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Bronx County, NY

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 37.7 Relatively Low

1.4M
Population
4
Departments
231
Stations
361
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
6.28
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
3rd highest of 62
Life Safety per 100k
0.45
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
14th highest of 62
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$126.1M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
8th highest of 62
Property Loss per Resident
$90
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
62nd highest of 62

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 Bronx County, the largest single contributor is Heat Wave, 45% of the life-safety total.

Bronx County carries an expected 6 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $126.1M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 62 New York counties. Nationally, Bronx County ranks 71st of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 2660th for life safety per 100k residents, 166th for property loss, and 3212th 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

59%
41%
Property (buildings): $126.1M (59.4%)
Life safety: $86.1M (40.6%)
Agriculture: $0 (0.0%)

Total expected annual loss: $212,188,912 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)

Heat Wave
$39.0M
Cold Wave
$30.8M
Strong Wind
$6.1M
Earthquake
$4.9M
Tornado
$1.5M
Winter Weather
$1.0M

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$100.2M
Hurricane
$12.1M
Earthquake
$9.4M
Coastal Flooding
$1.9M
Tornado
$1.4M
Hail
$793K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Bronx 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

25%
25%
50%
Career: 25% (1)
Combination: 25% (1)
Volunteer: 50% (2)
Residents per Station
6,081
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
16.4
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 4 departments registered in NERIS Public for Bronx 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 Bronx 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 4 departments
Department Est. Population Life-Safety Loss NRI Rating Stations
Fire Department City Of New York (FDNY) 8.0M $435.0M Relatively Low 228
Aviation Volunteer Fire Department Hose Company 3 1.4M $84.7M Relatively Low 0
Edgewater Park Volunteer Hose Company No. 1 Inc 1.4M $84.7M Relatively Low 1
Pelham Manor Fire Department 4,737 $191.8K Relatively High 2
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Risk Snapshot

27.8%
Poverty Rate
14.5%
Age 65+
17.7%
Disability Rate
7.1%
Uninsured
77.9%
Pre-1980 Housing
0.2%
Mobile Homes
4.5%
Vacancy Rate
0.0%
Wood Heat
$53,017
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

5
Last 10 Years
15
Last 25 Years
Hurricane
Most Frequent

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