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Warren County, NJ

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 70.8 Relatively High

110,849
Population
26
Departments
53
Stations
23
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
0.92
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
17th highest of 21
Life Safety per 100k
0.83
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
3rd highest of 21
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$43.2M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
18th highest of 21
Property Loss per Resident
$390
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
5th highest of 21

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 Warren County, the largest single contributor is Cold Wave, 64% of the life-safety total.

Warren County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $43.2M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 21 New Jersey counties. Nationally, Warren County ranks 638th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 2026th for life safety per 100k residents, 438th for property loss, and 1281st 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

75%
22%
Property (buildings): $43.2M (75.5%)
Life safety: $12.6M (22.0%)
Agriculture: $1.5M (2.6%)

Total expected annual loss: $57,266,980 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
$8.0M
Heat Wave
$1.3M
Strong Wind
$1.1M
Tornado
$713K
Lightning
$685K
Winter Weather
$263K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$37.3M
Hurricane
$2.2M
Strong Wind
$1.6M
Earthquake
$915K
Tornado
$903K
Ice Storm
$101K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Warren 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

100%
Volunteer: 100% (26)
Residents per Station
2,091
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
47.8
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 26 departments registered in NERIS Public for Warren 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 Warren 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 26 departments
Department Est. Population Life-Safety Loss NRI Rating Stations
Blue Ridge Hook & Ladder Fire Company #1 Inc. 83,092 $9.6M Relatively Moderate 2
Modena Fire Company 1 48,160 $3.4M Relatively Moderate 1
Independence Township Volunteer Fire Department 32,327 $2.9M Relatively Moderate 1
Phillipsburg Fire Department 16,704 $1.7M Relatively Moderate 12
Lower Mt. Beth/Sandt's Eddy Fire Department 21,583 $1.1M Relatively Moderate 1
Hackettstown Fire Department 8,590 $986.2K Relatively High 2
Bangor Fire Department 19,686 $981.3K Relatively Moderate 6
LOPATCONG TOWNSHIP FIRE DEPARTMENT 11,200 $957.9K Relatively High 2
Butler Park Volunteer Fire Company 7,778 $880.1K Relatively High 1
Mansfield Township Fire Company 1 7,778 $880.1K Relatively High 1
Mt Bethel Volunteer Fire Department 7,778 $880.1K Relatively High 1
Tri-County Fire Company 7,778 $880.1K Relatively High 1
Hope Volunteer Fire Department 7,417 $851.6K Very High 1
Knowlton Township Fire And Rescue Company Number 1 7,417 $851.6K Very High 2
Mountain Lake Fire Company 7,417 $851.6K Very High 1
Washington Township Volunteer Fire Department 6,691 $743.4K Very High 2
Washington Boro Fire Department 6,381 $720.4K Relatively High 5
Pohatcong Township Fire Department 5,702 $662.5K Relatively Moderate 1
Blairstown Hose Company #1 5,745 $653.8K Relatively High 2
Allamuchy Township Volunteer Fire Department 5,427 $600.6K Relatively High 1
Stewartsville Volunteer Fire Company 5,167 $591.1K Relatively High 1
Harmony Township Volunteer Fire Company 5,182 $565.1K Relatively Low 1
Franklin Township Fire Department 2,992 $341.6K Relatively Moderate 2
Oxford Volunteer Fire Department 2,665 $275.5K Very Low 1
Good Will Fire Company No. 1 2,158 $252.7K Relatively High 1
Alpha Volunteer Fire Department 1,924 $217.6K Very Low 1
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Risk Snapshot

8.3%
Poverty Rate
19.6%
Age 65+
11.5%
Disability Rate
4.8%
Uninsured
60.3%
Pre-1980 Housing
0.9%
Mobile Homes
3.0%
Vacancy Rate
2.2%
Wood Heat
$101,818
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

7
Last 10 Years
20
Last 25 Years
Hurricane
Most Frequent

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