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Lincoln County, TN

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 73.3 Relatively High

35,946
Population
3
Departments
26
Stations
9
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
0.48
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
45th highest of 95
Life Safety per 100k
1.33
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
37th highest of 95
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$8.9M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
48th highest of 95
Property Loss per Resident
$246
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
50th 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 Lincoln County, the largest single contributor is Tornado, 42% of the life-safety total.

Lincoln County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $8.9M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 95 Tennessee counties. Nationally, Lincoln County ranks 1110th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 1228th for life safety per 100k residents, 1647th for property loss, and 2336th 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 Lincoln 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 Lincoln County.

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Loss Breakdown

55%
40%
Property (buildings): $8.9M (54.9%)
Life safety: $6.5M (40.5%)
Agriculture: $754K (4.7%)

Total expected annual loss: $16,145,246 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)

Tornado
$2.8M
Cold Wave
$1.5M
Strong Wind
$765K
Earthquake
$460K
Inland Flooding
$400K
Heat Wave
$289K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$6.0M
Tornado
$1.5M
Earthquake
$891K
Strong Wind
$232K
Hail
$106K
Ice Storm
$66K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Lincoln 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

33%
67%
Combination: 33% (1)
Volunteer: 67% (2)
Residents per Station
1,383
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
72.3
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 3 departments registered in NERIS Public for Lincoln 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 Lincoln 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 ▲
Lincoln County Volunteer Fire Rescue 47,016 $10.3M Relatively High 16
Giles County Fire & Rescue Incorporated 20,716 $5.7M Relatively High 8
Fayetteville Fire Department 7,124 $1.4M Very High 2
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Risk Snapshot

12.9%
Poverty Rate
20.1%
Age 65+
17.1%
Disability Rate
9.7%
Uninsured
43.7%
Pre-1980 Housing
13.4%
Mobile Homes
8.9%
Vacancy Rate
2.2%
Wood Heat
$64,603
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

6
Last 10 Years
11
Last 25 Years
Severe Storm
Most Frequent

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