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Tioga County, PA

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 70.5 Relatively High

40,945
Population
11
Departments
13
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
0.10
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
57th highest of 67
Life Safety per 100k
0.25
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
52nd highest of 67
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$17.1M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
43rd highest of 67
Property Loss per Resident
$417
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
10th 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 Tioga County, the largest single contributor is Strong Wind, 37% of the life-safety total.

Tioga County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $17.1M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 67 Pennsylvania counties. Nationally, Tioga County ranks 2620th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 3094th for life safety per 100k residents, 1011th for property loss, and 1151st 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 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 Tioga 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 Tioga County.

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Loss Breakdown

92%
7%
Property (buildings): $17.1M (92.0%)
Life safety: $1.4M (7.4%)
Agriculture: $117K (0.6%)

Total expected annual loss: $18,585,580 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)

Strong Wind
$505K
Lightning
$278K
Tornado
$147K
Winter Weather
$139K
Cold Wave
$126K
Inland Flooding
$50K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$16.3M
Hurricane
$511K
Tornado
$147K
Earthquake
$64K
Strong Wind
$52K
Ice Storm
$25K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Tioga 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

100%
Volunteer: 100% (11)
Residents per Station
3,150
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
31.7
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 11 departments registered in NERIS Public for Tioga 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 Tioga 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 11 departments
Department ▲ Est. Population ▲ Life-Safety Loss ▼ NRI Rating ▲ Stations ▲
Innes Hose Company 17,183 $826.1K Relatively High 1
Wellsboro Fire Department 13,017 $436.0K Relatively High 2
Blossburg Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. 10,083 $340.1K Relatively High 2
Mansfield Hose Company, Inc. 9,376 $328.0K Relatively High 1
Crary Hose Company 7,610 $265.0K Relatively High 1
Tioga Fire Department 7 7,609 $249.6K Relatively High 1
Chatham Township Volunteer Fire Company 3,915 $137.4K Relatively High 1
Big Elm Volunteer Fire Department 4,242 $130.6K Relatively Moderate 1
Lawrenceville Fire Department 4,242 $130.6K Relatively Moderate 1
Knoxville-Deerfield Volunteer Fire Company 3,695 $127.6K Very High 1
Liberty Volunteer Fire Company 3,006 $104.1K Relatively High 1
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Risk Snapshot

11.7%
Poverty Rate
23.5%
Age 65+
18.7%
Disability Rate
6.0%
Uninsured
62.2%
Pre-1980 Housing
16.6%
Mobile Homes
22.6%
Vacancy Rate
10.5%
Wood Heat
$64,208
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

4
Last 10 Years
13
Last 25 Years
Flood
Most Frequent

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