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Monroe County, PA

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 42.8 Relatively Moderate

167,515
Population
50
Departments
69
Stations
51
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
1.45
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
10th highest of 67
Life Safety per 100k
0.87
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
5th highest of 67
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$37.0M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
21st highest of 67
Property Loss per Resident
$221
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
50th highest of 67

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 Monroe County, the largest single contributor is Cold Wave, 59% of the life-safety total.

Monroe County carries an expected 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $37.0M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 67 Pennsylvania counties. Nationally, Monroe County ranks 402nd of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 1959th for life safety per 100k residents, 498th for property loss, and 2598th 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

65%
35%
Property (buildings): $37.0M (65.0%)
Life safety: $19.9M (34.9%)
Agriculture: $40K (0.1%)

Total expected annual loss: $56,876,836 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)

Cold Wave
$11.8M
Lightning
$2.4M
Inland Flooding
$1.9M
Heat Wave
$1.2M
Tornado
$1.0M
Strong Wind
$715K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$31.2M
Hurricane
$2.7M
Tornado
$1.2M
Earthquake
$842K
Strong Wind
$630K
Ice Storm
$186K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Monroe 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

98%
Career: 2% (1)
Volunteer: 98% (49)
Residents per Station
2,428
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
41.2
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 50 departments registered in NERIS Public for Monroe 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 Monroe 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 50 departments
Department Est. Population Life-Safety Loss NRI Rating Stations
Blue Ridge Hook & Ladder Fire Company #1 Inc. 83,092 $9.6M Relatively Moderate 2
Progress Fire Company 163,715 $9.2M Relatively Moderate 1
Hershey Volunteer Fire Department 120,246 $7.2M Relatively Moderate 5
Lehigh Township Volunteer Fire Company 1 76,529 $5.6M Relatively Moderate 1
Bigler Jackson Woodland (Bjw) Volunteer Fire Company 77,615 $5.3M Relatively Low 1
Wallaceton Area Volunteer Fire Company # 1 77,615 $5.3M Relatively Low 1
Greene Dreher Volunteer Fire Association 68,645 $5.3M Relatively Moderate 1
Rescue Fire Company #1 85,716 $5.1M Relatively Moderate 3
Penn Forest Township Volunteer Fire Company 1 47,241 $5.0M Relatively Low 1
New Franklin Fire Department 128,789 $4.9M Relatively Moderate 1
Aquashicola- Lower Towamensing Township Volunteer Fire Department #1 39,181 $4.5M Relatively Moderate 2
Harrison City Fire Department 106,194 $4.5M Relatively Low 1
Coolbaugh Township Volunteer Fire Department 54,402 $4.4M Relatively Low 2
Elmhurst Roaring Brook Volunteer Fire Company 54,402 $4.4M Relatively Low 1
Gouldsboro Volunteer Fire Company 54,402 $4.4M Relatively Low 1
Moscow Volunteer Fire & Hose Company 54,402 $4.4M Relatively Low 1
Spring Brook Volunteer Fire Company, Inc. 54,402 $4.4M Relatively Low 1
Tobyhanna Army Depot Army Fire & Emergency Services 54,402 $4.4M Relatively Low 2
Franklin Township Volunteer Fire Company 33,716 $4.3M Relatively Moderate 1
Marshalls Creek Fire Company 34,721 $4.0M Relatively Moderate 2
Lampeter Fire Company 1 56,018 $3.7M Relatively Moderate 2
Bower Hill Volunteer Fire Department 60,597 $3.6M Relatively Low 1
Modena Fire Company 1 48,160 $3.4M Relatively Moderate 1
Gettysburg Fire Department 65,932 $3.3M Relatively Moderate 2
Highand Volunteer Fire Department 72,171 $3.1M Relatively Low 2
Citizen's Hook And Ladder Company #1 42,260 $3.1M Relatively Moderate 1
Alum Bank Community Fire Company 54,674 $3.0M Relatively High 1
Lincoln Fire Company No 1 37,871 $2.8M Relatively Moderate 2
Denver Fire Company 1 41,871 $2.4M Relatively Moderate 1
Sun Valley Volunteer Fire Department 20,361 $2.4M Relatively Moderate 0
West End Fire Company 20,361 $2.4M Relatively Moderate 3
Durlach-Mount Airy Fire Company 30,752 $2.2M Relatively Moderate 1
Friendship Fire Company #2 Mohnton 30,072 $1.9M Relatively Moderate 2
Quaill Volunteer Fire Department 36,752 $1.8M Very Low 2
Fivepointville Fire Department 38,347 $1.7M Relatively Moderate 1
Cornwall Borough Community Fire Company 20,450 $1.6M Relatively Low 1
Pocono Township Volunteer Fire Company Inc. 14,222 $1.6M Relatively Moderate 1
Bushkill Volunteer Fire Company 18,019 $1.5M Relatively Low 3
Tobyhanna Township Bureau Of Fire Station 44 11,897 $1.4M Relatively Low 0
Tobyhanna Township Volunteer Fire Company 11,897 $1.4M Relatively Low 1
Polk Township Volunteer Fire Company 11,205 $1.3M Relatively Moderate 1
New Centerville Rural Volunteer Fire Company 26,579 $1.2M Relatively Moderate 1
Fairfield Community Fire Company 25,674 $1.2M Relatively Moderate 2
Stroudsburg Fire Department 7,607 $1.2M Relatively Moderate 0
Refton Community Fire Company 17,700 $1.1M Relatively High 1
Acme Hose Company # 1 8,054 $972.1K Relatively High 1
Tunkhannock Township Volunteer Fire Company 7,970 $918.6K Relatively Low 1
Jackson Township Volunteer Fire Company 6,532 $700.8K Relatively Moderate 1
Cover Hill Volunteer Fire Company 4,937 $543.7K Relatively Moderate 1
Delaware Water Gap Fire Department Chemical & Hose Company #1 2,704 $463.9K Relatively High 1
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Risk Snapshot

10.7%
Poverty Rate
19.6%
Age 65+
15.4%
Disability Rate
6.3%
Uninsured
39.4%
Pre-1980 Housing
3.4%
Mobile Homes
23.1%
Vacancy Rate
4.5%
Wood Heat
$83,988
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

2
Last 10 Years
13
Last 25 Years
Flood
Most Frequent

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