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Webster Parish, LA

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 64.9 Relatively High

35,820
Population
13
Departments
24
Stations
13
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
0.40
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
31st highest of 64
Life Safety per 100k
1.11
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
34th highest of 64
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$12.3M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
32nd highest of 64
Property Loss per Resident
$342
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
34th 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 Webster Parish, the largest single contributor is Heat Wave, 37% of the life-safety total.

Webster Parish carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $12.3M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 64 Louisiana counties. Nationally, Webster Parish ranks 1269th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 1544th for life safety per 100k residents, 1326th for property loss, and 1556th 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 Webster 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 Webster Parish.

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Loss Breakdown

69%
31%
Property (buildings): $12.3M (68.9%)
Life safety: $5.4M (30.5%)
Agriculture: $104K (0.6%)

Total expected annual loss: $17,800,899 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)

Heat Wave
$2.0M
Tornado
$1.5M
Strong Wind
$1.0M
Cold Wave
$271K
Lightning
$182K
Ice Storm
$149K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$6.6M
Ice Storm
$1.9M
Hail
$1.2M
Strong Wind
$890K
Tornado
$764K
Hurricane
$375K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Webster 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

46%
54%
Combination: 46% (6)
Volunteer: 54% (7)
Residents per Station
1,492
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
67.0
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 13 departments registered in NERIS Public for Webster 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 Webster 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 ▲
Haughton Fire Department 22,676 $3.7M Relatively Moderate 0
Minden Fire Department 14,370 $2.2M Relatively High 2
Evergreen Volunteer Fire Department 14,104 $2.2M Relatively High 3
Webster Parish District 10 9,841 $1.5M Relatively High 1
Springhill Fire District #11 6,555 $1.1M Very High 3
Cullen Fire District #6 6,319 $1.0M Relatively Moderate 3
Dubberly Volunteer Fire Department 6,227 $923.8K Relatively High 1
Heflin Fire Department 6,227 $923.8K Relatively High 2
Sarepta Fire District # 5 4,683 $767.8K Relatively Moderate 2
Webster Parish Fire District #8 (Cotton Valley Fire Department) 4,575 $734.0K Relatively Moderate 4
Webster Parish Fire District 3 3,381 $460.0K Relatively High 1
Sibley Volunteer Fire Department 3,359 $387.3K Relatively High 1
Shongaloo Fire District #9 Volunteer Fire Department 1,636 $251.6K Relatively Low 1
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Risk Snapshot

23.1%
Poverty Rate
20.7%
Age 65+
17.4%
Disability Rate
5.2%
Uninsured
62.9%
Pre-1980 Housing
22.2%
Mobile Homes
22.0%
Vacancy Rate
1.3%
Wood Heat
$43,951
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

18
Last 10 Years
27
Last 25 Years
Hurricane
Most Frequent

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