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.
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 Delaware County, the largest single contributor is Heat Wave, 33% of the life-safety total.
Delaware County carries an expected 3 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $96.0M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 67 Pennsylvania counties. Nationally, Delaware County ranks 188th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 2569th for life safety per 100k residents, 222nd for property loss, and 3020th 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 Delaware 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 Delaware County.
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Total expected annual loss: $134,945,943 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 Delaware 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 59 departments registered in NERIS Public for Delaware 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 Delaware 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 ▲ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower Merion Township Fire Department | 172,633 | $17.1M | Relatively Moderate | 15 |
| Holmes Fire Company | 154,662 | $10.7M | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Parkside Fire Company 1 | 156,120 | $10.4M | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Broomall Fire Company | 150,328 | $10.1M | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Brookhaven Fire Company 1 | 152,257 | $9.6M | Relatively Low | 1 |
| George Clay Steam Fire Engine & Hose Company 1 | 56,383 | $8.1M | Relatively Moderate | 2 |
| Upper Chichester Fire Department | 93,906 | $5.9M | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Collingdale Fire Company | 66,839 | $4.7M | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Longwood Fire Company | 74,529 | $4.3M | Relatively Moderate | 4 |
| Reliance Hook And Ladder Volunteer Fire Department | 46,157 | $2.9M | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Chester Township Fire Company | 39,711 | $2.6M | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Upland Fire Company #1 | 39,711 | $2.6M | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Middletown Fire Company No 1 | 38,089 | $2.4M | Relatively Low | 4 |
| City Of Chester Bureau Of Fire | 33,949 | $2.4M | Relatively Low | 2 |
| Radnor Fire Company | 37,724 | $2.4M | Relatively Moderate | 2 |
| Chester Heights Fire Company | 36,275 | $2.1M | Relatively Low | 2 |
| Edgmont Township Fire Company #1 | 36,275 | $2.1M | Relatively Low | 4 |
| Lima Volunteer Fire Company | 31,689 | $1.9M | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Garrettford - Drexel Hill Volunteer Fire Company | 27,124 | $1.8M | Very Low | 0 |
| Talleyville Fire Company, Inc. | 34,260 | $1.8M | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Concordville Fire And Protective Association | 29,631 | $1.8M | Relatively Low | 2 |
| Colonial Manor Fire Association | 22,847 | $1.5M | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Thorofare Fire Volunteer Company | 22,847 | $1.5M | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Verga Fire Company #1 | 22,847 | $1.5M | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| West Deptford Fire Department | 22,847 | $1.5M | Relatively Moderate | 0 |
| Merion Fire Company Of Ardmore | 16,410 | $1.4M | Relatively Low | 0 |
| Oakmont Fire Company 1 | 19,900 | $1.3M | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Lower Chichester Fire Company | 18,412 | $1.2M | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Upper Darby Township Fire Department | 15,924 | $1.2M | Relatively Moderate | 6 |
| Darby Fire Company # 1 | 13,080 | $1.0M | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Aston Township Fire Department | 16,641 | $1.0M | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Newtown Square Fire Company | 15,895 | $950.9K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Manoa Fire Company | 12,730 | $851.9K | Very Low | 1 |
| Yeadon Fire Company # 1 | 12,344 | $814.3K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Ridley Park Fire Company No. 1 | 12,990 | $813.1K | Relatively Low | 2 |
| Marcus Hook Fire Department | 11,119 | $767.6K | Relatively Low | 0 |
| Lansdowne Fire Company | 11,188 | $744.1K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Primor Secane Westbrook Park Fire Department | 9,538 | $668.6K | Very Low | 0 |
| Garden City Fire Company, 1 | 9,745 | $598.7K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Brookline Fire Company | 8,567 | $562.9K | Very Low | 2 |
| Middletown Township Fire Department | 9,213 | $537.6K | Relatively Moderate | 4 |
| Rocky Run Fire Company | 9,213 | $537.6K | Relatively Moderate | 4 |
| Morton-Rutledge Fire Company | 7,274 | $508.9K | Relatively Low | 2 |
| Glenolden Fire Company 1 | 7,262 | $499.9K | Very Low | 1 |
| Clifton Heights Fire Company | 6,868 | $480.9K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Folcroft Fire Company 1 | 6,500 | $462.0K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Swarthmore Fire & Protective Association | 6,578 | $437.7K | Relatively Moderate | 2 |
| Sharon Hill Fire Company | 6,033 | $429.7K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Goodwill Fire Department No. 1 | 6,492 | $424.7K | Very Low | 1 |
| Prospect Park Fire Company 1 | 6,449 | $420.1K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| South Media Fire Company | 6,015 | $406.6K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Norwood Fire Company 1 | 6,273 | $398.1K | Very Low | 1 |
| Essington Fire Company | 4,007 | $388.6K | Relatively Low | 0 |
| Lester Fire Company | 4,007 | $388.6K | Relatively Low | 0 |
| Media Fire Hook & Ladder Company # 1 | 5,939 | $375.8K | Very Low | 1 |
| Llanerch Fire Company #2 | 4,851 | $366.2K | Relatively Low | 2 |
| Marcus Hook Trainer Fire Department | 3,856 | $301.5K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Darby Township #4 Volunteer Fire Department | 2,762 | $245.6K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Leedom Fire Company No. 1 | 3,132 | $241.5K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
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