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Broome County, NY

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 41.3 Relatively Moderate

197,378
Population
36
Departments
68
Stations
57
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, not agriculture.

Natural Hazard Life Safety
0.75
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
17th highest of 62
Life Safety per 100k
0.38
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
24th highest of 62
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$49.8M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
16th highest of 62
Property Loss per Resident
$252
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
32nd highest of 62

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 Broome County, the largest single contributor is Tornado, 34% of the life-safety total.

Broome County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $49.8M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 62 New York counties. Nationally, Broome County ranks 766th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 2816th for life safety per 100k residents, 387th for property loss, and 2286th for property loss per resident. Computed from census tract data covering every resident, independent of fire department boundaries.

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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 Broome 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 Broome County.

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Loss Breakdown

83%
17%
Property (buildings): $49.8M (82.8%)
Life safety: $10.3M (17.1%)
Agriculture: $77K (0.1%)

Total expected annual loss: $60,124,344 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)

Tornado
$3.4M
Inland Flooding
$2.1M
Cold Wave
$2.0M
Heat Wave
$825K
Lightning
$782K
Winter Weather
$350K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$46.7M
Hurricane
$1.2M
Tornado
$842K
Earthquake
$528K
Strong Wind
$225K
Ice Storm
$211K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Broome 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

83%
11%
Career: 6% (2)
Volunteer: 83% (30)
Unreported: 11% (4)
Residents per Station
2,903
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
34.5
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 36 departments registered in NERIS Public for Broome 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 Broome 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 36 departments
Department ▲ Est. Population ▲ Life-Safety Loss ▼ NRI Rating ▲ Stations ▲
Binghamton Fire Bureau 46,628 $2.1M Relatively Low 8
Vestal Fire Department 30,865 $1.3M Relatively High 5
Johnson City Fire Department 15,454 $790.3K Relatively Low 2
Endwell Fire Department 12,959 $784.3K Relatively Low 5
Endicott Fire Department 13,122 $594.6K Relatively Low 1
Conklin Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. 4,907 $561.4K Very High 3
Deposit Fire And Rescue 5,663 $459.7K Relatively Moderate 2
Chenango Bridge Fire Company Inc. 6,861 $423.0K Relatively Moderate 2
Union Center Fire Company, Inc. 7,409 $386.3K Relatively Moderate 2
Marathon Fire Department 7,315 $373.7K Relatively Moderate 1
Chenango Fire Company, Inc. 5,953 $330.1K Relatively Moderate 2
West Corners Fire Department 4,010 $261.4K Relatively Moderate 2
Five Mile Point Fire Company, Inc. 4,115 $224.5K Relatively High 3
Windsor Fire Company 3,883 $224.3K Relatively Low 2
Town of Binghamton Volunteer Fire Company inc 4,567 $197.0K Relatively Low 3
Port Crane Fire Department 3,811 $188.3K Relatively Moderate 2
Harpursville Fire Department 3,228 $171.6K Relatively High 2
Whitney Point Fire Department 2,882 $158.9K Relatively Low 1
Lisle Fire Company, Inc. 2,211 $150.4K Relatively Low 1
Maine Fire Department 2,321 $134.2K Relatively High 1
Port Dickinson Fire Department 2,077 $130.6K Relatively Moderate 1
Hillcrest Volunteer Fire Company, Inc. 1,935 $119.9K Relatively Low 1
West Endicott Fire Department 1,838 $106.8K Relatively Moderate 1
West Windsor Fire Company, Inc. 1,800 $105.3K Relatively Moderate 1
Glen Aubrey Fire Company, Inc. 1,856 $99.9K Relatively Low 1
Chenango Forks Volunteer Fire Company, Inc. 1,738 $95.6K Relatively Low 1
East Maine Fire Company, Inc. 1,658 $94.3K Relatively High 1
Prospect Terrace Fire Department 1,147 $71.1K Relatively Moderate 1
Kirkwood Fire Company 1,262 $68.8K Relatively High 2
Triangle Volunteer Fire Company, Inc. 987 $54.6K Relatively Low 2
West Colesville Fire Company, Inc. 931 $48.9K Relatively High 1
Berkshire Fire Department 1,193 $47.4K Relatively Low 1
Sanitaria Springs Fire Company 896 $47.1K Relatively High 1
Killawog Fire District 429 $29.1K Relatively Low 1
Choconut Center Volunteer Fire Company, Inc. 539 $21.5K Very Low 1
Afton Fire Department 130 $6.8K Relatively High 1
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Risk Snapshot

18.5%
Poverty Rate
20.3%
Age 65+
16.1%
Disability Rate
3.4%
Uninsured
78.5%
Pre-1980 Housing
4.4%
Mobile Homes
12.0%
Vacancy Rate
2.3%
Wood Heat
$65,968
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

6
Last 10 Years
22
Last 25 Years
Severe Storm
Most Frequent

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