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 Orange County, the largest single contributor is Cold Wave, 33% of the life-safety total.
Orange County carries an expected 2 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $74.3M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 62 New York counties. Nationally, Orange County ranks 365th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 2759th for life safety per 100k residents, 292nd for property loss, and 2914th 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 Orange 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 Orange County.
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Total expected annual loss: $98,745,722 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 Orange 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 45 departments registered in NERIS Public for Orange 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 Orange 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 ▲ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monroe Joint Fire District | 57,693 | $3.0M | Relatively Low | 4 |
| Newburgh Fire Department | 26,339 | $1.4M | Relatively Low | 2 |
| Middletown Fire Department | 23,553 | $1.4M | Relatively Low | 3 |
| Vails Gate Fire Department | 26,608 | $1.3M | Relatively Low | 2 |
| Chester Fire Department | 23,217 | $1.3M | Relatively Moderate | 3 |
| Plattekill Fire Department | 20,379 | $1.2M | Relatively Low | 2 |
| Howells Fire District | 17,143 | $1.1M | Relatively Low | 1 |
| West Point Army Fire & Emergency Services | 20,476 | $1.1M | Relatively Moderate | 6 |
| Florida Fire District | 15,614 | $909.1K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Village Of Kiryas Joel Fire Department | 16,271 | $836.0K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Walden Fire Department | 15,348 | $834.4K | Relatively Low | 2 |
| Goshen Fire Department | 12,863 | $764.0K | Relatively Moderate | 3 |
| Washingtonville Fire Department | 11,748 | $718.7K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Cronomer Valley Fire District | 13,142 | $707.8K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Circleville Fire District | 13,016 | $636.1K | Relatively Low | 2 |
| Silver Lake Fire District | 12,067 | $622.5K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Woodbury Fire Department | 11,099 | $593.6K | Relatively Low | 2 |
| Sparrowbush Engine Company | 7,513 | $570.7K | Relatively Moderate | 3 |
| Cuddebackville Fire Department | 7,452 | $566.9K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Port Jervis Fire Department | 7,515 | $563.3K | Relatively Moderate | 8 |
| Mechanicstown Fire Department | 9,161 | $481.7K | Relatively Moderate | 2 |
| Cornwall Fire Department / Canterbury Fire District | 9,085 | $472.2K | Relatively Moderate | 5 |
| Middle Hope Fire Department | 8,403 | $470.1K | Relatively Moderate | 2 |
| Pine Bush Fire Department | 9,088 | $460.5K | Relatively Low | 2 |
| Greenwood Lake Joint Fire District | 4,457 | $418.6K | Relatively High | 1 |
| Montgomery Fire District | 7,565 | $409.1K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Slate Hill Fire Department | 7,537 | $407.9K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| South Blooming Grove Fire District | 5,824 | $385.3K | Very Low | 1 |
| Coldenham Fire Company | 6,804 | $356.4K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Cornwall On Hudson Fire Department | 6,185 | $324.7K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Otisville Fire Department | 6,465 | $322.7K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Pine Island Fire Department | 4,491 | $295.5K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Bullville Fire Department | 5,403 | $283.2K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Pocatello Fire Department | 4,949 | $275.3K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Highland Falls Fire Department | 5,816 | $250.9K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Rutgers Engine Company #1 (Johnson Fire Department) | 4,661 | $249.9K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Unionville Fire Department | 4,661 | $249.9K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Greenville Township Fire District | 4,676 | $237.4K | Very Low | 1 |
| New Windsor Fire Department | 4,757 | $228.4K | Very Low | 1 |
| Tuxedo Joint Fire District | 3,763 | $211.6K | Relatively High | 3 |
| Maybrook Engine Company 1 | 3,439 | $171.9K | Very Low | 1 |
| Warwick Fire District | 2,571 | $171.6K | Relatively Moderate | 3 |
| New Hampton Fire Company | 2,538 | $153.5K | Very Low | 1 |
| Fort Montgomery Fire Department | 3,716 | $150.9K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Good Will Fire Department | 1,740 | $95.3K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
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