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.
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 Albany County, the largest single contributor is Tornado, 38% of the life-safety total.
Albany County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $50.7M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 62 New York counties. Nationally, Albany County ranks 594th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 2979th for life safety per 100k residents, 382nd for property loss, and 3058th 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 one half of the picture. The other half is what your departments run on: fire deaths and injuries, cause of ignition, dollar loss per incident. That comes from NERIS incident reporting, and it grows as departments serving Albany County enroll. Our Regional tier brings it together across your jurisdiction, with participating departments, alongside response time analytics, cross-department benchmarking, and coverage gap analysis.
Talk to us about Albany County See what a department seesWhat Drives the Loss
Total expected annual loss: $64,290,411 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 Albany 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 49 departments registered in NERIS Public for Albany County, NY. 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 Albany 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 ▲ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albany Fire Department And Emergency Services | 96,538 | $4.0M | Relatively Low | 8 |
| Best-Luther Fire Department, Inc. | 31,399 | $1.6M | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Selkirk Fire Department | 23,218 | $1.2M | Relatively Moderate | 3 |
| Clinton Heights Fire Department | 19,507 | $1.0M | Relatively Low | 3 |
| Olive Fire Department | 9,130 | $663.0K | Relatively High | 5 |
| Cowlesville Fire Company | 10,927 | $659.2K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Cohoes Fire Department | 15,807 | $652.3K | Relatively Low | 3 |
| Westmere Fire Department | 15,938 | $603.9K | Very Low | 1 |
| Albany International Airport Fire Department | 14,534 | $554.1K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Shaker Road Loudonville Fire Department, Inc. | 14,534 | $554.1K | Relatively Low | 2 |
| Watervliet Fire Department | 8,206 | $534.1K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Delmar Fire District | 12,976 | $510.1K | Very Low | 2 |
| Watervliet Arsenal Fire & Emergency Service | 6,921 | $456.6K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Slingerlands Fire Department | 11,451 | $442.5K | Very Low | 1 |
| Latham Fire Department | 12,240 | $419.5K | Very Low | 2 |
| Pine Grove Volunteer Fire Department | 9,307 | $374.9K | Very Low | 1 |
| Ravena Fire Department | 7,176 | $366.6K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Altamont Fire Department | 7,353 | $363.1K | Very Low | 1 |
| Guilderland Fire Department | 9,130 | $357.7K | Very Low | 1 |
| Colonie Fire Company | 9,413 | $333.9K | Very Low | 1 |
| Tri Village Fire Company, Inc. | 5,961 | $322.6K | Relatively Moderate | 2 |
| Tri-Village Volunteer Fire Company, Inc. | 5,961 | $322.6K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Stanford Heights Fire District | 8,212 | $310.0K | Very Low | 2 |
| Fort Hunter Fire Company | 8,378 | $308.7K | Very Low | 3 |
| Fuller Road Fire Department | 7,266 | $292.2K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Livingston Fire District | 5,786 | $285.6K | Relatively Moderate | 3 |
| Verdoy Fire District | 7,592 | $269.4K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Boght Community Fire District | 7,068 | $254.4K | Very Low | 1 |
| Elsmere Fire District | 6,001 | $235.3K | Very Low | 2 |
| Guilderland Center Fire Department | 5,489 | $229.1K | Very Low | 1 |
| Berne Fire District | 5,238 | $228.4K | Relatively Low | 2 |
| Midway Fire Department | 6,569 | $224.8K | Relatively Low | 2 |
| Caledonia Fire District | 6,299 | $220.8K | Very Low | 1 |
| Coeymans Fire Company #1 | 3,997 | $214.1K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Coeymans Hollow Volunteer Fire | 3,997 | $214.1K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| West Albany Fire District | 4,835 | $193.3K | Very Low | 1 |
| Menands Fire Department | 3,993 | $188.8K | Very Low | 1 |
| Schuyler Heights Fire Department | 4,372 | $176.4K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| North Bethlehem Fire Department | 4,488 | $172.1K | Very Low | 1 |
| New Baltimore Fire District | 3,199 | $158.4K | Relatively Low | 2 |
| Onesquethaw Volunteer Fire Company | 3,466 | $143.4K | Very Low | 3 |
| Town Of Broome Volunteer Fire Department | 2,871 | $114.8K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Maplewood Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. | 2,887 | $113.0K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| New Salem Volunteer Fire Department. Inc. | 2,837 | $108.8K | Very Low | 2 |
| Knox Volunteer Fire Department | 2,559 | $108.3K | Very Low | 1 |
| Voorheesville Fire Department | 2,274 | $108.1K | Very Low | 1 |
| Medusa Volunteer Fire Company | 1,901 | $78.8K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Rensselaerville Volunteer Fire Department | 1,901 | $78.8K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Mckownville Fire Department | 1,906 | $71.4K | Very Low | 1 |
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