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Cumberland County, TN

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 51.7 Relatively Moderate

63,553
Population
3
Departments
24
Stations
17
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
0.62
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
34th highest of 95
Life Safety per 100k
0.98
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
57th highest of 95
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$9.7M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
40th highest of 95
Property Loss per Resident
$152
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
90th highest of 95

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 Cumberland County, the largest single contributor is Cold Wave, 45% of the life-safety total.

Cumberland County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $9.7M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 95 Tennessee counties. Nationally, Cumberland County ranks 903rd of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 1765th for life safety per 100k residents, 1545th for property loss, and 3096th for property loss per resident. Computed from census tract data covering every resident, independent of fire department boundaries.

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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 Cumberland 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 Cumberland County.

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Loss Breakdown

52%
46%
Property (buildings): $9.7M (52.3%)
Life safety: $8.5M (46.1%)
Agriculture: $294K (1.6%)

Total expected annual loss: $18,509,033 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
$3.8M
Tornado
$2.7M
Earthquake
$608K
Lightning
$568K
Strong Wind
$476K
Hail
$215K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$6.0M
Earthquake
$1.4M
Tornado
$1.2M
Strong Wind
$473K
Winter Weather
$159K
Hail
$130K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Cumberland 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

67%
33%
Combination: 67% (2)
Volunteer: 33% (1)
Residents per Station
2,648
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
37.8
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 3 departments registered in NERIS Public for Cumberland County, TN. 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 Cumberland 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 3 departments
Department ▲ Est. Population ▲ Life-Safety Loss ▼ NRI Rating ▲ Stations ▲
Cumberland County Fire Department 43,205 $5.6M Relatively Moderate 17
Crossville Fire Department 13,608 $1.9M Relatively High 2
Fairfield Glade Fire Department 9,509 $1.1M Relatively Moderate 5
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Risk Snapshot

14.4%
Poverty Rate
32.4%
Age 65+
19.4%
Disability Rate
8.4%
Uninsured
28.0%
Pre-1980 Housing
13.0%
Mobile Homes
10.4%
Vacancy Rate
2.4%
Wood Heat
$60,720
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

7
Last 10 Years
16
Last 25 Years
Severe Storm
Most Frequent

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