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Genesee County, NY

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 41.3 Relatively Moderate

57,787
Population
15
Departments
17
Stations
18
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
0.21
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
43rd highest of 62
Life Safety per 100k
0.36
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
25th highest of 62
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$15.0M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
52nd highest of 62
Property Loss per Resident
$259
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
29th 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 Genesee County, the largest single contributor is Lightning, 34% of the life-safety total.

Genesee County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $15.0M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 62 New York counties. Nationally, Genesee County ranks 1910th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 2853rd for life safety per 100k residents, 1132nd for property loss, and 2214th 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 Genesee 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 Genesee County.

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Loss Breakdown

79%
15%
Property (buildings): $15.0M (78.5%)
Life safety: $2.9M (15.0%)
Agriculture: $1.2M (6.5%)

Total expected annual loss: $19,083,429 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.

Agriculture is 6% of expected annual loss in Genesee County, so total loss overstates property loss here. The property figure above counts building loss only.

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)

Lightning
$979K
Cold Wave
$588K
Strong Wind
$421K
Tornado
$370K
Inland Flooding
$210K
Heat Wave
$153K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$13.9M
Strong Wind
$359K
Ice Storm
$214K
Earthquake
$210K
Hurricane
$149K
Tornado
$137K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Genesee 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

93%
Career: 7% (1)
Volunteer: 93% (14)
Residents per Station
3,399
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
29.4
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 15 departments registered in NERIS Public for Genesee 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 Genesee 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 15 departments
Department ▲ Est. Population ▲ Life-Safety Loss ▼ NRI Rating ▲ Stations ▲
City Of Batavia Fire Department 15,165 $836.0K Relatively Low 1
Bergen Fire Department 14,172 $582.5K Relatively Moderate 1
Alexander Fire Department 11,761 $535.9K Relatively Moderate 1
Leroy Fire Department 7,519 $341.6K Relatively Moderate 1
Darien Center Chemical Fire Company, Inc. 5,667 $298.2K Relatively High 1
Oakfield Volunteer Fire Department 5,378 $241.9K Relatively Low 1
Bethany Volunteer Fire Company, Inc. 3,925 $206.1K Relatively Low 1
Batavia Fire Department, Inc. 4,671 $206.0K Relatively Low 2
East Pembroke Fire Department 3,520 $158.0K Relatively Low 1
Stafford Fire Department, Inc. 2,422 $107.6K Relatively Moderate 1
Byron Fire Department #1, Inc. 2,264 $104.1K Relatively Low 1
South Byron Volunteer Fire Company, Inc. 2,264 $104.1K Relatively Low 1
Town Of Alabama Volunteer Fire Department 1,851 $81.8K Relatively Low 2
Corfu Fire Department 1,408 $66.4K Very Low 1
Elba Fire Department 559 $25.4K Relatively Low 1
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Risk Snapshot

10.6%
Poverty Rate
20.3%
Age 65+
15.6%
Disability Rate
3.7%
Uninsured
77.0%
Pre-1980 Housing
5.5%
Mobile Homes
5.0%
Vacancy Rate
2.3%
Wood Heat
$73,570
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

5
Last 10 Years
15
Last 25 Years
Snowstorm
Most Frequent

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