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Essex County, NJ

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 40.5 Relatively Moderate

863,002
Population
38
Departments
226
Stations
211
Census Tracts

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

Heat Wave
$19.4M
Cold Wave
$8.7M
Tornado
$4.8M
Strong Wind
$4.3M
Riverine Flooding
$4.0M

Department Rankings

Fire and EMS departments serving Essex 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 38 departments
Department Est. Population Life-Safety Loss NRI Rating Stations
Newark Fire Division 288,226 $15.0M Relatively Low 15
East Newark Volunteer Fire Department 287,478 $15.0M Relatively Low 1
North Hudson Regional Fire & Rescue 241,800 $12.1M Relatively Low 17
Middletown Township Fire Department 112,137 $9.1M Relatively Moderate 11
Toms River Fire Department 132,993 $6.2M Relatively Moderate 13
Cranford Fire Department 53,642 $3.9M Relatively Moderate 1
Township Of Union Fire Department 56,006 $3.4M Relatively Low 3
Riverdale Fire Department 43,862 $3.3M Relatively High 1
Bayville Volunteer Fire Company (Berkeley Township #1) 70,919 $3.1M Relatively Low 1
East Orange Fire Department 62,911 $3.1M Relatively Low 4
Independence Township Volunteer Fire Department 32,312 $2.9M Relatively Moderate 1
Irvington Fire Department 53,522 $2.7M Relatively Low 3
Bloomfield Fire Department 47,307 $2.7M Relatively Moderate 88
Nutley Fire Department 46,397 $2.5M Relatively Moderate 3
WEST ORANGE FIRE DEPARTMENT 44,335 $2.3M Relatively Moderate 10
Montclair Fire Department 36,918 $2.0M Relatively Low 3
City Of Orange Township Fire Department 29,328 $1.8M Relatively Moderate 2
Belleville Fire Department 33,743 $1.7M Relatively Moderate 3
New Vernon Volunteer Fire Department 36,608 $1.7M Relatively Moderate 1
Bordentown Township Fire District #2 27,796 $1.7M Relatively Moderate 2
Livingston Fire Department 29,813 $1.5M Relatively Moderate 3
Salem Fire Department 14,802 $1.5M Relatively Moderate 2
Alloway Township Fire Company 19,890 $1.4M Relatively Moderate 2
Maplewood Fire Department 22,345 $1.2M Relatively Low 2
Township Of Fairfield Fire Department 7,068 $1.1M Very High 2
Township Of Millburn 20,140 $1.0M Relatively Moderate 5
Bamber Lakes Volunteer Fire Company #1 17,719 $877.8K Relatively Moderate 1
South Orange Fire Department 16,344 $806.6K Relatively Moderate 1
Verona Volunteer Fire Department 12,547 $610.1K Relatively Low 2
Cedar Grove Fire Department 11,997 $566.4K Relatively Moderate 3
West Caldwell Volunteer Fire Department 9,315 $520.3K Relatively Low 1
Caldwell Volunteer Fire Department 9,626 $457.1K Relatively Low 1
Essex Fells Fire Department 8,994 $431.2K Relatively Low 1
Mine Hill Fire Department 5,972 $351.9K Very Low 1
Roseland Volunteer Fire Department 5,442 $284.9K Relatively High 1
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey 2,322 $280.4K Relatively High 13
North Caldwell Fire Department 5,759 $277.0K Relatively Moderate 1
Elmer Fire Department 4,134 $268.7K Very Low 1
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Risk Snapshot

14.6%
Poverty Rate
14.2%
Age 65+
12.2%
Disability Rate
11.9%
Uninsured
74.2%
Pre-1980 Housing
0.2%
Mobile Homes
5.1%
Vacancy Rate
0.0%
Wood Heat
$101,283
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

7
Last 10 Years
20
Last 25 Years
Hurricane
Most Frequent

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