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.
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 Harris County, the largest single contributor is Tornado, 55% of the life-safety total.
Harris County carries an expected 45 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $1.6B in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 254 Texas counties. Nationally, Harris County ranks 5th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 1840th for life safety per 100k residents, 5th for property loss, and 1639th 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 Harris 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 Harris County.
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Total expected annual loss: $2,217,702,094 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)
By property loss ($/yr)
Census Tract Risk Map
Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Harris 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
Department composition covers the 52 departments registered in NERIS Public for Harris County, TX. 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 Harris 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.
| Department ▲ | Est. Population ▲ | Life-Safety Loss ▼ | NRI Rating ▲ | Stations ▲ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Fire Department | 2.4M | $301.9M | Relatively High | 101 |
| Cy-Fair Fire Department | 556,695 | $64.0M | Relatively High | 29 |
| League City Fire Department | 120,854 | $26.3M | Relatively Moderate | 9 |
| Klein Fire Department | 188,275 | $21.6M | Relatively High | 14 |
| Pasadena Fire Department | 153,584 | $19.8M | Relatively High | 20 |
| Harris County ESD 7 | 181,015 | $19.6M | Relatively High | 9 |
| Pearland Fire Department | 164,768 | $17.6M | Relatively High | 7 |
| Community Volunteer Fire Department | 151,877 | $17.1M | Relatively High | 9 |
| Harris County ESD 48 | 148,307 | $16.8M | Relatively High | 9 |
| Baytown Fire Department | 104,459 | $14.0M | Relatively High | 11 |
| Missouri City Fire & Rescue Services | 122,986 | $13.9M | Relatively High | 10 |
| La Porte Fire Department | 85,174 | $13.3M | Relatively High | 6 |
| Harris County Esd 17 | 104,928 | $13.1M | Relatively High | 5 |
| Northwest Volunteer Fire Department | 97,697 | $12.2M | Relatively High | 4 |
| Waller-Harris Emergency Services District 200 | 101,049 | $11.4M | Relatively High | 16 |
| Channelview Fire Department | 76,870 | $10.9M | Relatively High | 2 |
| Cypress Creek Fire Department | 90,112 | $10.2M | Relatively High | 12 |
| Eastex Freeway Volunteer Fire Department (Harris County Esd #10) | 91,229 | $9.9M | Very High | 8 |
| Harris County Fire & Emergency Services Department | 91,229 | $9.9M | Very High | 1 |
| Atascocita Fire Department | 84,810 | $9.8M | Relatively High | 8 |
| Crosby Volunteer Fire Department | 71,047 | $9.4M | Relatively High | 5 |
| Friendswood Volunteer Fire Department | 41,888 | $7.7M | Relatively High | 8 |
| Sheldon Community Fire & Rescue | 58,475 | $6.8M | Relatively High | 5 |
| Ponderosa Fire Department | 54,752 | $6.7M | Relatively High | 4 |
| Westlake Volunteer Fire Department | 53,907 | $6.6M | Relatively High | 2 |
| Harris County Esd 12 Fire Department (Cloverleaf Fire Department) | 57,245 | $6.6M | Relatively High | 2 |
| Westfield Road Volunteer Fire Department | 46,044 | $6.6M | Very High | 2 |
| Aldine Fire & Rescue | 45,251 | $5.6M | Relatively High | 4 |
| Katy Fire Department | 39,781 | $4.4M | Very High | 4 |
| Deer Park Volunteer Fire Department | 34,679 | $4.4M | Relatively High | 5 |
| Champions Emergency Service District (Harris County ESD 29) | 34,648 | $3.7M | Relatively High | 2 |
| Southeast Volunteer Fire Department | 30,064 | $3.7M | Very High | 2 |
| Tomball Fire Department | 29,862 | $3.3M | Relatively High | 5 |
| Bellaire Fire Department | 17,365 | $3.2M | Very High | 1 |
| Seabrook Volunteer Fire Department Inc. | 17,210 | $2.9M | Relatively High | 4 |
| Rosehill Fire Department | 28,983 | $2.7M | Very High | 3 |
| Village Fire Department | 19,631 | $2.4M | Relatively High | 1 |
| Highlands Volunteer Fire Department | 15,346 | $2.3M | Relatively High | 2 |
| Humble Fire Rescue | 15,790 | $2.2M | Very High | 4 |
| South Houston Volunteer Fire Department | 16,447 | $2.2M | Relatively High | 2 |
| West University Place Fire Department | 15,311 | $2.0M | Very High | 2 |
| Forest Bend Volunteer Fire Department | 14,911 | $1.7M | Relatively Moderate | 2 |
| Huffman Fire Department | 13,458 | $1.7M | Relatively High | 4 |
| Mont Belvieu Fire Department | 12,246 | $1.7M | Very High | 2 |
| Webster Fire Department | 12,806 | $1.7M | Relatively High | 3 |
| Jersey Village Fire Department | 11,172 | $1.4M | Relatively Moderate | 2 |
| Galena Park Fire Department | 10,262 | $1.4M | Relatively High | 2 |
| Jacinto City Fire Department | 9,438 | $1.2M | Relatively High | 1 |
| Waller Volunteer Fire Department | 13,270 | $1.1M | Relatively High | 1 |
| Nassau Bay Volunteer Fire Department | 5,230 | $964.5K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Southside Place Fire Department | 1,752 | $314.2K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Mcnair Volunteer Fire Department | 1,750 | $250.1K | Relatively High | 1 |
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