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 Wayne County, the largest single contributor is Cold Wave, 47% of the life-safety total.
Wayne County carries an expected 9 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $274.2M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 83 Michigan counties. Nationally, Wayne County ranks 47th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 2501st for life safety per 100k residents, 52nd for property loss, and 3080th 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 Wayne 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 Wayne County.
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Total expected annual loss: $401,532,675 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 Wayne 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 43 departments registered in NERIS Public for Wayne County, MI. 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 Wayne 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 Detroit Fire Department | 653,608 | $45.5M | Relatively Low | 43 |
| Dearborn Fire Department | 118,834 | $8.8M | Relatively Moderate | 9 |
| Canton Fire Department | 99,383 | $7.2M | Relatively Low | 6 |
| Livonia Fire & Rescue | 93,050 | $6.8M | Very Low | 9 |
| Westland Fire Department | 82,755 | $6.0M | Relatively Low | 5 |
| Dearborn Heights Fire Department | 61,089 | $4.6M | Relatively Low | 4 |
| Taylor Fire Department | 61,667 | $4.4M | Relatively Low | 6 |
| Northville City Fire Department | 46,739 | $3.9M | Relatively Low | 2 |
| Redford Township Fire Department | 48,505 | $3.5M | Very Low | 4 |
| Lincoln Park Fire Department | 38,776 | $2.8M | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Huron Charter Twp | 32,023 | $2.3M | Relatively Moderate | 9 |
| Dexter Area Fire Department | 33,043 | $2.3M | Relatively Moderate | 3 |
| Northville Township Fire Department | 31,654 | $2.3M | Relatively Low | 7 |
| Brownstown Fire Department | 33,002 | $2.3M | Relatively Low | 4 |
| Van Buren Township Fire Department | 30,057 | $2.1M | Relatively Low | 2 |
| Southgate Fire Department | 29,061 | $2.1M | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Allen Park Fire Department | 27,601 | $2.0M | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Plymouth Township Fire Department | 27,507 | $2.0M | Relatively Low | 6 |
| Hamtramck Fire Department | 27,333 | $2.0M | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Riverview Fire Department | 27,386 | $1.9M | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Garden City Fire Department | 26,454 | $1.9M | Very Low | 2 |
| City Of Inkster - Fire Department | 25,111 | $1.8M | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Romulus Fire Department | 24,649 | $1.8M | Relatively Low | 10 |
| Wayne County Airport Authority Fire Department | 24,649 | $1.8M | Relatively Low | 11 |
| Wyandotte Fire Department | 24,207 | $1.7M | Very Low | 3 |
| Trenton Fire Department | 17,949 | $1.3M | Relatively Low | 3 |
| Wayne Fire Department | 17,179 | $1.3M | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Grosse Pointe Woods Department Of Public Safety | 15,968 | $1.2M | Relatively High | 2 |
| City Of Harper Woods Fire Department | 14,877 | $1.1M | Relatively Moderate | 3 |
| Woodhaven Fire Department | 12,564 | $904.6K | Relatively Low | 4 |
| Grosse Pointe Park Department Of Public Safety | 11,161 | $809.4K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Flat Rock Fire Department | 10,297 | $739.5K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Grosse Ile Fire Department | 10,380 | $731.4K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Grosse Pointe Farms Public Safety | 9,793 | $711.8K | Relatively High | 1 |
| Sumpter Township Fire Department | 10,482 | $686.8K | Relatively Low | 2 |
| Ecorse Fire Department | 8,901 | $670.9K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Highland Park Fire Department | 8,293 | $635.6K | Very Low | 1 |
| River Rouge Fire Department | 6,881 | $509.1K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Grosse Pointe City Fire Department | 5,533 | $399.5K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Gibraltar Fire Department | 4,827 | $349.9K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Belleville Fire Department | 3,873 | $284.0K | Relatively Low | 2 |
| Rockwood Fire Department | 3,144 | $234.1K | Very Low | 1 |
| Grosse Pointe Shores Dps | 2,756 | $186.9K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
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