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Dare County, NC

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 95.8 Very High

37,875
Population
14
Departments
15
Stations
12
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
0.43
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
43rd highest of 100
Life Safety per 100k
1.13
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
13th highest of 100
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$74.9M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
11th highest of 100
Property Loss per Resident
$1,978
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
2nd highest of 100

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 Dare County, the largest single contributor is Lightning, 30% of the life-safety total.

Dare County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $74.9M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 100 North Carolina counties. Nationally, Dare County ranks 1207th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 1494th for life safety per 100k residents, 289th for property loss, and 18th 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 Dare 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 Dare County.

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Loss Breakdown

93%
7%
Property (buildings): $74.9M (92.7%)
Life safety: $5.9M (7.3%)
Agriculture: $47K (0.1%)

Total expected annual loss: $80,830,198 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)

Lightning
$1.8M
Hurricane
$1.6M
Tornado
$636K
Heat Wave
$392K
Coastal Flooding
$341K
Strong Wind
$319K

By property loss ($/yr)

Hurricane
$63.3M
Inland Flooding
$6.5M
Coastal Flooding
$4.0M
Wildfire
$508K
Tornado
$469K
Winter Weather
$102K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Dare 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

36%
50%
14%
Combination: 36% (5)
Volunteer: 50% (7)
Unreported: 14% (2)
Residents per Station
2,525
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
39.6
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 14 departments registered in NERIS Public for Dare County, NC. 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 Dare 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.

Showing 14 departments
Department ▲ Est. Population ▲ Life-Safety Loss ▼ NRI Rating ▲ Stations ▲
Roanoke Island Volunteer Fire Department 9,401 $1.3M Very High 2
Kill Devil Hills Fire Department 7,525 $1.1M Very High 1
Colington Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. 4,890 $682.2K Very High 1
Town Of Kitty Hawk Fire Department 3,707 $605.5K Very High 1
Southern Shores Fire Department 3,766 $559.1K Very High 2
Nags Head Fire Rescue 3,095 $469.2K Very High 2
Buxton Fire Prevention Association, Inc. 1,018 $223.9K Very High 0
Manns Harbor Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. 1,020 $216.2K Relatively High 1
Frisco Volunteer Fire Department 857 $188.4K Very High 1
Avon Volunteer Fire Department 717 $157.7K Very High 1
Chicamacomico Banks Fire Department 593 $130.4K Very High 1
Duck Fire Department 742 $111.5K Very High 1
Hatteras Fire Department 497 $109.4K Very High 1
Stumpy Point Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. 208 $44.2K Relatively High 0
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Risk Snapshot

6.6%
Poverty Rate
25.2%
Age 65+
10.8%
Disability Rate
8.6%
Uninsured
23.8%
Pre-1980 Housing
4.3%
Mobile Homes
52.3%
Vacancy Rate
0.2%
Wood Heat
$91,030
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

15
Last 10 Years
22
Last 25 Years
Hurricane
Most Frequent

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