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 St. Lawrence County, the largest single contributor is Cold Wave, 74% of the life-safety total.
St. Lawrence County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $24.8M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 62 New York counties. Nationally, St. Lawrence County ranks 1050th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 2598th for life safety per 100k residents, 736th for property loss, and 2482nd 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 St. Lawrence 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 St. Lawrence County.
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Total expected annual loss: $31,947,886 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 St. Lawrence 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 40 departments registered in NERIS Public for St. Lawrence 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 St. Lawrence 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 ▲ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Massena Volunteer Fire Department | 12,493 | $884.4K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Potsdam Fire Department | 10,219 | $711.6K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Ogdensburg Fire Department | 9,278 | $631.7K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Gouverneur Fire Department Inc. | 9,944 | $616.8K | Relatively High | 1 |
| Canton Fire Department | 9,237 | $603.0K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Richville Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. | 6,408 | $413.5K | Very High | 1 |
| Norfolk Volunteer Fire Department | 4,298 | $287.7K | Relatively Moderate | 3 |
| Heuvelton Volunteer Fire Department | 4,051 | $262.2K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Lisbon Volunteer Fire Department | 4,219 | $261.8K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Brasher - Winthrop Volunteer Fire Department | 3,264 | $209.2K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Louisville Volunteer Fire Department | 2,593 | $168.0K | Relatively Low | 2 |
| Norwood Volunteer Fire Department | 2,368 | $151.7K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Waddington Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. | 2,125 | $151.2K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Morristown Fire & Rescue Company #1 | 2,512 | $144.8K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Parishville Volunteer Fire Company | 1,765 | $136.5K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Madrid Fire Department | 1,656 | $118.0K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| West Stockholm Volunteer Fire Department | 1,806 | $115.4K | Relatively High | 1 |
| West Potsdam Fire Department | 1,743 | $109.9K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Russell Volunteer Fire Department | 1,766 | $108.3K | Relatively High | 1 |
| Star Lake Volunteer Fire Department Inc. | 1,391 | $101.7K | Relatively Moderate | 2 |
| Colton Volunteer Fire Department | 1,300 | $100.9K | Relatively Moderate | 2 |
| Hannawa Falls Volunteer Fire Department | 1,366 | $84.1K | Very Low | 1 |
| Helena Volunteer Fire Department | 1,315 | $84.0K | Relatively High | 1 |
| Pierrepont Volunteer Fire, Inc. | 1,312 | $80.7K | Very Low | 1 |
| Hammond Fire & Rescue | 1,502 | $74.9K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Hopkinton Fort Jackson Fire Department | 1,019 | $72.2K | Very Low | 1 |
| Hermon Volunteer Fire Department | 981 | $65.7K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Edwards Volunteer Fire Department | 1,065 | $64.5K | Relatively High | 1 |
| Brier Hill Fire Department, Inc. | 1,096 | $59.4K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Rensselaer Falls Fire and Rescue | 719 | $49.2K | Relatively High | 1 |
| North Lawrence Vol Fire Department | 699 | $46.6K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Pyrites Fire Department | 694 | $45.0K | Relatively High | 1 |
| Morley Volunteer Fire Company Inc. | 621 | $42.7K | Relatively High | 1 |
| Lawrenceville Volunteer Fire Department | 492 | $33.2K | Very Low | 1 |
| Fine Volunteer Fire Department | 398 | $29.1K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Nicholville Volunteer Fire Company, Inc. | 382 | $26.6K | Very Low | 1 |
| Dekalb Junction Volunteer Fire Department | 378 | $25.3K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Piercefield Volunteer Fire Company, Inc. | 274 | $20.4K | Very Low | 1 |
| Degrasse, Clare, South Russell Volunteer Fire Department | 298 | $18.1K | Relatively High | 1 |
| Cranberry Lake Fire & Rescue Department | 235 | $17.2K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
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