Fayette County, PA Risk Profile | Risk & Response by Arborlook Insights

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

0.22

expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only

37th highest of 67

Life Safety per 100k

0.18

natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents

58th highest of 67

Natural Hazard Property Loss

$34.0M

expected building loss per year, natural hazards only

23rd highest of 67

Property Loss per Resident

$270

natural hazard building loss per resident per year

35th 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 Fayette County, the largest single contributor is Tornado, 32% of the life-safety total.

Fayette County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $34.0M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 67 Pennsylvania counties. Nationally, Fayette County ranks 1838th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 3190th for life safety per 100k residents, 534th for property loss, and 2109th for property loss per resident. Computed from census tract data covering every resident, independent of fire department boundaries.

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Loss Breakdown

92%

Property (buildings): $34.0M (91.5%)

Life safety: $3.0M (8.2%)

Agriculture: $109K (0.3%)

Total expected annual loss: $37,107,623 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

$975K

Lightning

$586K

Inland Flooding

$518K

Strong Wind

$486K

Heat Wave

$218K

Earthquake

$88K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding

$31.8M

Tornado

$917K

Hail

$534K

Earthquake

$276K

Strong Wind

$188K

Hurricane

$139K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Fayette 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

96%

Combination: 4% (2)

Volunteer: 96% (43)

Residents per Station

2,032

census population per registered station

Stations per 100k

49.2

registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 45 departments registered in NERIS Public for Fayette 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 Fayette 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 ▲
Greensburg Volunteer Fire Department	143,068	$3.3M	Very Low	9
Markleysburg Henry-Clay Volunteer Fire Department	34,960	$1.4M	Relatively Moderate	2
Mutual Volunteer Fire Department	31,466	$1.2M	Relatively Low	1
Masontown Volunteer Fire Department	27,911	$840.7K	Relatively Moderate	1
Normalville Area Volunteer Fire Department	25,434	$832.8K	Relatively Moderate	1
Everson Volunteer Fire Company	30,797	$727.5K	Relatively Low	1
Brownsville Fire Company #1	27,400	$630.2K	Relatively Moderate	1
Cheat Lake Volunteer Fire Department	20,019	$536.5K	Relatively Low	1
Hempfield Volunteer Fire Company No. 4	15,532	$437.0K	Relatively Moderate	0
Chestnut Ridge Volunteer Fire Company	18,487	$380.5K	Relatively Moderate	1
Smithton Volunteer Fire Department	14,844	$361.7K	Relatively Moderate	1
Connellsville Fire Department	14,590	$348.8K	Relatively Moderate	1
Dickerson Run, Liberty & Vanderbilt Volunteer Fire Department	11,743	$316.8K	Relatively Low	1
Addison Volunteer Fire Department	13,446	$305.2K	Relatively Low	1
Perry Township Volunteer Fire Department	8,976	$297.0K	Relatively High	1
Washington Township Volunteer Fire Department	10,388	$241.9K	Relatively Moderate	1
City Of Uniontown Bureau Of Fire	9,486	$234.9K	Relatively Low	2
Rostraver Township Fire Department	9,985	$173.0K	Relatively Low	3
Bullskin Township Volunteer Fire Company	6,479	$158.2K	Relatively Low	3
South Union Volunteer Fire Company	7,356	$155.2K	Very Low	1
Farmington Volunteer Fire Department	6,483	$152.9K	Relatively Low	1
East Huntingdon Township Volunteer Fire Company	7,609	$132.7K	Relatively Low	2
Hopwood Volunteer Fire Department	5,533	$120.1K	Very Low	1
North Union Volunteer Fire Department	5,368	$111.2K	Very Low	1
Fairchance Volunteer Fire Department	3,826	$102.0K	Relatively Moderate	1
New Salem Volunteer Fire Department	3,974	$87.6K	Relatively Moderate	1
West Leisenring Volunteer Fire Department	3,684	$86.5K	Relatively Low	1
Republic Volunteer Fire Company	3,535	$77.4K	Relatively Low	2
Luzerne Township Volunteer Fire Company	2,328	$58.2K	Very High	1
Dunbar Volunteer Fire Department	2,489	$57.0K	Relatively Low	1
Kecksburg Volunteer Fire Department	3,178	$53.0K	Relatively Low	1
Mcclellandtown Volunteer Fire Company	1,979	$47.2K	Relatively High	1
South Brownsville Fire Company 1	1,641	$45.7K	Relatively Moderate	1
Grindstone Community Volunteer Fire Department	1,793	$45.0K	Relatively Low	1
Connellsville Township Volunteer Fire Department	1,989	$41.4K	Relatively Low	1
Belle Vernon Volunteer Fire Company 2	942	$32.9K	Very High	1
Hiller Volunteer Fire Company	1,299	$32.5K	Very High	1
Springfield Township Volunteer Fire Department	991	$27.3K	Relatively High	1
Smock Volunteer Fire Company	1,035	$22.6K	Very Low	1
Footedale Volunteer Fire Department	946	$22.6K	Relatively High	2
Towerhill #2 Volunteer Fire Department	853	$21.3K	Very High	1
Haydentown Volunteer Fire Department	873	$20.4K	Relatively Low	2
West Brownsville Volunteer Fire Department	978	$18.8K	Relatively Moderate	1
Newell Volunteer Fire Company	662	$18.7K	Relatively Low	1
Ronco Volunteer Fire Department	230	$5.5K	Relatively High	1

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Risk Snapshot

16.8%

Poverty Rate

22.7%

Age 65+

20.5%

Disability Rate

4.6%

Uninsured

74.2%

Pre-1980 Housing

10.2%

Mobile Homes

11.2%

Vacancy Rate

2.8%

Wood Heat

$59,165

Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

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Snowstorm

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