
Residents per Station
358
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
279.2
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 4 departments registered in NERIS Public for Cameron 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 Cameron 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 4 departments
Department ▲ Est. Population ▲ Life-Safety Loss ▼ NRI Rating ▲ Stations ▲
Cameron Volunteer Fire Department 5,015 $2.8M Very High 7
Strategic Petroleum Reserve Site 10,610 $2.3M Relatively High 4
District #10 Holly Beach/ Johnson Bayou Volunteer Fire Department 1,235 $876.0K Relatively High 2
Klondike Fire Department 460 $537.2K Relatively High 1
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Risk Snapshot

7.4%
Poverty Rate
19.5%
Age 65+
16.1%
Disability Rate
2.4%
Uninsured
13.7%
Pre-1980 Housing
28.8%
Mobile Homes
41.7%
Vacancy Rate
0.0%
Wood Heat
$80,457
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

22
Last 10 Years
33
Last 25 Years
Hurricane
Most Frequent

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