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Madison Parish, LA

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 62.1 Relatively High

9,513
Population
3
Departments
5
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
0.17
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
52nd highest of 64
Life Safety per 100k
1.81
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
6th highest of 64
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$2.1M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
60th highest of 64
Property Loss per Resident
$221
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
51st 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 Madison Parish, the largest single contributor is Tornado, 46% of the life-safety total.

Madison Parish carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $2.1M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 64 Louisiana counties. Nationally, Madison Parish ranks 2130th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 757th for life safety per 100k residents, 2900th for property loss, and 2590th 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 Madison 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 Madison Parish.

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Loss Breakdown

34%
38%
28%
Property (buildings): $2.1M (33.9%)
Life safety: $2.4M (38.0%)
Agriculture: $1.7M (28.1%)

Total expected annual loss: $6,206,482 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 Madison 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)

Tornado
$1.1M
Strong Wind
$552K
Heat Wave
$407K
Cold Wave
$176K
Lightning
$55K
Earthquake
$47K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$820K
Tornado
$490K
Hail
$322K
Hurricane
$161K
Strong Wind
$124K
Earthquake
$115K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Madison 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

33%
33%
33%
Combination: 33% (1)
Volunteer: 33% (1)
Unreported: 33% (1)
Residents per Station
1,903
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
52.6
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 3 departments registered in NERIS Public for Madison 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 Madison 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 3 departments
Department ▲ Est. Population ▲ Life-Safety Loss ▼ NRI Rating ▲ Stations ▲
Tallulah Fire Department 5,123 $1.3M Relatively Moderate 2
Bear Lake Fire Protection District #1 393 $93.5K Very High 3
Delta Volunteer Fire Department 235 $59.6K Relatively High 0
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Risk Snapshot

34.5%
Poverty Rate
17.5%
Age 65+
22.6%
Disability Rate
8.8%
Uninsured
59.4%
Pre-1980 Housing
12.4%
Mobile Homes
30.3%
Vacancy Rate
0.0%
Wood Heat
$33,679
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

18
Last 10 Years
29
Last 25 Years
Hurricane
Most Frequent

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