Top Hazards by Life-Safety Loss ($/yr)
Department Rankings
Fire and EMS departments serving Essex 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 ▲ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation Wildland Fire | 648,384 | $41.8M | Relatively Low | 0 |
| Saranac Lake Volunteer Fire Department | 21,176 | $1.8M | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Keene Valley Hose & Ladder Company 1 | 3,439 | $1.4M | Relatively High | 1 |
| Elizabethtown Volunteer Fire Department | 3,409 | $1.3M | Relatively High | 1 |
| Essex Fire District #2 Whallonsburg Fire Company, Inc. | 3,409 | $1.3M | Relatively High | 1 |
| Westport Hose Company #1 | 3,409 | $1.3M | Relatively High | 1 |
| Ausable-Chesterfield-Keeseville Joint Fire District | 7,677 | $1.3M | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| North Hudson Volunteer Fire Department | 3,431 | $1.3M | Relatively High | 1 |
| Ticonderoga Fire District No 1 | 4,705 | $1.2M | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Mineville-Witherbee Fire Department | 4,483 | $1.2M | Relatively Moderate | 0 |
| Moriah Volunteer Fire Department | 4,483 | $1.2M | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Port Henry Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. | 4,483 | $1.2M | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Lewis Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. | 3,769 | $1.2M | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Ausable Forks Volunteer Fire Department | 12,543 | $1.0M | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Shelburne Fire Department | 9,872 | $889.4K | Relatively Low | 2 |
| Keene Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. | 1,905 | $780.1K | Relatively High | 1 |
| Wilmington Fire District | 2,806 | $657.2K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Minerva Volunteer Fire Department And Rescue Squad, Inc. | 1,534 | $646.1K | Relatively High | 2 |
| Newcomb Volunteer Fire Department And Rescue Squad | 1,534 | $646.1K | Relatively High | 1 |
| Jay Volunteer Fire Department | 2,354 | $629.0K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Upper Jay Fire Department | 2,354 | $629.0K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Schroon Lake Fire Department | 1,897 | $621.5K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Crown Point Fire Department | 1,984 | $600.4K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Essex Fire District No 1 | 1,866 | $584.7K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Chilson Volunteer Fire Department | 1,802 | $583.6K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Lake Placid Volunteer Fire Department | 1,602 | $577.8K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Willsboro Fire Department | 1,903 | $565.4K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Vergennes City Fire Department | 10,116 | $501.9K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Ferrisburgh Volunteer Fire Department | 2,661 | $133.0K | Very Low | 1 |
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