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.
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 Ulster County, the largest single contributor is Tornado, 35% of the life-safety total.
Ulster County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $52.9M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 62 New York counties. Nationally, Ulster County ranks 675th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 2604th for life safety per 100k residents, 375th for property loss, and 1937th 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 one half of the picture. The other half is what your departments run on: fire deaths and injuries, cause of ignition, dollar loss per incident. That comes from NERIS incident reporting, and it grows as departments serving Ulster County enroll. Our Regional tier brings it together across your jurisdiction, with participating departments, alongside response time analytics, cross-department benchmarking, and coverage gap analysis.
Talk to us about Ulster County See what a department seesWhat Drives the Loss
Total expected annual loss: $67,238,336 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 Ulster 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 Ulster 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 Ulster 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 ▲ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bloomingburg Fire Company | 21,081 | $1.6M | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Garden City Park Fire Department | 45,021 | $1.5M | Relatively Low | 3 |
| New Hackensack Fire Department | 33,927 | $1.4M | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Kingston Fire Department | 22,320 | $1.3M | Relatively Low | 10 |
| Plattekill Fire Department | 20,379 | $1.2M | Relatively Low | 2 |
| Shawangunk Valley Fire District | 15,616 | $1.0M | Relatively High | 1 |
| Clintondale Fire Department | 15,722 | $936.0K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Napanoch Fire Department | 9,213 | $785.9K | Relatively High | 2 |
| Arena Volunteer Fire Department | 6,998 | $751.7K | Very High | 1 |
| Lake Mohonk Hose Company #1 | 11,613 | $707.9K | Relatively Low | 0 |
| Highland Fire District | 11,072 | $700.0K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Olive Fire Department | 9,130 | $663.0K | Relatively High | 5 |
| West Hurley Fire Department | 9,743 | $627.4K | Relatively Low | 3 |
| Modena Fire Department | 10,406 | $609.5K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Wallkill Fire Department | 9,482 | $574.1K | Relatively High | 1 |
| Marlboro Hose Company No.1 | 8,819 | $516.0K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Milton Fire District | 8,819 | $516.0K | Relatively Moderate | 2 |
| Kerhonkson Fire Company | 5,734 | $500.0K | Relatively High | 1 |
| Gardiner Fire Department | 7,942 | $499.3K | Relatively High | 2 |
| Ulster Hose Company 5 | 6,957 | $465.7K | Relatively Moderate | 2 |
| Claryville Volunteer Fire Department | 4,712 | $405.3K | Relatively High | 2 |
| Rosendale Fire Department | 5,744 | $372.9K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Cragsmoor Fire Department | 3,958 | $368.1K | Very High | 1 |
| Cottekill Volunteer Fire Company | 5,901 | $365.3K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Esopus Fire Department | 6,184 | $354.8K | Relatively High | 1 |
| Rifton Fire Department | 6,184 | $354.8K | Relatively High | 2 |
| Saint Remy Volunteer Fire Department | 6,184 | $354.8K | Relatively High | 2 |
| Big Indian-Oliverea Fire Department | 3,529 | $349.8K | Very High | 1 |
| Mount Marion Fire Department | 5,825 | $343.7K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Glasco Fire Department | 6,221 | $315.5K | Very Low | 1 |
| Centerville Fire District | 5,340 | $299.2K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Saugerties Fire Department | 5,340 | $299.2K | Relatively Low | 2 |
| Malden West Camp Fire Department | 4,891 | $290.2K | Relatively Moderate | 2 |
| Saxton Fire District | 4,891 | $290.2K | Relatively Moderate | 2 |
| East Kingston Volunteer Fire Company, Inc. | 3,865 | $255.5K | Relatively Moderate | 2 |
| Beaverkill Valley Fire Company | 2,872 | $247.9K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Ruby Fire District | 3,580 | $242.4K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Sawkill Volunteer Fire Company | 3,580 | $242.4K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Tillson Fire Department | 2,882 | $213.1K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Lomontville Fire Department | 3,039 | $205.5K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Port Ewen Fire Department | 2,899 | $171.3K | Very Low | 2 |
| Bloomington Fire Company. Inc. | 2,862 | $159.8K | Relatively Low | 5 |
| New Paltz Fire Department | 2,154 | $119.3K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Pine Hill Fire Company 1, Inc. | 1,332 | $117.0K | Relatively High | 1 |
| Ulster Fire District 1 (Spring Lake Fire Department) | 1,026 | $54.0K | Very Low | 1 |
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