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.
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 Greenville County, the largest single contributor is Cold Wave, 37% of the life-safety total.
Greenville County carries an expected 3 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $129.8M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 46 South Carolina counties. Nationally, Greenville County ranks 191st of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 2524th for life safety per 100k residents, 162nd for property loss, and 2434th 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 Greenville 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 Greenville County.
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Total expected annual loss: $168,987,676 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 Greenville 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 33 departments registered in NERIS Public for Greenville County, SC. 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 Greenville 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 ▲ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greenville City Fire Department | 75,304 | $5.6M | Relatively Moderate | 9 |
| Pelham Batesville Fire Department | 87,875 | $5.4M | Relatively High | 6 |
| Simpsonville Fire Department | 58,338 | $3.6M | Relatively High | 6 |
| Parker District Fire Department | 42,782 | $3.2M | Relatively Low | 5 |
| Mauldin Fire Department | 44,582 | $2.8M | Relatively High | 8 |
| Slater-Marietta Fire Department | 25,223 | $2.6M | Relatively Moderate | 5 |
| City Of Greer Fire Department | 46,573 | $2.3M | Relatively Moderate | 6 |
| Boiling Springs Fire District | 29,610 | $2.1M | Relatively High | 4 |
| Piedmont Park Fire District | 29,458 | $2.0M | Relatively Moderate | 2 |
| Wade Hampton Fire Department | 26,613 | $1.9M | Relatively Moderate | 7 |
| Gray Court Area Fire Department | 13,813 | $1.8M | Relatively Moderate | 2 |
| Duncan Chapel Fire District | 27,293 | $1.8M | Relatively Moderate | 3 |
| South Greenville Fire District | 30,522 | $1.7M | Relatively Moderate | 12 |
| Taylors Fire Department | 25,228 | $1.7M | Relatively Moderate | 5 |
| Lake Cunningham Fire Department | 25,928 | $1.6M | Relatively Moderate | 4 |
| Berea Public Service District | 23,313 | $1.6M | Relatively Low | 3 |
| Clear Spring Fire-Rescue | 23,822 | $1.4M | Relatively High | 4 |
| Hickory Tavern Fire Department | 12,343 | $1.4M | Relatively Moderate | 4 |
| Fountain Inn Fire Department | 18,041 | $1.2M | Relatively Moderate | 5 |
| Piedmont Fire Department | 15,819 | $1.2M | Relatively Moderate | 4 |
| Belmont Fire Department | 20,858 | $1.2M | Relatively Moderate | 2 |
| Gantt District Fire Department | 17,419 | $1.1M | Relatively Low | 7 |
| North Greenville Fire Department | 13,114 | $828.2K | Relatively Moderate | 4 |
| Greenpond Volunteer Fire Department | 7,027 | $645.9K | Relatively Low | 2 |
| Travelers Rest Fire Department | 9,236 | $506.4K | Relatively Moderate | 2 |
| Tigerville Volunteer Fire Department | 6,292 | $445.2K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Saluda Volunteer Fire And Rescue, Inc. | 3,591 | $422.6K | Relatively High | 2 |
| Glassy Mountain Fire Department | 3,856 | $364.6K | Relatively High | 5 |
| Greenville-Spartanburg Airport Fire Department | 5,908 | $358.2K | Relatively High | 2 |
| Canebrake Fire District | 5,758 | $312.7K | Very Low | 6 |
| Dunklin Fire Rescue District | 3,908 | $255.4K | Relatively Low | 3 |
| River Falls Fire Department | 1,268 | $127.3K | Relatively Low | 2 |
| Donaldson Center Fire Department | 144 | $11.8K | Very Low | 4 |
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