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Marshall County, TN

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 84.9 Very High

36,049
Population
8
Departments
10
Stations
6
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
0.65
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
30th highest of 95
Life Safety per 100k
1.79
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
29th highest of 95
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$10.8M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
36th highest of 95
Property Loss per Resident
$299
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
25th 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 Marshall County, the largest single contributor is Tornado, 35% of the life-safety total.

Marshall County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $10.8M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 95 Tennessee counties. Nationally, Marshall County ranks 879th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 763rd for life safety per 100k residents, 1444th for property loss, and 1854th 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 Marshall 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 Marshall County.

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Loss Breakdown

55%
45%
Property (buildings): $10.8M (54.6%)
Life safety: $8.9M (44.9%)
Agriculture: $93K (0.5%)

Total expected annual loss: $19,732,150 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
$3.1M
Cold Wave
$2.8M
Inland Flooding
$1.3M
Earthquake
$591K
Strong Wind
$577K
Heat Wave
$216K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$7.8M
Tornado
$1.4M
Earthquake
$1.1M
Strong Wind
$233K
Hail
$183K
Hurricane
$46K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Marshall 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

12%
88%
Career: 12% (1)
Volunteer: 88% (7)
Residents per Station
3,605
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
27.7
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 8 departments registered in NERIS Public for Marshall 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 Marshall 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 8 departments
Department ▲ Est. Population ▲ Life-Safety Loss ▼ NRI Rating ▲ Stations ▲
Five Points Volunteer Fire Department 25,892 $6.1M Very High 1
Mooresville Fire Department 25,892 $6.1M Very High 1
Chapel Hill Volunteer Fire Department 21,880 $4.6M Very High 2
Lewisburg Fire Department 13,606 $3.2M Very High 2
Berlin Fire Department 6,753 $1.7M Very High 1
Farmington/ Rich Creek Rural Volunteer Fire Department 6,753 $1.7M Very High 1
Belfast Rural Fire Department 2,323 $545.1K Very High 1
Cornersville Fire And Rescue 1,015 $226.6K Relatively High 1
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Risk Snapshot

11.8%
Poverty Rate
16.9%
Age 65+
13.1%
Disability Rate
10.4%
Uninsured
38.2%
Pre-1980 Housing
7.6%
Mobile Homes
7.6%
Vacancy Rate
2.5%
Wood Heat
$73,483
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

6
Last 10 Years
13
Last 25 Years
Severe Storm
Most Frequent

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