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Concordia Parish, LA

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 50.9 Relatively Moderate

18,174
Population
6
Departments
12
Stations
6
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
0.15
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
54th highest of 64
Life Safety per 100k
0.85
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
54th highest of 64
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$2.8M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
57th highest of 64
Property Loss per Resident
$154
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
64th 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 Concordia Parish, the largest single contributor is Heat Wave, 34% of the life-safety total.

Concordia Parish carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $2.8M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 64 Louisiana counties. Nationally, Concordia Parish ranks 2250th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 1987th for life safety per 100k residents, 2754th for property loss, and 3088th for property loss per resident. Computed from census tract data covering every resident, independent of fire department boundaries.

Add fire mortality, cause, and loss

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 Concordia 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 Concordia Parish.

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Loss Breakdown

41%
31%
28%
Property (buildings): $2.8M (41.3%)
Life safety: $2.1M (31.1%)
Agriculture: $1.9M (27.6%)

Total expected annual loss: $6,763,903 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.

Agriculture is 28% of expected annual loss in Concordia Parish, so total loss overstates property loss here. The property figure above counts building loss only.

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
$720K
Cold Wave
$672K
Tornado
$300K
Strong Wind
$196K
Lightning
$95K
Earthquake
$59K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$1.4M
Tornado
$491K
Hurricane
$447K
Hail
$213K
Earthquake
$120K
Strong Wind
$79K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Concordia 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%
50%
33%
Career: 17% (1)
Combination: 50% (3)
Volunteer: 33% (2)
Residents per Station
1,514
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
66.0
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 6 departments registered in NERIS Public for Concordia 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 Concordia 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 6 departments
Department ▲ Est. Population ▲ Life-Safety Loss ▼ NRI Rating ▲ Stations ▲
Concordia Parish Fire District # 2 21,562 $2.6M Relatively Moderate 5
Jonesville Fire Protection District 16,834 $1.8M Relatively High 1
Ferriday Fire Department 4,858 $579.4K Relatively Low 1
Vidalia Fire Department 4,168 $482.3K Relatively Moderate 3
Ridgecrest Volunteer Fire Department 3,523 $422.1K Relatively Moderate 1
Monterey Fire Protection District # 1 3,284 $369.8K Very High 1
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Risk Snapshot

31.8%
Poverty Rate
19.2%
Age 65+
22.5%
Disability Rate
9.8%
Uninsured
54.5%
Pre-1980 Housing
23.2%
Mobile Homes
25.0%
Vacancy Rate
0.8%
Wood Heat
$42,701
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

20
Last 10 Years
32
Last 25 Years
Hurricane
Most Frequent

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