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Coos County, NH

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 93.1 Very High

31,271
Population
22
Departments
25
Stations
11
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, separate from agriculture.

Natural Hazard Life Safety
3.76
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
1st highest of 10
Life Safety per 100k
12.01
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
1st highest of 10
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$16.5M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
9th highest of 10
Property Loss per Resident
$528
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
2nd highest of 10

These figures cover natural hazards only. Structure fire, EMS, and motor vehicle incidents are not included in the National Risk Index and are not counted here, so this is not an all-cause life safety measure. For Coos County, the largest single contributor is Avalanche, 89% of the life-safety total.

Coos County carries an expected 4 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $16.5M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 10 New Hampshire counties. Nationally, Coos County ranks 136th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 40th for life safety per 100k residents, 1046th for property loss, and 765th for property loss per resident. Computed from census tract data covering every resident, independent of fire department boundaries.

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What Drives the Loss

24%
76%
Property (buildings): $16.5M (24.2%)
Life safety: $51.5M (75.5%)
Agriculture: $163K (0.2%)

Total expected annual loss: $68,135,525 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)

Avalanche
$45.7M
Cold Wave
$5.0M
Winter Weather
$249K
Lightning
$196K
Strong Wind
$162K
Inland Flooding
$57K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$15.0M
Hurricane
$1.0M
Earthquake
$190K
Ice Storm
$172K
Winter Weather
$62K
Lightning
$23K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Coos 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

27%
59%
9%
Career: 5% (1)
Combination: 27% (6)
Volunteer: 59% (13)
Unreported: 9% (2)
Residents per Station
1,251
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
79.9
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 22 departments registered in NERIS Public for Coos 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 Coos 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 22 departments
Department Est. Population Life-Safety Loss NRI Rating Stations
Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation Wildland Fire 648,378 $41.8M Relatively Low 0
Lancaster Fire Department 11,969 $20.5M Very High 2
Berlin Fire Department 9,118 $10.8M Very High 1
Gorham Fire Department 5,383 $10.1M Very High 2
Candia Volunteer Fire Department 20,904 $5.6M Relatively Low 1
Dalton Fire Rescue 3,432 $5.2M Very High 1
Whitefield Fire Department 3,432 $5.2M Very High 1
Groveton Fire Department 3,184 $5.2M Very High 1
Stark Volunteer Fire Department 3,184 $5.2M Very High 1
Stratford Hollow Fire Department 3,184 $5.2M Very High 1
Shelburne Fire Department 3,246 $5.1M Very High 1
Colebrook Fire Department 2,671 $5.1M Very High 1
Jefferson Fire Department 2,137 $5.0M Very High 1
Randolph Fire Department 2,137 $5.0M Very High 1
Twin Mountain Fire Department, Town Of Carroll 2,137 $5.0M Very High 1
ERROL FIRE DEPARTMENT 1,988 $4.9M Very High 1
Andover Fire Department 17,388 $1.8M Relatively High 2
Carmel Fire & Rescue 30,128 $1.5M Relatively Low 1
Rangeley Fire Department 7,980 $1.2M Relatively High 2
Littleton Fire Rescue 6,040 $348.6K Relatively High 1
Concord Fire & Rescue 3,128 $290.0K Relatively Moderate 1
Beecher Falls Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. 1,687 $155.1K Relatively Low 1
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Risk Snapshot

13.2%
Poverty Rate
26.1%
Age 65+
21.9%
Disability Rate
7.7%
Uninsured
64.0%
Pre-1980 Housing
10.1%
Mobile Homes
32.2%
Vacancy Rate
10.3%
Wood Heat
$55,537
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

8
Last 10 Years
22
Last 25 Years
Severe Storm
Most Frequent

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