Community risk profile | NRI Score: 29.0 Relatively Low
210,042
Population
47
Departments
73
Stations
62
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
0.23
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
35th highest of 67
Life Safety per 100k
0.11
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
67th highest of 67
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$54.1M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
17th highest of 67
Property Loss per Resident
$258
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
37th 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 Washington County, the largest single contributor is Lightning, 38% of the life-safety total.
Washington County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $54.1M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 67 Pennsylvania counties. Nationally, Washington County ranks 1796th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 3220th for life safety per 100k residents, 367th for property loss, and 2234th 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 Washington 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 Washington County.
Total expected annual loss: $57,378,747 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)
Lightning
$1.2M
Inland Flooding
$567K
Tornado
$441K
Heat Wave
$386K
Strong Wind
$162K
Earthquake
$120K
By property loss ($/yr)
Inland Flooding
$50.9M
Hail
$1.2M
Tornado
$978K
Earthquake
$383K
Strong Wind
$244K
Hurricane
$205K
Census Tract Risk Map
Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Washington 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
15%
79%
Career: 2% (1)
Combination: 15% (7)
Volunteer: 79% (37)
Unreported: 4% (2)
Residents per Station
2,877
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
34.8
registered stations per 100,000 residents
Department composition covers the 47 departments registered in NERIS Public for Washington 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 Washington 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.
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