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.
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 Cumberland County, the largest single contributor is Winter Weather, 22% of the life-safety total.
Cumberland County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $55.6M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 16 Maine counties. Nationally, Cumberland County ranks 599th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 2962nd for life safety per 100k residents, 359th for property loss, and 2930th 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 Cumberland County enroll. Our Regional tier adds that data for the departments your jurisdiction sponsors, next to public risk and NERIS adoption for every department in Cumberland County.
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Total expected annual loss: $69,167,965 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)
By property loss ($/yr)
Census Tract Risk Map
Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Cumberland County. 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
Department composition covers the 31 departments registered in NERIS Public for Cumberland County, ME. 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 Cumberland 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 ▲ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portland Fire Department | 70,281 | $3.2M | Relatively Low | 14 |
| Hollis Fire Department | 65,658 | $1.8M | Relatively Low | 4 |
| Naples Fire Department | 35,580 | $1.5M | Very Low | 3 |
| South Portland Fire Department | 26,757 | $1.3M | Very Low | 3 |
| Scarborough Fire Department | 23,866 | $1.2M | Relatively Low | 6 |
| Freeport Fire Rescue | 30,612 | $1.2M | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Cumberland Fire Department | 31,659 | $1.1M | Very Low | 4 |
| Brunswick Fire Department | 22,957 | $959.6K | Relatively Low | 4 |
| Westbrook Fire & Rescue Department | 21,650 | $944.7K | Relatively Low | 4 |
| Raymond Fire And Rescue | 23,083 | $818.7K | Very Low | 6 |
| Yarmouth Fire Rescue | 23,083 | $818.7K | Very Low | 1 |
| Gorham Fire Department | 18,817 | $646.7K | Relatively Low | 11 |
| Windham Fire- Rescue | 19,730 | $641.8K | Very Low | 4 |
| Falmouth Fire-Ems Department | 13,115 | $535.5K | Very Low | 3 |
| Buxton Fire-Rescue | 20,917 | $528.7K | Very Low | 5 |
| New Gloucester Fire & Rescue Department | 16,340 | $518.9K | Very Low | 1 |
| Cape Elizabeth Fire Department | 9,877 | $436.0K | Very Low | 2 |
| Limington Fire & Ems | 16,287 | $425.8K | Very Low | 2 |
| Standish Fire Emergency Medical Services | 10,965 | $356.7K | Very Low | 3 |
| Sebago Fire Department | 7,432 | $291.6K | Very Low | 4 |
| Bridgton Fire Department | 5,801 | $213.4K | Very Low | 4 |
| North Yarmouth Fire Rescue | 4,360 | $140.4K | Very Low | 2 |
| Baldwin Fire Department | 3,335 | $132.1K | Very Low | 3 |
| Casco Fire Rescue | 3,800 | $130.8K | Very Low | 2 |
| Harrison Fire Department | 2,584 | $98.2K | Very Low | 1 |
| Cundy's Harbor Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. | 1,878 | $97.0K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Harpswell Neck Fire & Rescue | 1,912 | $87.9K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Orrs/Bailey Island Fire Department | 1,399 | $70.5K | Relatively Low | 2 |
| Pownal Fire & Rescue | 1,659 | $50.3K | Relatively Low | 2 |
| Long Island Fire & Rescue | 247 | $12.3K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Frye Island Fire Department | 33 | $1.1K | Relatively Low | 1 |
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