Top Hazards by Life-Safety Loss ($/yr)
Department Rankings
Fire and EMS departments serving Wake 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 ▲ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Durham Fire Department | 304,934 | $17.1M | Relatively Moderate | 33 |
| Raleigh Fire Department | 420,025 | $14.2M | Relatively Low | 60 |
| Cary Fire Department | 159,250 | $5.4M | Relatively Moderate | 19 |
| Clayton Fire Department | 37,778 | $3.1M | Relatively Moderate | 4 |
| Apex Fire Department | 79,694 | $2.4M | Relatively Low | 8 |
| Garner Fire-Rescue Department | 71,311 | $2.3M | Relatively Low | 6 |
| Fuquay-Varina Fire Department | 69,367 | $2.2M | Relatively Moderate | 6 |
| Wake Forest Fire Department | 67,394 | $1.9M | Relatively Moderate | 5 |
| Town of Knightdale Fire Department | 54,272 | $1.7M | Relatively Moderate | 4 |
| Pilot Fire Department | 21,916 | $1.5M | Relatively Moderate | 2 |
| Holly Springs Fire-Rescue | 43,597 | $1.3M | Relatively Moderate | 6 |
| Angier & Black River Fire Department | 21,301 | $1.3M | Relatively Low | 2 |
| Corinth-Holders Fire Department | 18,261 | $1.1M | Relatively Moderate | 3 |
| Morrisville Fire & Rescue Department | 31,914 | $997.1K | Relatively Moderate | 4 |
| Northern Wake Volunteer Fire Department | 33,557 | $978.9K | Relatively Low | 8 |
| Wendell Holmes Rural Fire Department | 33,645 | $959.3K | Relatively Low | 6 |
| Fairview Rural Fire Department | 20,938 | $726.4K | Relatively Low | 2 |
| Hopkins Rural Fire Department, Inc. | 18,572 | $724.3K | Relatively Low | 2 |
| Zebulon Fire Department | 22,895 | $676.5K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Rolesville Fire Department | 24,211 | $674.0K | Relatively Moderate | 2 |
| Pilot Fire & Rescue, Inc. | 12,362 | $651.0K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Wake-New Hope Fire Department | 20,194 | $624.8K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Durham Highway Fire Protection Asso., Inc. | 9,421 | $293.3K | Relatively Low | 2 |
| Swift Creek Rural Fire Department, Inc. | 7,807 | $241.8K | Relatively Low | 2 |
| Western Wake Fire Rescue | 3,420 | $113.6K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Raleigh Durham Airport Fire Rescue | 2,643 | $74.2K | Relatively Low | 1 |
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