Top Hazards by Life-Safety Loss ($/yr)
Cold Wave
$9.0M
Heat Wave
$8.5M
Earthquake
$4.9M
Strong Wind
$2.6M
Lightning
$2.4M
Department Rankings
Fire and EMS departments serving Middlesex County. 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.
| Department ▲ | Est. Population ▲ | Life-Safety Loss ▼ | NRI Rating ▲ | Stations ▲ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| City Of Lowell Fire Department | 113,607 | $2.2M | Relatively Low | 9 |
| Cambridge Fire Department | 107,873 | $2.2M | Very Low | 8 |
| Newton Fire Department | 83,747 | $1.6M | Relatively Low | 7 |
| Framingham Fire Department | 69,143 | $1.5M | Very Low | 6 |
| Waltham Fire Department | 61,051 | $1.3M | Relatively Moderate | 9 |
| City Of Somerville Fire Deparment | 71,412 | $1.2M | Very Low | 6 |
| Malden Fire Department | 59,444 | $1.0M | Relatively Low | 5 |
| Medford Fire Department | 51,794 | $864.8K | Relatively Low | 15 |
| Billerica Fire Department | 40,238 | $855.7K | Relatively Low | 5 |
| Arlington Fire Department | 41,754 | $770.6K | Relatively Low | 7 |
| Chelmsford Fire Department | 34,673 | $756.5K | Relatively Low | 11 |
| Marlborough Fire Department | 40,009 | $734.1K | Relatively Low | 3 |
| Natick Fire Department | 34,837 | $700.9K | Relatively Low | 4 |
| Everett Fire Department | 44,814 | $698.6K | Very Low | 11 |
| Woburn Fire Department | 39,545 | $696.2K | Relatively Low | 4 |
| Massport Fire Rescue | 23,010 | $645.0K | Relatively Low | 5 |
| Tewksbury Fire Department | 29,909 | $639.7K | Relatively Low | 3 |
| Lexington Fire Department | 32,668 | $582.0K | Relatively Low | 2 |
| Dracut Fire Department | 30,953 | $575.2K | Relatively Low | 6 |
| Burlington Fire Department | 24,914 | $544.3K | Relatively Low | 2 |
| City Of Watertown Fire Department | 31,588 | $537.3K | Very Low | 3 |
| Wilmington Fire Department | 22,024 | $523.9K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Westford Fire Department | 23,859 | $495.4K | Relatively Low | 6 |
| Town Of Acton/Fire Department | 23,025 | $477.6K | Very Low | 4 |
| Wakefield Fire Department | 25,507 | $472.0K | Relatively Low | 4 |
| Reading Fire Department | 23,945 | $464.2K | Relatively Low | 2 |
| Belmont Fire Department | 24,270 | $464.1K | Very Low | 2 |
| Melrose Fire Department | 26,942 | $454.8K | Relatively Low | 3 |
| Hudson Fire Department | 18,609 | $387.7K | Relatively Low | 3 |
| Winchester Fire Department | 21,471 | $378.9K | Relatively Moderate | 3 |
| Concord Fire Department | 17,673 | $374.7K | Relatively Moderate | 2 |
| Town Of Stoneham Fire Department | 21,479 | $363.7K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Sudbury Fire Department | 18,499 | $355.1K | Relatively Low | 3 |
| North Reading Fire Department | 14,748 | $347.1K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Ashland Fire Department | 17,778 | $346.1K | Very Low | 1 |
| Hopkinton Fire Department | 18,725 | $338.6K | Very Low | 2 |
| Bedford Fire Department | 13,974 | $337.3K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Holliston Fire Department | 14,366 | $280.0K | Relatively Low | 5 |
| Wayland Fire Department | 12,910 | $239.9K | Very Low | 4 |
| Weston Fire Department | 10,972 | $230.6K | Relatively Moderate | 4 |
| Tyngsborough Fire Department | 11,675 | $228.3K | Relatively Moderate | 6 |
| Devens Fire Department | 10,169 | $227.3K | Very Low | 1 |
| Groton Fire Department | 11,390 | $222.2K | Relatively Low | 3 |
| Pepperell Fire Department | 11,433 | $220.2K | Very Low | 5 |
| Maynard Fire Department | 9,929 | $206.4K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Town Of Littleton Fire Department | 9,824 | $193.3K | Relatively Low | 2 |
| Townsend Fire-Ems Department | 9,100 | $181.1K | Relatively Low | 4 |
| Ayer Fire Department | 7,206 | $148.6K | Very Low | 1 |
| Shirley Fire Department | 6,976 | $143.3K | Very Low | 2 |
| Stow Fire | 7,165 | $136.8K | Very Low | 1 |
| Town Of Lincoln Fire Department | 6,948 | $129.7K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Carlisle Fire Department | 5,239 | $99.1K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Boxborough Fire Department | 5,166 | $96.4K | Very Low | 1 |
| Sherborn Fire And Rescue Department | 4,427 | $82.8K | Relatively Low | 2 |
| Dunstable Fire Department | 3,408 | $66.6K | Very Low | 1 |
| Ashby Fire Department | 3,211 | $61.3K | Very Low | 2 |
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Risk Snapshot
7.7%
Poverty Rate
16.3%
Age 65+
9.9%
Disability Rate
2.4%
Uninsured
68.1%
Pre-1980 Housing
0.4%
Mobile Homes
4.5%
Vacancy Rate
0.3%
Wood Heat
$140,546
Median HH Income
FEMA Disaster Declarations
4
Last 10 Years
26
Last 25 Years
Severe Storm
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