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 Susquehanna County, the largest single contributor is Tornado, 27% of the life-safety total.
Susquehanna County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $15.2M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 67 Pennsylvania counties. Nationally, Susquehanna County ranks 2032nd of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 2560th for life safety per 100k residents, 1119th for property loss, and 1241st 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 Susquehanna 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 Susquehanna County See what a department seesWhat Drives the Loss
Total expected annual loss: $17,934,341 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 Susquehanna 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 30 departments registered in NERIS Public for Susquehanna 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 Susquehanna 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 ▲ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower Swatara Volunteer Fire Department | 74,967 | $4.4M | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| East Brandywine Fire Company | 62,009 | $3.8M | Relatively Moderate | 3 |
| Greenfield Township Volunteer Fire Company | 64,613 | $3.3M | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Leo Independent Fire Engine Company 1 | 78,599 | $3.2M | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Metal Township Fire & Ambulance Company | 34,768 | $2.1M | Relatively High | 1 |
| Londonderry Fire Company #1 | 35,178 | $1.9M | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Keystone Hook & Ladder Company 1 | 32,688 | $1.8M | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Bradford Township Volunteer Fire Department | 31,309 | $1.6M | Relatively Moderate | 3 |
| Mmp&W Volunteer Fire Company | 48,929 | $1.6M | Relatively Moderate | 2 |
| Potter Township Volunteer Fire Department | 25,363 | $1.5M | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Laurel Fire Company 1 | 33,465 | $1.4M | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Snake Creek Volunteer Fire Department | 15,064 | $941.8K | Relatively Moderate | 2 |
| United Fire Company | 15,064 | $941.8K | Relatively Moderate | 2 |
| Columbia Hose Company No 1 | 12,641 | $918.2K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| North Sewickley Township Fire Department | 29,845 | $881.7K | Relatively Moderate | 2 |
| Hallstead Fire Engine Hose Company #1 | 10,634 | $806.3K | Relatively High | 1 |
| Forest City Fire Department | 14,441 | $776.1K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Harford Volunteer Fire Company | 9,572 | $670.8K | Relatively High | 1 |
| Browndale Fire Company 1 | 11,113 | $646.8K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Hand-In-Hand Fire Department | 12,562 | $640.7K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Goodwill Fire Department | 8,880 | $462.5K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Thompson Hose Company | 7,281 | $445.9K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Rush Volunteer Fire Department | 5,979 | $394.3K | Relatively Moderate | 2 |
| Leraysville-Pike Volunteer Fire Department | 7,217 | $389.9K | Relatively High | 0 |
| Silver Lake Volunteer Fire Company | 6,518 | $389.3K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Elk Lake Volunteer Fire Company | 5,921 | $317.4K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Great Bend Hose Company #1, Inc. | 3,389 | $306.6K | Relatively High | 1 |
| Warren Township Volunteer Fire Department | 4,237 | $211.3K | Relatively High | 1 |
| Forest Lake Volunteer Fire Company | 2,980 | $178.5K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Little Meadows Volunteer Fire Company | 2,980 | $178.5K | Relatively Moderate | 2 |
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