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.
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 Northampton County, the largest single contributor is Heat Wave, 33% of the life-safety total.
Northampton County carries an expected 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $73.8M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 67 Pennsylvania counties. Nationally, Northampton County ranks 497th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 2833rd for life safety per 100k residents, 294th for property loss, and 2480th 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 one half of the picture. The other half is what your departments run on: fire deaths and injuries, cause of ignition, dollar loss per incident. That comes from NERIS incident reporting, and it grows as departments serving Northampton County enroll. Our Regional tier brings it together across your jurisdiction, with participating departments, alongside response time analytics, cross-department benchmarking, and coverage gap analysis.
Talk to us about Northampton County See what a department seesWhat Drives the Loss
Total expected annual loss: $90,369,901 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 Northampton 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 55 departments registered in NERIS Public for Northampton 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 Northampton 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 ▲ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flourtown Fire Company | 129,739 | $15.5M | Relatively Moderate | 2 |
| Lower Merion Township Fire Department | 160,850 | $15.4M | Relatively Moderate | 15 |
| Blue Ridge Hook & Ladder Fire Company #1 Inc. | 83,092 | $9.6M | Relatively Moderate | 2 |
| Brookhaven Fire Company 1 | 132,970 | $8.4M | Relatively Low | 2 |
| Hershey Volunteer Fire Department | 120,246 | $7.2M | Relatively Moderate | 5 |
| Lehigh Township Volunteer Fire Company 1 | 76,529 | $5.6M | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Bethlehem Fire Department | 73,134 | $5.1M | Relatively Moderate | 13 |
| Eastern Salisbury Fire Department | 42,354 | $5.1M | Relatively High | 2 |
| Lower Swatara Volunteer Fire Department | 74,967 | $4.4M | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Modena Fire Company 1 | 48,160 | $3.4M | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Gettysburg Fire Department | 65,932 | $3.3M | Relatively Moderate | 2 |
| Greensburg Volunteer Fire Department | 136,134 | $3.1M | Very Low | 9 |
| Campbelltown Volunteer Fire Company | 48,679 | $2.7M | Relatively Moderate | 2 |
| Eden Volunteer Fire Company 1 | 56,954 | $2.7M | Relatively Moderate | 0 |
| Mastersonville Volunteer Fire Department | 43,487 | $2.6M | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Ono Fire Company | 44,599 | $2.4M | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Diamond Fire Company | 22,079 | $2.3M | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Liberty Fire Company | 44,067 | $2.3M | Relatively High | 3 |
| Londonderry Fire Company #1 | 35,178 | $1.9M | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Craley Community Fire Company | 49,239 | $1.9M | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Fivepointville Fire Department | 38,347 | $1.7M | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Robert Fulton Fire Company | 32,831 | $1.7M | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Citizens Fire Company 1 | 29,687 | $1.7M | Relatively Low | 2 |
| Hecktown Volunteer Fire Company #1 | 29,876 | $1.5M | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Orangeville Community Fire Company | 28,789 | $1.4M | Relatively High | 1 |
| Laurel Fire Company 1 | 33,465 | $1.4M | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Paintertown Volunteer Fire Department | 25,075 | $1.3M | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Bethlehem Township Volunteer Fire Company | 25,006 | $1.3M | Relatively Low | 3 |
| Easton Fire Department | 25,192 | $1.2M | Relatively Moderate | 6 |
| Lower Mt. Beth/Sandt's Eddy Fire Department | 21,583 | $1.1M | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Palmer Municipal Fire Department | 20,611 | $1.1M | Relatively Low | 2 |
| Bangor Fire Department | 19,686 | $981.3K | Relatively Moderate | 6 |
| Forks Township Fire Department | 16,757 | $810.8K | Relatively Moderate | 3 |
| Charotin Hose Company | 11,290 | $594.5K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Hanover Township Volunteer Fire Company #1 | 10,671 | $580.3K | Relatively Low | 3 |
| Lower Saucon Fire Rescue | 10,538 | $541.1K | Relatively Low | 4 |
| Klecknersville Rangers Volunteer Fire Company | 9,539 | $476.0K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Northampton Fire Department | 8,819 | $465.9K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Adams Township Volunteer Fire Company 2 | 9,489 | $382.0K | Relatively Moderate | 2 |
| Williams Township Fire Company No 1 | 7,230 | $365.2K | Relatively High | 4 |
| Upper Nazareth Fire Department | 7,329 | $354.9K | Relatively High | 2 |
| Wilson Boro Fire Department | 5,705 | $317.0K | Relatively High | 2 |
| Plainfield Township Volunteer Fire Company | 6,241 | $309.1K | Relatively Moderate | 2 |
| Allen Township Fire Company 1 | 5,500 | $280.3K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| East Allen Township Volunteer Fire Department | 5,195 | $259.5K | Relatively Moderate | 3 |
| Washington Township Volunteer Fire Company | 5,164 | $256.0K | Relatively High | 1 |
| Vigilance Hose Company #1 | 5,076 | $255.9K | Relatively Low | 2 |
| Dewey Fire Company 1 | 4,798 | $247.5K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| East Bangor Fire Department | 5,090 | $233.3K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Portland Hook & Ladder Company #1 | 5,090 | $233.3K | Relatively Low | 2 |
| Lookout Fire Company # 1 | 2,937 | $145.4K | Very Low | 1 |
| North Catasauqua Fire Department | 2,390 | $125.9K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Columbia Fire Company No. 1 | 1,115 | $52.0K | Very Low | 1 |
| West Easton Volunteer Fire Company No. 1 | 845 | $45.1K | Relatively Low | 3 |
| Tatamy Volunteer Fire Company | 596 | $28.4K | Very Low | 1 |
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