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.
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 Chautauqua County, the largest single contributor is Tornado, 37% of the life-safety total.
Chautauqua County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $37.9M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 62 New York counties. Nationally, Chautauqua County ranks 1280th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 2965th for life safety per 100k residents, 486th for property loss, and 1831st 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 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 Chautauqua 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 Chautauqua County.
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Total expected annual loss: $43,575,377 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 Chautauqua 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 38 departments registered in NERIS Public for Chautauqua 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 Chautauqua 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 ▲ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fredonia Fire Department | 49,161 | $2.1M | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Jamestown Fire Department | 28,188 | $1.3M | Relatively Moderate | 4 |
| Frewsburg Fire Company Inc | 14,136 | $638.9K | Relatively High | 1 |
| Dunkirk New York Fire Department | 12,534 | $494.6K | Very Low | 3 |
| Bemus Point Volunteer Fire Department | 9,966 | $450.3K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Ashville Fire Department | 8,398 | $379.7K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Lakewood Fire Department | 8,076 | $352.7K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Busti Fire Department | 7,504 | $345.2K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Cherry Creek Fire Department | 4,412 | $184.6K | Relatively High | 2 |
| Celoron Hose Company Station 1 | 3,903 | $166.4K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Kiantone Independant Fire Department | 3,273 | $151.6K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Cattaraugus Indian Reservation Volunteer Fire Department | 2,019 | $143.0K | Relatively Moderate | 0 |
| Clymer Fire Department | 2,853 | $123.6K | Relatively High | 1 |
| Maple Springs Fire Company, Inc. | 2,633 | $115.9K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Chautauqua Fire Department | 2,524 | $110.3K | Relatively High | 1 |
| Silver Creek Volunteer Fire Department | 2,540 | $107.2K | Relatively High | 1 |
| Falconer Volunteer Fire Company | 2,141 | $99.2K | Very High | 1 |
| Ripley Fire District | 2,236 | $98.3K | Relatively Low | 2 |
| Sheridan Fire Department | 2,462 | $97.9K | Very Low | 1 |
| Kennedy Fire Department | 2,155 | $94.0K | Relatively High | 1 |
| Sinclairville Volunteer Fire Company #1 | 2,093 | $89.0K | Relatively High | 1 |
| South Dayton Volunteer Fire Company | 1,961 | $88.0K | Very High | 1 |
| Hanover Hose Company | 1,997 | $82.0K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Ellington Volunteer Fire Department Inc, | 1,457 | $63.5K | Relatively High | 1 |
| Gerry Volunteer Fire Department | 1,308 | $57.6K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Stockton Volunteer Fire Company | 1,356 | $54.6K | Relatively High | 1 |
| Brocton Fire Company | 1,166 | $50.1K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Findley Lake Volunteer Fire Department | 969 | $42.6K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Portland Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. | 985 | $42.3K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Sherman Fire Department | 671 | $29.1K | Relatively High | 1 |
| Forestville Fire Department | 676 | $26.8K | Very Low | 1 |
| Ellery Center Volunteer Fire Company | 572 | $25.5K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Town Of Dunkirk Volunteer Fire Company #1, Inc. (East Dunkirk Fire Department) | 623 | $24.5K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| West Dunkirk Volunteer Fire Company, Inc | 610 | $24.0K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Panama Fire Department | 465 | $21.2K | Very Low | 2 |
| Cassadaga Volunteer Fire Department | 512 | $20.6K | Relatively High | 1 |
| Irving Fire Department | 199 | $8.4K | Relatively High | 1 |
| Lily Dale Volunteer Fire Company, Inc. | -- | -- | Insufficient Data | 1 |
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