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Henry County, TN

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 90.5 Very High

32,412
Population
13
Departments
40
Stations
12
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, separate from agriculture.

Natural Hazard Life Safety
2.03
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
9th highest of 95
Life Safety per 100k
6.26
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
1st highest of 95
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$10.1M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
37th highest of 95
Property Loss per Resident
$311
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
20th highest of 95

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 Henry County, the largest single contributor is Cold Wave, 68% of the life-safety total.

Henry County carries an expected 2 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $10.1M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 95 Tennessee counties. Nationally, Henry County ranks 281st of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 95th for life safety per 100k residents, 1502nd for property loss, and 1765th for property loss per resident. Computed from census tract data covering every resident, independent of fire department boundaries.

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What Drives the Loss

26%
72%
Property (buildings): $10.1M (26.3%)
Life safety: $27.8M (72.3%)
Agriculture: $535K (1.4%)

Total expected annual loss: $38,441,012 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
$19.0M
Earthquake
$4.8M
Tornado
$2.4M
Heat Wave
$796K
Lightning
$438K
Strong Wind
$270K

By property loss ($/yr)

Earthquake
$4.9M
Inland Flooding
$3.3M
Tornado
$1.1M
Strong Wind
$340K
Ice Storm
$310K
Winter Weather
$91K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Henry 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

85%
Career: 8% (1)
Combination: 8% (1)
Volunteer: 85% (11)
Residents per Station
810
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
123.4
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 13 departments registered in NERIS Public for Henry 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 Henry 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 13 departments
Department Est. Population Life-Safety Loss NRI Rating Stations
Paris Fire Department 22,607 $20.1M Very High 5
Carroll County Rural Volunteer Fire Department 34,739 $18.2M Very High 15
Ore Springs/ Como Volunteer Fire Department 18,527 $12.5M Very High 2
Mckenzie Fire Department 19,249 $11.6M Very High 1
Henry Volunteer Fire Department 11,915 $9.0M Very High 1
Springville Community Fire Department, Inc. 12,504 $8.3M Very High 2
Mansfield Fire Department 9,517 $7.6M Very High 1
Cottage Grove Community Volunteer Fire Department 8,066 $6.6M Very High 4
Paris Landing Community Fire Department 7,504 $6.0M Very High 4
Oakland Volunteer Fire Department 7,079 $5.7M Very High 1
Eva Volunteer Fire Department 12,835 $3.5M Relatively High 2
Big Sandy Volunteer Fire Department 5,242 $2.6M Very High 1
Puryear Volunteer Fire Department 3,259 $2.6M Very High 1
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Risk Snapshot

18.3%
Poverty Rate
24.0%
Age 65+
21.0%
Disability Rate
11.3%
Uninsured
44.1%
Pre-1980 Housing
25.3%
Mobile Homes
21.3%
Vacancy Rate
1.5%
Wood Heat
$49,514
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

10
Last 10 Years
17
Last 25 Years
Severe Storm
Most Frequent

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