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Iberia Parish, LA

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 85.9 Very High

68,599
Population
10
Departments
17
Stations
23
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
0.99
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
16th highest of 64
Life Safety per 100k
1.44
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
17th highest of 64
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$48.2M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
14th highest of 64
Property Loss per Resident
$702
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
13th 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 Iberia Parish, the largest single contributor is Tornado, 35% of the life-safety total.

Iberia Parish carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $48.2M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 64 Louisiana counties. Nationally, Iberia Parish ranks 590th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 1075th for life safety per 100k residents, 396th for property loss, and 380th 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 Iberia 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 Iberia Parish.

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Loss Breakdown

76%
21%
Property (buildings): $48.2M (75.5%)
Life safety: $13.5M (21.2%)
Agriculture: $2.1M (3.2%)

Total expected annual loss: $63,756,059 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
$4.7M
Cold Wave
$3.7M
Hurricane
$1.8M
Lightning
$1.5M
Heat Wave
$1.3M
Strong Wind
$246K

By property loss ($/yr)

Hurricane
$31.0M
Inland Flooding
$15.0M
Tornado
$1.0M
Coastal Flooding
$826K
Hail
$113K
Earthquake
$112K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Iberia 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

10%
40%
50%
Career: 10% (1)
Combination: 40% (4)
Volunteer: 50% (5)
Residents per Station
4,035
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
24.8
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 10 departments registered in NERIS Public for Iberia 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 Iberia 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 10 departments
Department ▲ Est. Population ▲ Life-Safety Loss ▼ NRI Rating ▲ Stations ▲
Iberia Parish Fire Protection District #1 54,735 $10.2M Very High 0
Loreauville Volunteer Fire Department 31,301 $6.3M Very High 1
7th Ward Volunteer Fire Department & Vermilion Parish Fire Prot. Dist. #7 51,426 $5.8M Very High 2
District 13 Volunteer Fire Department 51,426 $5.8M Very High 0
Leblanc Volunteer Fire Department 51,426 $5.8M Very High 1
New Iberia Fire Department 27,736 $5.4M Very High 6
Erath Volunteer Fire Department 33,739 $4.3M Very High 1
Henry Fire Department 18,054 $2.5M Relatively High 1
Delcambre Volunteer Fire Department 13,932 $2.1M Relatively High 2
Jeanerette Volunteer Fire Department 8,152 $1.8M Very High 3
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Risk Snapshot

22.8%
Poverty Rate
16.8%
Age 65+
17.6%
Disability Rate
6.6%
Uninsured
47.0%
Pre-1980 Housing
18.6%
Mobile Homes
14.4%
Vacancy Rate
0.1%
Wood Heat
$59,924
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

23
Last 10 Years
37
Last 25 Years
Hurricane
Most Frequent

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