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Perry County, PA

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 66.7 Relatively High

46,239
Population
14
Departments
17
Stations
10
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
0.28
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
29th highest of 67
Life Safety per 100k
0.60
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
7th highest of 67
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$13.8M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
51st highest of 67
Property Loss per Resident
$298
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
22nd 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 Perry County, the largest single contributor is Heat Wave, 31% of the life-safety total.

Perry County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $13.8M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 67 Pennsylvania counties. Nationally, Perry County ranks 1601st of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 2381st for life safety per 100k residents, 1196th for property loss, and 1871st 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 Perry 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 Perry County.

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Loss Breakdown

76%
21%
Property (buildings): $13.8M (75.6%)
Life safety: $3.8M (20.9%)
Agriculture: $641K (3.5%)

Total expected annual loss: $18,203,196 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)

Heat Wave
$1.2M
Strong Wind
$1.0M
Inland Flooding
$712K
Tornado
$320K
Winter Weather
$179K
Cold Wave
$178K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$12.6M
Hurricane
$713K
Tornado
$259K
Earthquake
$120K
Strong Wind
$63K
Landslide
$14K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Perry 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

93%
Combination: 7% (1)
Volunteer: 93% (13)
Residents per Station
2,720
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
36.8
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 14 departments registered in NERIS Public for Perry 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 Perry 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 14 departments
Department ▲ Est. Population ▲ Life-Safety Loss ▼ NRI Rating ▲ Stations ▲
Dauphin County Hazardous Materials Response Team 476,969 $28.7M Relatively Moderate 3
Progress Fire Company 163,715 $9.2M Relatively Moderate 1
Citizen's Fire Company #1 147,811 $8.9M Relatively Moderate 1
Fayette Fire Company 147,811 $8.9M Relatively Moderate 1
New Bloomfield Fire Company, Inc. 21,076 $1.7M Relatively High 1
Ickesburg Volunteer Fire Department 18,406 $1.6M Relatively High 1
Landisburg Fire Company 19,375 $1.5M Relatively High 1
Duncannon Fire Company 1, Inc. 25,025 $1.4M Relatively Moderate 2
Friendship Fire Company #1 24,497 $1.4M Relatively High 1
Perdix Fire Company #1 18,269 $1.3M Relatively High 1
Liverpool Volunteer Fire Company 19,616 $1.0M Relatively High 1
Marysville Fire Company 10,253 $811.2K Relatively Moderate 1
Volunteer Fire Company No.1 Of New Buffalo 4,837 $336.5K Relatively High 1
Blain Fire Company, Inc. 3,449 $256.0K Relatively High 1
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Risk Snapshot

8.0%
Poverty Rate
20.5%
Age 65+
13.6%
Disability Rate
10.3%
Uninsured
56.0%
Pre-1980 Housing
8.0%
Mobile Homes
8.7%
Vacancy Rate
12.7%
Wood Heat
$79,843
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

3
Last 10 Years
12
Last 25 Years
Flood
Most Frequent

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