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Sullivan County, PA

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 43.4 Relatively Moderate

5,888
Population
24
Departments
30
Stations
4
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
0.02
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
66th highest of 67
Life Safety per 100k
0.31
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
39th highest of 67
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$3.8M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
66th highest of 67
Property Loss per Resident
$645
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
2nd 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 Sullivan County, the largest single contributor is Cold Wave, 27% of the life-safety total.

Sullivan County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $3.8M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 67 Pennsylvania counties. Nationally, Sullivan County ranks 3163rd of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 2974th for life safety per 100k residents, 2509th for property loss, and 495th 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

93%
Property (buildings): $3.8M (93.3%)
Life safety: $250K (6.1%)
Agriculture: $25K (0.6%)

Total expected annual loss: $4,073,924 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
$68K
Strong Wind
$55K
Lightning
$42K
Tornado
$30K
Winter Weather
$21K
Heat Wave
$8K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$3.5M
Hurricane
$135K
Tornado
$48K
Strong Wind
$29K
Earthquake
$29K
Ice Storm
$5K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Sullivan 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% (1)
Volunteer: 96% (23)
Residents per Station
196
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
509.5
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 24 departments registered in NERIS Public for Sullivan 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 Sullivan 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 24 departments
Department Est. Population Life-Safety Loss NRI Rating Stations
Progress Fire Company 163,715 $9.2M Relatively Moderate 1
Broomall Fire Company 135,538 $9.0M Relatively Low 1
Harrison City Fire Department 106,194 $4.5M Relatively Low 1
Friendship Fire And Hose Company 83,393 $4.1M Relatively Moderate 2
Picture Rocks Volunteer Fire Company 54,296 $3.2M Relatively Moderate 1
Citizen's Hook And Ladder Company #1 42,260 $3.1M Relatively Moderate 1
Hughesville Volunteer Fire Department 46,577 $2.5M Relatively Moderate 1
Dunnstown Volunteer Fire Company 24,628 $2.3M Relatively High 1
Fairview Volunteer Fire Department 41,920 $2.1M Relatively Low 1
Londonderry Fire Company #1 35,178 $1.9M Relatively Low 1
Rheems Fire Department 34,433 $1.8M Relatively Low 2
Mmp&W Volunteer Fire Company 48,929 $1.6M Relatively Moderate 2
Maytown East Donegal Township Fire Department 35,298 $1.6M Relatively Low 1
Fire Department Mount Joy, Inc. 29,429 $1.4M Relatively Moderate 2
Rostraver Township Fire Department 26,490 $635.1K Relatively Low 3
Dushore Fire Company No. 1 8,185 $437.9K Relatively High 1
Wilmot Fire Company, Inc. 8,185 $437.9K Relatively High 1
Mildred Volunteer Fire Company 8,292 $319.5K Relatively Moderate 1
North Mountain Fire Company 5,207 $266.6K Relatively High 1
Laporte Volunteer Fire Company 2,231 $105.0K Relatively Low 1
Eldredsville Volunteer Fire Company 1,640 $66.9K Relatively High 1
Endless Winds Volunteer Fire Company, Inc 1,640 $66.9K Relatively High 1
Forksville Volunteer Fire Department 1,640 $66.9K Relatively High 1
Eagles Mere Volunteer Fire Company 908 $47.5K Relatively Low 1
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Risk Snapshot

11.6%
Poverty Rate
31.5%
Age 65+
15.1%
Disability Rate
4.1%
Uninsured
60.9%
Pre-1980 Housing
8.2%
Mobile Homes
54.3%
Vacancy Rate
18.5%
Wood Heat
$69,488
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

5
Last 10 Years
18
Last 25 Years
Flood
Most Frequent

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