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 Erie County, the largest single contributor is Cold Wave, 72% of the life-safety total.
Erie County carries an expected 5 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $212.3M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 62 New York counties. Nationally, Erie County ranks 99th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 2427th for life safety per 100k residents, 86th for property loss, and 2570th 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 Erie 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 Erie County.
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Total expected annual loss: $286,018,560 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 Erie 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 93 departments registered in NERIS Public for Erie 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 Erie 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 ▲ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Fire Department | 275,212 | $22.9M | Relatively Low | 28 |
| Lancaster Fire Department | 39,179 | $3.2M | Relatively Low | 2 |
| Depew Fire Department | 32,420 | $2.6M | Relatively Low | 3 |
| Getzville Fire Company, Inc. | 31,775 | $2.6M | Relatively Moderate | 2 |
| Brighton Volunteer Fire Company No 5, Inc. | 30,718 | $2.5M | Relatively Moderate | 3 |
| Scranton Volunteer Fire Company, Inc. | 44,852 | $2.3M | Relatively Moderate | 2 |
| Eggertsville Fire District | 28,995 | $2.2M | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Orchard Park Fire District | 34,704 | $2.1M | Relatively Low | 4 |
| Fredonia Fire Department | 48,754 | $2.1M | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Millgrove Volunteer Fire Department | 24,109 | $2.1M | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Ellicott Creek Volunteer Fire Company., Inc. | 24,379 | $1.9M | Relatively High | 2 |
| Clarence Center Fire Company | 21,482 | $1.7M | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Grand Island Fire Company, Inc. | 21,480 | $1.7M | Relatively Moderate | 3 |
| Pine Hill Hose Company 5 | 28,082 | $1.7M | Relatively Low | 2 |
| Lackawanna Fire Department | 19,513 | $1.7M | Relatively Moderate | 3 |
| Snyder Fire Department | 19,650 | $1.6M | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Kenilworth Fire Company 1 | 17,455 | $1.6M | Relatively Low | 1 |
| North Bailey Fire Company, Inc. | 17,102 | $1.5M | Relatively Low | 1 |
| South-Line Fire District No 10 | 15,882 | $1.4M | Relatively Low | 2 |
| East Seneca Volunteer Fire Company | 15,490 | $1.3M | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Cleveland Hill Fire District No.6 | 16,090 | $1.3M | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Sierra Research Fire Squad | 16,090 | $1.3M | Relatively Low | 0 |
| East Aurora Central Fire Station | 21,975 | $1.3M | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Village Of Kenmore Fire Department | 14,856 | $1.2M | Very Low | 1 |
| Reserve Hose Fire Company # 1 | 15,008 | $1.2M | Relatively Low | 4 |
| Lake View Fire District | 30,840 | $1.2M | Relatively Low | 2 |
| City Of Tonawanda Fire Department | 14,912 | $1.2M | Relatively Moderate | 2 |
| East Amherst Fire Department | 14,269 | $1.2M | Relatively High | 2 |
| Lewiston Fire Company No. 1, Inc. | 24,882 | $1.1M | Relatively Low | 3 |
| Clarence Fire Company | 13,822 | $1.0M | Relatively Low | 1 |
| U-Crest Fire Department | 11,684 | $1.0M | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Main Transit Fire Department, Inc. | 11,850 | $1.0M | Relatively Low | 4 |
| Bellevue Fire District #9 | 11,789 | $976.2K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Newton Abbott Fire Company, Inc. | 11,897 | $929.8K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Lake Shore Volunteer Fire Company, Inc. | 18,549 | $917.0K | Relatively Moderate | 2 |
| Twin District Volunteer Fire Company, Inc. | 11,172 | $905.8K | Relatively Low | 2 |
| Ellwood Fire District 1 | 10,557 | $879.9K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Bowmansville Volunteer Fire Association | 10,635 | $842.7K | Relatively Moderate | 4 |
| Harris Hill Volunteer Fire Company | 10,053 | $822.1K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Town Line Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. | 8,443 | $726.8K | Relatively Moderate | 2 |
