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.
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 Atlantic County, the largest single contributor is Cold Wave, 30% of the life-safety total.
Atlantic County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $107.8M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 21 New Jersey counties. Nationally, Atlantic County ranks 619th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 2907th for life safety per 100k residents, 195th for property loss, and 1279th for property loss per resident. Computed from census tract data covering every resident, independent of fire department boundaries.
Add fire mortality, cause, and loss
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 Atlantic 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 Atlantic County.
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Total expected annual loss: $123,349,051 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)
By property loss ($/yr)
Census Tract Risk Map
Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Atlantic 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
Department composition covers the 39 departments registered in NERIS Public for Atlantic County, NJ. 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 Atlantic 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 ▲ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATLANTIC CITY AIRPORT FIRE DEPARTMENT | 50,028 | $2.2M | Relatively Moderate | 2 |
| Farmington Volunteer Fire Company #4 | 50,028 | $2.2M | Relatively Moderate | 2 |
| Scullville Volunteer Fire Company #3 | 50,028 | $2.2M | Relatively Moderate | 4 |
| South Jersey Transportation Authority | 50,028 | $2.2M | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| West Atlantic City Volunteer Fire Company #5 | 50,028 | $2.2M | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Atlantic City Fire Department | 35,604 | $2.2M | Relatively High | 14 |
| Cardiff Volunteer Fire Company #1 | 39,122 | $1.7M | Relatively Moderate | 2 |
| Germania Volunteer Fire Company #2 | 38,363 | $1.7M | Relatively High | 1 |
| Oceanville Fire Department | 38,363 | $1.7M | Relatively High | 1 |
| South Egg Harbor Fire Company | 38,363 | $1.7M | Relatively High | 1 |
| Laureldale Fire Rescue | 33,486 | $1.7M | Relatively High | 1 |
| Bayview Volunteer Fire Company #4 | 31,921 | $1.5M | Relatively High | 2 |
| Bargaintown Volunteer Fire Company | 34,822 | $1.5M | Relatively Moderate | 4 |
| Hammonton Fire Department | 27,838 | $1.3M | Relatively High | 2 |
| Mays Landing Fire Department | 25,002 | $1.1M | Relatively High | 1 |
| West Tuckerton Volunteer Fire Company, Inc. | 23,351 | $942.4K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Mystic Island Fire Company | 12,951 | $826.3K | Very High | 1 |
| Pleasantville Fire Department | 18,042 | $772.0K | Relatively Moderate | 2 |
| Cologne Volunteer Fire Company | 15,768 | $682.5K | Relatively High | 1 |
| Lower Bank Volunteer Fire Company | 12,614 | $668.0K | Relatively High | 2 |
| Pomona Volunteer Fire Company | 14,417 | $612.5K | Relatively High | 1 |
| Richland Volunteer Fire Company, Number 1 | 10,588 | $492.5K | Relatively High | 1 |
| Egg Harbor City Fire Department | 9,651 | $457.1K | Relatively High | 1 |
| Collings Lakes Fire Department | 8,876 | $422.1K | Relatively High | 1 |
| Brigantine Department Of Fire And Ems | 7,263 | $397.3K | Relatively High | 1 |
| Absecon Fire Department | 8,407 | $371.1K | Relatively High | 2 |
| Somers Point Fire Department | 9,266 | $340.5K | Relatively Low | 2 |
| East Vineland Volunteer Fire Company District No. 2 | 7,103 | $332.3K | Very High | 1 |
| Milmay Volunteer Fire Company | 7,103 | $332.3K | Very High | 1 |
| Port Republic Volunteer Fire Company | 7,995 | $319.9K | Very High | 1 |
| Linwood Volunteer Fire Company #1 | 7,364 | $318.0K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Northfield Fire Department | 7,595 | $316.3K | Very Low | 2 |
| Ventnor City Fire Department | 8,632 | $304.8K | Relatively High | 2 |
| Elwood Volunteer Fire Company | 5,832 | $290.0K | Relatively High | 1 |
| Weekstown Volunteer Fire Company | 5,832 | $290.0K | Relatively High | 1 |
| Margate City Fire Department | 4,459 | $266.0K | Very High | 2 |
| Dorothy Volunteer Fire Company | 4,902 | $215.7K | Relatively High | 1 |
| Estell Manor Volunteer Fire Company | 4,902 | $215.7K | Relatively High | 1 |
| Longport Volunteer Fire Department | 2,578 | $126.4K | Very High | 1 |
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