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Transylvania County, NC

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 66.9 Relatively Moderate

33,691
Population
15
Departments
31
Stations
12
Census Tracts

Top Hazards by Life-Safety Loss ($/yr)

Cold Wave
$5.8M
Riverine Flooding
$522.2K
Tornado
$472.9K
Strong Wind
$342.5K
Lightning
$293.6K

Department Rankings

Fire and EMS departments serving Transylvania 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 15 departments
Department Est. Population Life-Safety Loss NRI Rating Stations
Brevard Fire Department 27,714 $6.4M Relatively Moderate 1
Cashiers Glenville Volunteer Fire Department 19,982 $5.1M Very High 3
Lake Logan Cecil Volunteer Fire Department 12,667 $3.2M Relatively High 2
Little River Volunteer Fire Department 21,894 $2.7M Relatively High 1
Slater-Marietta Fire Department 23,831 $2.6M Relatively Moderate 5
Little River Volunteer Fire Department 10,197 $2.5M Relatively High 3
Cedar Mountain Fire Rescue, Inc. 9,385 $2.0M Relatively High 1
Connestee Fire Rescue, Inc. 7,956 $1.7M Relatively Moderate 3
Pickens Fire Department 22,742 $1.5M Relatively Low 1
Lake Toxaway Fire Rescue, Inc. 4,963 $1.2M Relatively Moderate 2
North Transylvania Volunteer Fire Department 3,859 $1.1M Relatively High 2
Cruso Volunteer Fire Department 4,616 $995.9K Relatively High 3
Balsam Grove Volunteer Fire Department 3,633 $902.8K Relatively Moderate 1
Canada Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. 3,391 $793.8K Relatively High 1
River Falls Fire Department 1,211 $127.3K Relatively Low 2
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Risk Snapshot

13.2%
Poverty Rate
30.9%
Age 65+
16.1%
Disability Rate
11.3%
Uninsured
42.0%
Pre-1980 Housing
13.0%
Mobile Homes
24.3%
Vacancy Rate
4.2%
Wood Heat
$69,014
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

11
Last 10 Years
14
Last 25 Years
Hurricane
Most Frequent

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