| Swormville Fire Company | 9,376 | $703.2K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Hamburg Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. | 14,084 | $673.8K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Cowlesville Fire Company | 10,992 | $659.2K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| River Road Volunteer Fire Company, Inc. | 14,336 | $618.1K | Relatively Low | 2 |
| Vigilant Fire Company # 1 | 7,316 | $616.6K | Relatively Low | 2 |
| Seneca Hose Fire Company 1/W.S.F.D#5 | 7,125 | $588.0K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Big Tree Volunteer Fire Company Inc. | 10,505 | $577.6K | Relatively Moderate | 2 |
| Boston Volunteer Fire Department | 10,636 | $556.3K | Relatively Low | 2 |
| Lawtons Volunteer Fire Company, Inc. | 11,460 | $551.6K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Union Fire Company | 5,992 | $550.4K | Relatively High | 1 |
| Wilson Greatbatch Technologies, Inc. Fire Squad | 6,270 | $510.8K | Relatively Moderate | 0 |
| Newstead Fire Company | 5,925 | $480.5K | Relatively Low | 2 |
| Brant Volunteer Fire Company, Number One, Inc. | 9,066 | $467.3K | Very Low | 1 |
| Williamsville Fire Department-Hutchinson Hose Company | 5,565 | $446.4K | Relatively Moderate | 2 |
| Rescue Volunteer Hose Company #1 | 5,180 | $436.3K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Marilla Fire Company, Inc. | 5,146 | $425.2K | Relatively High | 1 |
| Elma Fire Company, Inc | 4,875 | $420.1K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Angola Volunteer Fire Department | 8,130 | $399.7K | Very Low | 2 |
| Alden Fire Department | 5,025 | $388.8K | Relatively Low | 4 |
| Hy-View Fire Company | 4,023 | $349.5K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Winchester Volunteer Fire Company | 3,985 | $329.9K | Relatively High | 1 |
| Collins Center Fire Company | 4,631 | $323.0K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Colden Fire Company | 6,409 | $313.4K | Relatively Low | 2 |
| Sloan Active Hose Company #1 | 3,706 | $310.0K | Relatively Moderate | 2 |
| North Evans Fire District | 5,811 | $299.0K | Relatively Low | 2 |
| North Boston Fire Company | 5,817 | $284.5K | Relatively Low | 2 |
| Patchin Volunteer Fire Company, Inc. | 5,817 | $284.5K | Relatively Low | 2 |
| Eden Fire Department 1 | 5,091 | $273.6K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Spring Brook Fire District | 3,286 | $246.0K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Springville Volunteer Fire Company | 4,179 | $229.4K | Relatively Low | 2 |
| Akron Fire Company, Inc. | 2,994 | $225.6K | Relatively Low | 2 |
| Farnham Volunteer Fire Department | 4,052 | $222.3K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Jamison Road Volunteer Fire Company, Inc. | 2,535 | $222.2K | Relatively High | 1 |
| East Concord Fire Department, Inc. | 4,077 | $216.7K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Langford-New Oregon Fire Company | 3,504 | $188.2K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Lake Erie Beach Volunteer Fire Company | 3,356 | $182.3K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Wendelville Fire Company Inc. | 7,029 | $182.2K | Very High | 5 |
| Holland Fire | 3,177 | $156.4K | Relatively Low | 2 |
| Gowanda Volunteer Fire Department | 2,613 | $155.8K | Relatively Moderate | 2 |
| Evans Center Volunteer Fire Company, Inc. | 3,025 | $155.3K | Relatively Low | 2 |
| Armor Volunteer Fire Company, Inc. | 3,330 | $152.0K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Cattaraugus Indian Reservation Volunteer Fire Department | 2,018 | $143.0K | Relatively Moderate | 0 |
| Collins Volunteer Fire Company 1 | 2,758 | $138.4K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Chaffee-Sardinia Fire Company | 2,702 | $138.4K | Relatively Low | 3 |
| Forks Fire District No.3 | 1,705 | $135.8K | Relatively Low | 3 |
| Wales Center Volunteer Fire Co. | 2,325 | $114.6K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| West Falls Fire Company | 2,035 | $113.4K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| East Eden Fire Department | 2,419 | $96.9K | Very Low | 1 |
| South Wales Fire Company | 1,690 | $82.8K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| North Amherst Fire Company | 1,068 | $77.2K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Strykersville Vol Fire Co. Inc | 1,745 | $69.5K | Very Low | 2 |
| North Collins Volunteer Fire Company, Inc. | 1,249 | $67.0K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Crittenden Volunteer Fire Department | 562 | $44.5K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
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