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Beaver County, PA

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 19.1 Very Low

166,324
Population
38
Departments
59
Stations
53
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
0.20
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
40th highest of 67
Life Safety per 100k
0.12
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
66th highest of 67
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$32.7M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
26th highest of 67
Property Loss per Resident
$197
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
58th highest of 67

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 Beaver County, the largest single contributor is Strong Wind, 28% of the life-safety total.

Beaver County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $32.7M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 67 Pennsylvania counties. Nationally, Beaver County ranks 1975th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 3214th for life safety per 100k residents, 548th for property loss, and 2794th for property loss per resident. Computed from census tract data covering every resident, independent of fire department boundaries.

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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 Beaver 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 Beaver County.

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Loss Breakdown

92%
8%
Property (buildings): $32.7M (92.3%)
Life safety: $2.7M (7.6%)
Agriculture: $21K (0.1%)

Total expected annual loss: $35,452,137 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)

Strong Wind
$758K
Lightning
$641K
Tornado
$493K
Heat Wave
$307K
Cold Wave
$174K
Inland Flooding
$100K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$30.0M
Tornado
$1.1M
Hail
$658K
Strong Wind
$487K
Earthquake
$275K
Hurricane
$100K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Beaver 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

89%
Career: 3% (1)
Combination: 8% (3)
Volunteer: 89% (34)
Residents per Station
2,819
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
35.5
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 38 departments registered in NERIS Public for Beaver County, PA. 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 Beaver 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 38 departments
Department ▲ Est. Population ▲ Life-Safety Loss ▼ NRI Rating ▲ Stations ▲
Potter Township Volunteer Fire Department 25,982 $1.5M Relatively Moderate 1
Economy Borough Fire Department 27,960 $1.5M Relatively Low 3
Brighton Township Volunteer Fire Department 28,250 $1.3M Relatively Low 3
Ambridge Fire Department 31,041 $885.4K Relatively Low 1
North Sewickley Township Fire Department 29,633 $879.9K Relatively Moderate 2
Beaver Falls Fire Department 41,789 $715.2K Relatively Low 2
Baden Volunteer Fire Department 37,841 $657.7K Very Low 1
Raccoon Township Independence Volunteer Fire Department 38,978 $615.4K Very Low 2
Hanover Volunteer Fire Department 22,785 $542.8K Very Low 2
Hookstown Volunteer Fire Department 19,324 $507.2K Relatively Low 1
Hopewell Township Fire Company 13,819 $217.6K Very Low 2
Center Township Volunteer Fire Department 11,748 $185.4K Relatively Low 6
New Brighton Volunteer Fire Department 9,906 $172.3K Relatively Low 1
Aliquippa Bureau Of Fire 9,011 $144.3K Very Low 2
Ellwood City Volunteer Fire Department 7,569 $140.9K Relatively Low 1
New Sewickley Fire District 7,854 $126.8K Very Low 3
Industry Borough Volunteer Fire Department 7,306 $125.5K Relatively Low 1
Chippewa Township Volunteer Fire Department 8,039 $124.8K Very Low 2
Conway Borough Volunteer Fire Company 7,477 $119.9K Very Low 2
Rochester Fire Department 6,722 $104.5K Very Low 2
Monaca Fire Department 5,472 $87.7K Very Low 1
Beaver Volunteer Fire Department 4,351 $67.7K Very Low 1
Ohioville Volunteer Fire Department 3,429 $55.0K Very Low 2
Harmony Township Fire Department 3,162 $51.3K Very Low 1
Patterson Township Volunteer Fire Company 3,164 $48.0K Very Low 0
South Beaver Volunteer Fire Department 2,659 $42.3K Very Low 2
Darlington Township Volunteer Fire Department 2,151 $41.7K Relatively Low 1
Midland Volunteer Fire Department 2,311 $40.9K Relatively Moderate 1
Big Beaver Volunteer Fire Company 2,273 $38.2K Relatively Low 1
New Galilee Community Volunteer Fire Department 2,273 $38.2K Relatively Low 1
Independence Township Volunteer Fire Company #1 2,135 $38.1K Very Low 1
Freedom Volunteer Fire Department 1,474 $24.4K Very Low 1
Vanport Township Volunteer Fire Department 1,315 $24.1K Very Low 1
Pulaski Township Volunteer Fire Department 1,321 $21.1K Very Low 1
White Township Volunteer Fire Department 1,300 $20.6K Very Low 1
West Mayfield Volunteer Fire Department 1,166 $18.7K Very Low 1
Bridgewater Fire Department 707 $15.2K Relatively High 1
Koppel Volunteer Fire Company 712 $12.0K Relatively Low 1
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Risk Snapshot

9.9%
Poverty Rate
22.6%
Age 65+
15.0%
Disability Rate
3.9%
Uninsured
77.7%
Pre-1980 Housing
3.2%
Mobile Homes
8.9%
Vacancy Rate
1.5%
Wood Heat
$75,558
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

2
Last 10 Years
7
Last 25 Years
Flood
Most Frequent

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