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Pitt County, NC

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 66.5 Relatively High

177,193
Population
19
Departments
27
Stations
42
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
1.12
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
15th highest of 100
Life Safety per 100k
0.63
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
53rd highest of 100
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$61.6M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
15th highest of 100
Property Loss per Resident
$348
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
35th 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 Pitt County, the largest single contributor is Tornado, 42% of the life-safety total.

Pitt County carries an expected 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $61.6M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 100 North Carolina counties. Nationally, Pitt County ranks 529th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 2330th for life safety per 100k residents, 329th for property loss, and 1525th 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 Pitt 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 Pitt County.

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Loss Breakdown

76%
19%
Property (buildings): $61.6M (75.9%)
Life safety: $15.4M (18.9%)
Agriculture: $4.2M (5.1%)

Total expected annual loss: $81,134,169 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.

Agriculture is 5% of expected annual loss in Pitt County, so total loss overstates property loss here. The property figure above counts building loss only.

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)

Tornado
$6.5M
Heat Wave
$2.6M
Cold Wave
$1.4M
Hurricane
$1.4M
Winter Weather
$1.2M
Strong Wind
$681K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$30.2M
Hurricane
$25.4M
Tornado
$4.1M
Earthquake
$685K
Hail
$436K
Ice Storm
$258K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Pitt 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

11%
74%
11%
Career: 5% (1)
Combination: 11% (2)
Volunteer: 74% (14)
Unreported: 11% (2)
Residents per Station
6,563
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
15.2
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 19 departments registered in NERIS Public for Pitt 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 Pitt 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 19 departments
Department ▲ Est. Population ▲ Life-Safety Loss ▼ NRI Rating ▲ Stations ▲
Greenville Fire/Rescue 105,142 $8.9M Relatively High 7
Red Oak Fire Department 38,996 $3.5M Relatively High 1
Winterville Community Fire Department 27,419 $2.4M Relatively High 1
Staton House Fire and Rescue Department, Inc. 21,095 $2.0M Relatively High 1
Eastern Pines Fire Rescue 21,234 $1.8M Relatively High 1
Bell Arthur Fire Department 18,127 $1.6M Relatively High 1
Ayden Fire Department 18,595 $1.6M Relatively High 2
The Grifton Community Fire Association, Inc. 18,409 $1.6M Relatively High 0
Farmville Fire Department 16,517 $1.5M Relatively High 1
Clarks Neck Fire and Rescue Department, Inc. 13,492 $1.5M Very High 2
Chocowinity Volunteer Fire Department 10,322 $1.2M Very High 2
Simpson Rural Fire Dept., Inc. 12,709 $1.0M Relatively High 1
Black Jack Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. 11,981 $993.9K Very High 1
Belvoir Volunteer Fire Department 10,170 $964.1K Relatively High 1
Gardnerville Volunteer Fire Department Inc. 9,529 $779.2K Relatively High 1
Carolina Township Volunteer Fire Department 9,171 $750.4K Relatively High 0
Pactolus Fire & Rescue 7,731 $676.8K Relatively High 2
Falkland Volunteer Fire Department 6,167 $585.4K Relatively High 1
Fountain Rural Fire Association 4,934 $483.6K Relatively Moderate 1
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Risk Snapshot

19.8%
Poverty Rate
14.5%
Age 65+
14.9%
Disability Rate
10.0%
Uninsured
29.5%
Pre-1980 Housing
10.2%
Mobile Homes
9.8%
Vacancy Rate
0.2%
Wood Heat
$62,334
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

14
Last 10 Years
22
Last 25 Years
Hurricane
Most Frequent

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