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Lucas County, OH

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 20.9 Relatively Low

428,018
Population
13
Departments
43
Stations
169
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
1.52
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
6th highest of 88
Life Safety per 100k
0.36
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
46th highest of 88
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$90.4M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
5th highest of 88
Property Loss per Resident
$211
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
55th highest of 88

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 Lucas County, the largest single contributor is Tornado, 37% of the life-safety total.

Lucas County carries an expected 2 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $90.4M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 88 Ohio counties. Nationally, Lucas County ranks 388th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 2870th for life safety per 100k residents, 244th for property loss, and 2670th 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): $90.4M (81.2%)
Life safety: $20.8M (18.7%)
Agriculture: $115K (0.1%)

Total expected annual loss: $111,324,688 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)

Tornado
$7.7M
Cold Wave
$7.5M
Heat Wave
$1.9M
Strong Wind
$1.8M
Lightning
$998K
Earthquake
$733K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$71.3M
Tornado
$9.9M
Hail
$3.2M
Earthquake
$2.9M
Ice Storm
$1.7M
Strong Wind
$913K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Lucas 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

15%
62%
23%
Career: 15% (2)
Combination: 62% (8)
Volunteer: 23% (3)
Residents per Station
9,954
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
10.0
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 13 departments registered in NERIS Public for Lucas 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 Lucas 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 13 departments
Department Est. Population Life-Safety Loss NRI Rating Stations
Toledo Fire Department 256,252 $12.5M Very Low 20
Washington Township Fire Department 127,766 $6.8M Relatively Low 2
Springfield Township Fire Department 87,140 $5.5M Relatively Low 4
Sylvania Township Fire Department 50,069 $2.4M Relatively Low 4
Village Of Swanton Fire Department 22,975 $1.2M Relatively Low 1
Allen-Clay Joint Fire District 13,661 $955.6K Relatively High 3
Oregon Fire Department 19,248 $898.2K Very Low 3
Monclova Township Fire-Rescue Department 18,299 $891.8K Relatively Moderate 1
Providence Township Fire & Rescue 15,366 $788.2K Relatively Low 1
Maumee Fire Station 1 13,844 $690.1K Very Low 1
Whitehouse Fire Department 7,324 $359.0K Relatively Low 1
Jerusalem Township Fire Department 2,894 $162.5K Relatively Low 1
Richfield Township Fire Department 1,553 $76.0K Very Low 1
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Risk Snapshot

17.7%
Poverty Rate
17.6%
Age 65+
15.4%
Disability Rate
4.9%
Uninsured
72.9%
Pre-1980 Housing
2.1%
Mobile Homes
8.8%
Vacancy Rate
0.2%
Wood Heat
$71,702
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

2
Last 10 Years
7
Last 25 Years
Severe Storm
Most Frequent

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