Top Hazards by Life-Safety Loss ($/yr)
Department Rankings
Fire and EMS departments serving Lorain 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 ▲ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lorain Fire Department | 60,138 | $2.5M | Relatively Low | 4 |
| Elyria Fire Department | 50,685 | $2.1M | Relatively Low | 4 |
| North Ridgeville Fire Department | 35,206 | $1.5M | Relatively Low | 2 |
| Avon Fire Department | 24,266 | $1.0M | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Avon Lake Fire Department | 24,419 | $907.6K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Wellington Fire District | 18,004 | $779.4K | Relatively Low | 2 |
| Eaton Township Fire And Rescue | 15,040 | $619.2K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Vermilion Fire Department | 11,874 | $458.7K | Relatively Low | 2 |
| Grafton Village Fire Department | 11,323 | $456.5K | Relatively Low | 2 |
| South Amherst Fire Department | 11,477 | $453.4K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Carlisle Township Fire Department | 10,268 | $406.9K | Very Low | 1 |
| Elyria Township Fire Department | 7,672 | $375.5K | Very Low | 1 |
| Lagrange Fire & Rescue | 9,121 | $374.1K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Columbia Township Fire Department | 8,017 | $354.2K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Oberlin Fire Department | 8,301 | $350.8K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Amherst Fire Department | 8,836 | $345.0K | Very Low | 1 |
| Sheffield Lake Fire Department | 7,526 | $303.7K | Very Low | 1 |
| Grafton Township Fire Department | 7,405 | $298.4K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Camden Township Fire Department | 5,598 | $235.3K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Sheffield Village Fire Department | 4,380 | $163.6K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Sheffield Township Fire Department | 4,415 | $162.2K | Very Low | 2 |
| Rochester Volunteer Fire Department | 3,009 | $130.0K | Very Low | 1 |
| Florence Township Fire Department | 2,547 | $95.7K | Very Low | 1 |
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