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 Hamilton County, the largest single contributor is Heat Wave, 33% of the life-safety total.
Hamilton County carries an expected 5 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $146.4M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 88 Ohio counties. Nationally, Hamilton County ranks 98th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 2311th for life safety per 100k residents, 141st for property loss, and 2956th 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 Hamilton 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 Hamilton County See what a department seesWhat Drives the Loss
Total expected annual loss: $221,186,656 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 Hamilton 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 42 departments registered in NERIS Public for Hamilton County, OH. 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 Hamilton 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 ▲ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Fire Department | 289,712 | $25.4M | Relatively Low | 26 |
| Green Township Fire Department | 67,916 | $6.1M | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Springfield Township Fire Department | 72,428 | $5.6M | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Springfield Township Fire Department | 87,140 | $5.5M | Relatively Low | 4 |
| Colerain Township Fire & Ems | 55,106 | $5.3M | Relatively Low | 5 |
| Springfield Township Fire Department | 68,949 | $4.4M | Relatively Low | 2 |
| Springfield Township Fire Department | 56,940 | $4.0M | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Springfield Township Fire Department | 56,940 | $4.0M | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Office of Legacy Management Site | 19,543 | $2.9M | Relatively High | 0 |
| Delhi Township Fire Department | 25,525 | $2.3M | Relatively Low | 2 |
| Loveland-Symmes Fire Department | 30,498 | $2.3M | Relatively Moderate | 4 |
| Harrison Fire Department | 15,576 | $1.6M | Relatively Moderate | 2 |
| Sycamore Township Ems & Fire Department | 17,177 | $1.5M | Relatively Moderate | 2 |
| Miami Township Fire Department | 15,347 | $1.5M | Relatively Moderate | 3 |
| Madeira & Indian Hill Joint Fire District | 17,482 | $1.4M | Relatively Moderate | 2 |
| Forest Park Fire Department | 16,875 | $1.4M | Relatively Low | 2 |
| Whitewater Township Fire Department | 14,044 | $1.4M | Relatively High | 3 |
| Norwood Fire Department | 16,439 | $1.4M | Very Low | 1 |
| Little Miami Joint Fire & Rescue District | 13,806 | $1.2M | Relatively Low | 2 |
| Sharonville Fire Department | 11,593 | $1.0M | Relatively Moderate | 3 |
| City Of Blue Ash Fire Department | 11,571 | $997.6K | Relatively Low | 2 |
| Milford Community Fire Department | 11,690 | $960.2K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Reading Fire Department | 10,547 | $931.6K | Relatively Moderate | 2 |
| Montgomery Fire Department | 10,130 | $859.8K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Crosby Township Fire Department | 8,989 | $839.7K | Very High | 2 |
| Anderson Township Fire & Rescue Department Station 10 | 10,139 | $809.8K | Relatively Moderate | 4 |
| Springdale Fire Department | 9,315 | $804.3K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Deer Park-Silverton Joint Fire District | 8,918 | $781.7K | Very Low | 1 |
| North College Hill Fire Department | 8,003 | $780.5K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Cheviot Fire Department | 6,361 | $611.2K | Very Low | 1 |
| Wyoming Fire - Ems | 7,278 | $604.7K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Mount Healthy Fire Department | 6,050 | $596.0K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Woodlawn Fire Department | 5,612 | $463.6K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Amberley Village Fire Department | 3,418 | $316.1K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Lockland Fire-Rescue Department | 3,692 | $300.7K | Relatively High | 1 |
| Saint Bernard Fire Department | 3,321 | $278.1K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Greenhills Fire Department | 2,237 | $211.7K | Very Low | 1 |
| Evendale Fire Department | 2,307 | $200.3K | Relatively High | 1 |
| Mariemont Fire Department | 1,827 | $155.9K | Relatively High | 1 |
| Glendale Fire Department | 1,630 | $153.7K | Very Low | 1 |
| Elmwood Place Fire Department | 1,612 | $125.7K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Terrace Park Fire Department | 844 | $76.6K | Relatively Low | 1 |
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