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Carroll County, NH

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 57.6 Relatively Moderate

51,804
Population
20
Departments
42
Stations
19
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
0.17
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
9th highest of 10
Life Safety per 100k
0.33
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
6th highest of 10
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$28.6M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
5th highest of 10
Property Loss per Resident
$552
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
1st highest of 10

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 Carroll County, the largest single contributor is Cold Wave, 34% of the life-safety total.

Carroll County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $28.6M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 10 New Hampshire counties. Nationally, Carroll County ranks 2146th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 2924th for life safety per 100k residents, 624th for property loss, and 695th 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 Carroll 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 Carroll County.

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Loss Breakdown

92%
8%
Property (buildings): $28.6M (92.2%)
Life safety: $2.3M (7.5%)
Agriculture: $95K (0.3%)

Total expected annual loss: $31,047,929 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)

Cold Wave
$798K
Lightning
$427K
Winter Weather
$306K
Heat Wave
$177K
Strong Wind
$170K
Tornado
$165K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$22.4M
Hurricane
$4.7M
Ice Storm
$674K
Earthquake
$516K
Winter Weather
$117K
Tornado
$62K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Carroll 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

70%
25%
Career: 5% (1)
Combination: 70% (14)
Volunteer: 25% (5)
Residents per Station
1,233
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
81.1
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 20 departments registered in NERIS Public for Carroll County, NH. 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 Carroll 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 20 departments
Department ▲ Est. Population ▲ Life-Safety Loss ▼ NRI Rating ▲ Stations ▲
Meredith Fire Department 10,286 $681.3K Relatively Moderate 2
Conway Fire/ Rescue 13,722 $591.9K Relatively Moderate 2
New Hampton Fire Department 7,942 $518.0K Relatively Moderate 2
Center Conway Fire Department 10,373 $504.3K Relatively High 3
North Conway Fire Department 10,373 $504.3K Relatively High 3
Center Ossipee Fire Department 10,635 $457.8K Relatively Moderate 1
Wakefield Fire Rescue Department 5,284 $233.7K Relatively High 3
Bartlett Fire Department 4,511 $224.9K Very High 2
Moultonborough Fire/Rescue Department 5,194 $212.2K Relatively Moderate 2
Ossipee Corner Fire Department 4,581 $196.3K Relatively Low 1
West Ossipee Fire Department 4,581 $196.3K Relatively Low 3
Effingham Fire & Rescue Department 3,451 $153.5K Relatively Moderate 2
Tamworth Fire Department 3,132 $129.0K Relatively High 4
New Durham Fire Department 4,428 $128.5K Very Low 1
Wolfeboro Fire / Rescue 2,915 $126.8K Relatively Moderate 2
Madison Fire Rescue 2,784 $117.6K Relatively Moderate 1
Tuftonboro Fire & Rescue 2,603 $108.0K Relatively Moderate 4
Freedom Fire And Rescue Department 1,514 $77.2K Relatively High 1
Sandwich Fire-Rescue Department 1,444 $64.9K Relatively High 2
Jackson Fire Department 1,107 $52.2K Relatively High 1
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Risk Snapshot

7.6%
Poverty Rate
30.9%
Age 65+
18.0%
Disability Rate
6.8%
Uninsured
45.5%
Pre-1980 Housing
6.2%
Mobile Homes
46.0%
Vacancy Rate
14.3%
Wood Heat
$87,546
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

9
Last 10 Years
26
Last 25 Years
Severe Storm
Most Frequent

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