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Medina County, OH

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 24.4 Relatively Low

183,660
Population
7
Departments
9
Stations
42
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, not agriculture.

Natural Hazard Life Safety
0.47
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
20th highest of 88
Life Safety per 100k
0.26
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
67th highest of 88
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$28.4M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
20th highest of 88
Property Loss per Resident
$155
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
84th highest of 88

These figures cover natural hazards only. Structure fire, EMS, and motor vehicle incidents are not in the National Risk Index, so this is not an all-cause life safety measure. For Medina County, the largest single contributor is Tornado, 34% of the life-safety total.

Medina County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $28.4M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 88 Ohio counties. Nationally, Medina County ranks 1119th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 3076th for life safety per 100k residents, 632nd for property loss, and 3081st 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 only part of the risk. Fire deaths and injuries, cause of ignition, and dollar loss per incident come from NERIS incident reporting, which grows as departments serving Medina County enroll. Our Regional tier adds that data for the departments your jurisdiction sponsors, next to public risk and NERIS adoption for every department in Medina County.

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Loss Breakdown

81%
18%
Property (buildings): $28.4M (81.2%)
Life safety: $6.5M (18.5%)
Agriculture: $123K (0.4%)

Total expected annual loss: $34,979,333 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
$2.2M
Strong Wind
$1.3M
Heat Wave
$1.1M
Cold Wave
$1.0M
Lightning
$524K
Ice Storm
$90K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$20.5M
Tornado
$4.2M
Hail
$1.3M
Strong Wind
$859K
Ice Storm
$723K
Winter Weather
$360K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Medina 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

14%
29%
57%
Career: 14% (1)
Combination: 29% (2)
Volunteer: 57% (4)
Residents per Station
20,407
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
4.9
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 7 departments registered in NERIS Public for Medina 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 Medina 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 7 departments
Department ▲ Est. Population ▲ Life-Safety Loss ▼ NRI Rating ▲ Stations ▲
Medina Fire Department 46,712 $1.7M Very Low 3
New Brunswick Division Of Fire 35,364 $1.2M Very Low 2
Litchfield Fire & Rescue Department 6,835 $356.3K Relatively Moderate 1
Hinckley Fire Department 8,257 $285.3K Relatively Moderate 1
Town & Country Fire District 5,977 $187.5K Relatively Low 0
Erhart-York Township Fire Department 3,573 $121.0K Very Low 1
Chatham Volunteer Fire & Rescue Department 2,557 $80.3K Very Low 1
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Risk Snapshot

6.3%
Poverty Rate
19.8%
Age 65+
13.1%
Disability Rate
4.0%
Uninsured
45.7%
Pre-1980 Housing
1.0%
Mobile Homes
4.1%
Vacancy Rate
1.6%
Wood Heat
$99,569
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

2
Last 10 Years
9
Last 25 Years
Severe Storm
Most Frequent

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