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Weakley County, TN

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 85.8 Very High

33,016
Population
13
Departments
18
Stations
11
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
1.52
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
14th highest of 95
Life Safety per 100k
4.61
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
5th highest of 95
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$13.0M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
29th highest of 95
Property Loss per Resident
$393
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
9th 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 Weakley County, the largest single contributor is Earthquake, 49% of the life-safety total.

Weakley County carries an expected 2 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $13.0M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 95 Tennessee counties. Nationally, Weakley County ranks 386th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 141st for life safety per 100k residents, 1272nd for property loss, and 1264th 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 Weakley 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 Weakley County.

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Loss Breakdown

37%
60%
Property (buildings): $13.0M (37.4%)
Life safety: $20.8M (60.2%)
Agriculture: $844K (2.4%)

Total expected annual loss: $34,647,019 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)

Earthquake
$10.2M
Cold Wave
$5.0M
Tornado
$2.4M
Lightning
$1.5M
Heat Wave
$910K
Strong Wind
$636K

By property loss ($/yr)

Earthquake
$8.0M
Inland Flooding
$2.7M
Tornado
$1.4M
Ice Storm
$384K
Strong Wind
$254K
Winter Weather
$95K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Weakley 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

23%
69%
Career: 8% (1)
Combination: 23% (3)
Volunteer: 69% (9)
Residents per Station
1,834
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
54.5
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 13 departments registered in NERIS Public for Weakley 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 Weakley 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 ▲
Ore Springs/ Como Volunteer Fire Department 18,527 $12.5M Very High 2
Mckenzie Fire Department 19,249 $11.6M Very High 1
City Of Martin Fire-Rescue-Ems 13,170 $9.4M Very High 3
Sidonia Volunteer Fire Department 9,344 $5.5M Very High 1
Latham-Dukedom Fire Department 9,574 $5.4M Relatively High 1
South Fulton Fire Department 8,425 $4.5M Very High 1
Pillowville Volunteer Fire Department 7,959 $4.3M Very High 1
Cuba Fire Department 6,246 $3.4M Very High 3
Dresden Fire Department 5,465 $3.3M Very High 1
Gleason Fire Department 4,320 $2.2M Very High 1
Greenfield Fire Department 3,639 $2.1M Very High 1
Sharon Volunteer Fire Department 3,343 $2.0M Relatively High 1
Palmersville Community Volunteer Fire Department 2,457 $1.3M Relatively Low 1
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Risk Snapshot

19.0%
Poverty Rate
18.3%
Age 65+
19.4%
Disability Rate
9.2%
Uninsured
54.5%
Pre-1980 Housing
11.5%
Mobile Homes
11.1%
Vacancy Rate
1.0%
Wood Heat
$51,320
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

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

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