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Terrebonne Parish, LA

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 89.3 Very High

106,186
Population
13
Departments
29
Stations
35
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
1.75
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
8th highest of 64
Life Safety per 100k
1.65
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
7th highest of 64
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$115.1M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
8th highest of 64
Property Loss per Resident
$1,084
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
2nd 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 Terrebonne Parish, the largest single contributor is Tornado, 28% of the life-safety total.

Terrebonne Parish carries an expected 2 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $115.1M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 64 Louisiana counties. Nationally, Terrebonne Parish ranks 338th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 876th for life safety per 100k residents, 184th for property loss, and 93rd 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 Terrebonne 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 Terrebonne Parish.

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Loss Breakdown

82%
17%
Property (buildings): $115.1M (81.8%)
Life safety: $24.0M (17.1%)
Agriculture: $1.6M (1.1%)

Total expected annual loss: $140,687,950 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
$6.7M
Cold Wave
$5.9M
Heat Wave
$4.4M
Hurricane
$3.8M
Coastal Flooding
$1.5M
Lightning
$1.1M

By property loss ($/yr)

Hurricane
$85.0M
Inland Flooding
$19.6M
Coastal Flooding
$7.7M
Tornado
$1.9M
Hail
$448K
Earthquake
$247K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Terrebonne 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

15%
77%
Career: 15% (2)
Combination: 77% (10)
Unreported: 8% (1)
Residents per Station
3,662
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
27.3
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 13 departments registered in NERIS Public for Terrebonne 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 Terrebonne 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 13 departments
Department ▲ Est. Population ▲ Life-Safety Loss ▼ NRI Rating ▲ Stations ▲
Houma Fire Department 32,325 $7.4M Very High 4
Bayou Cane Fire Protection District 28,121 $6.1M Very High 4
Bourg Volunteer Fire Department 12,375 $2.7M Very High 1
Schriever Fire Protection District 11,936 $2.6M Very High 0
Bayou Blue Fire Protection District 11,059 $2.5M Relatively High 5
Little Caillou Volunteer Fire Department 5,800 $1.6M Very High 4
Montegut Fire Department 3,200 $897.5K Very High 4
Grand Caillou Fire Department 5,500 $875.7K Relatively High 0
West Terre Bonne Fire And Rescue 1,759 $661.6K Very High 0
Bayou Black Volunteer Fire Department District #9 2,641 $549.1K Very High 2
Coteau Fire Protection District 2,421 $529.2K Very High 2
Bayou L'Ourse Volunteer Fire Department 1,886 $483.6K Very High 0
Terrebonne Parish Fire District #10 3,119 $448.2K Very High 3
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Risk Snapshot

16.0%
Poverty Rate
15.8%
Age 65+
16.9%
Disability Rate
7.8%
Uninsured
47.0%
Pre-1980 Housing
14.7%
Mobile Homes
11.1%
Vacancy Rate
0.0%
Wood Heat
$67,262
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

25
Last 10 Years
42
Last 25 Years
Hurricane
Most Frequent

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