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Sullivan County, NY

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 44.7 Relatively Moderate

79,721
Population
41
Departments
50
Stations
31
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, separate from agriculture.

Natural Hazard Life Safety
0.49
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
24th highest of 62
Life Safety per 100k
0.62
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
5th highest of 62
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$29.6M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
25th highest of 62
Property Loss per Resident
$371
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
11th highest of 62

These figures cover natural hazards only. Structure fire, EMS, and motor vehicle incidents are not included in the National Risk Index and are not counted here, so this is not an all-cause life safety measure. For Sullivan County, the largest single contributor is Cold Wave, 46% of the life-safety total.

Sullivan County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $29.6M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 62 New York counties. Nationally, Sullivan County ranks 1074th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 2349th for life safety per 100k residents, 599th for property loss, and 1373rd for property loss per resident. Computed from census tract data covering every resident, independent of fire department boundaries.

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What Drives the Loss

81%
19%
Property (buildings): $29.6M (80.9%)
Life safety: $6.8M (18.5%)
Agriculture: $194K (0.5%)

Total expected annual loss: $36,505,971 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)

Cold Wave
$3.1M
Tornado
$1.6M
Inland Flooding
$775K
Lightning
$538K
Strong Wind
$276K
Heat Wave
$220K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$25.9M
Hurricane
$1.5M
Tornado
$847K
Earthquake
$596K
Strong Wind
$505K
Ice Storm
$82K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Sullivan 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

95%
Combination: 5% (2)
Volunteer: 95% (39)
Residents per Station
1,594
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
62.7
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 41 departments registered in NERIS Public for Sullivan 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 Sullivan 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 41 departments
Department Est. Population Life-Safety Loss NRI Rating Stations
Upper Chichester Fire Department 86,563 $5.5M Relatively Low 1
Bloomingburg Fire Company 21,081 $1.6M Relatively Low 1
Blawnox Glenover Volunteer Fire Department 27,588 $1.5M Relatively Moderate 1
Hose Company #1 24,218 $1.5M Relatively Moderate 4
Chateaugay Fire Company, Inc. 25,147 $1.4M Relatively Moderate 1
Rapids Volunteer Fire Company 44,467 $1.3M Relatively Low 2
Bart Township Fire Company 27,178 $1.3M Relatively High 1
Howells Fire District 17,143 $1.1M Relatively Low 1
Hurleyville Fire Department 12,397 $1.0M Relatively High 1
Liberty Joint Fire Department 10,358 $810.7K Relatively Low 2
Wurtsboro Fire Company #1 8,622 $752.2K Relatively Low 1
Loch Sheldrake Fire Department 7,384 $675.9K Relatively High 1
Fallsburg Fire Department 8,471 $667.5K Relatively High 1
Jeffersonville Fire Department 7,800 $644.5K Relatively Moderate 1
Summitville Fire Department 6,848 $597.8K Relatively Low 1
White Sulphur Springs Fire Department 7,150 $564.3K Very Low 1
Equinunk Volunteer Fire Company 8,044 $527.9K Relatively Low 1
Kenoza Lake Fire Department 6,259 $516.5K Relatively Moderate 1
Woodbourne Fire District 5,914 $504.6K Relatively Moderate 1
Monticello Fire Department 6,627 $498.3K Relatively Moderate 1
Livingston Manor Fire Department 3,307 $411.3K Relatively High 1
Claryville Volunteer Fire Department 4,712 $405.3K Relatively High 2
Youngsville Fire Department 4,898 $391.3K Relatively Moderate 1
Kauneonga Lake Fire Department 4,054 $322.7K Relatively Low 1
Smallwood Mongaup Valley Fire Company 4,054 $322.7K Relatively Low 1
Swan Lake Hose Company 1 4,054 $322.7K Relatively Low 1
Mountaindale Fire District 3,618 $308.9K Relatively Moderate 1
Grahamsville Fire District 3,380 $288.4K Relatively High 1
Neversink Fire Department 3,380 $288.4K Relatively High 1
Rock Hill Fire Department 3,320 $282.5K Relatively Moderate 1
Beaverkill Valley Fire Company 2,872 $247.9K Relatively Moderate 1
Highland Lake Fire Department 2,234 $206.2K Relatively High 1
Yulan Fire Department Inc 2,234 $206.2K Relatively High 3
Callicoon Volunteer Fire Department Inc. 2,261 $201.7K Relatively Moderate 1
Hortonville Volunteer Fire Department 2,261 $201.7K Relatively Moderate 1
Lumberland Fire Department Inc. 2,068 $187.4K Relatively Low 2
Westbrookville Volunteer Fire Company #1 Inc. 1,774 $154.4K Very Low 1
Narrowsburg Fire Department 1,539 $133.1K Relatively Moderate 1
Lake Huntington Fire Company 1,489 $126.1K Relatively Low 1
Hankins Fire District 1,189 $97.4K Relatively Moderate 1
Forestburgh Fire District #1 789 $64.6K Very Low 1
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Risk Snapshot

15.9%
Poverty Rate
19.3%
Age 65+
15.9%
Disability Rate
5.5%
Uninsured
57.5%
Pre-1980 Housing
8.8%
Mobile Homes
37.1%
Vacancy Rate
7.4%
Wood Heat
$74,987
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

6
Last 10 Years
25
Last 25 Years
Severe Storm
Most Frequent

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