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Sabine County, TX

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 75.5 Relatively High

10,023
Population
9
Departments
8
Stations
3
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
0.10
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
183rd highest of 254
Life Safety per 100k
1.03
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
168th highest of 254
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$4.1M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
145th highest of 254
Property Loss per Resident
$413
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
64th highest of 254

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 Sabine County, the largest single contributor is Tornado, 30% of the life-safety total.

Sabine County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $4.1M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 254 Texas counties. Nationally, Sabine County ranks 2599th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 1689th for life safety per 100k residents, 2426th for property loss, and 1171st 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 Sabine 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 Sabine County.

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Loss Breakdown

73%
25%
Property (buildings): $4.1M (73.2%)
Life safety: $1.4M (25.0%)
Agriculture: $101K (1.8%)

Total expected annual loss: $5,651,631 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
$419K
Heat Wave
$348K
Strong Wind
$292K
Cold Wave
$163K
Lightning
$122K
Ice Storm
$38K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$2.8M
Hurricane
$536K
Strong Wind
$346K
Tornado
$314K
Wildfire
$49K
Ice Storm
$43K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Sabine 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

100%
Volunteer: 100% (9)
Residents per Station
1,253
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
79.8
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 9 departments registered in NERIS Public for Sabine 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 Sabine 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 9 departments
Department ▲ Est. Population ▲ Life-Safety Loss ▼ NRI Rating ▲ Stations ▲
San Augustine Volunteer Fire Department 18,532 $3.2M Relatively High 1
Lake Rayburn Volunteer Fire Department 8,759 $1.2M Relatively High 1
Pineland Fire Department 3,223 $417.6K Relatively Moderate 1
Pendleton Harbor Volunteer Fire Department 2,096 $324.1K Very High 1
Six Mile Volunteer Fire Department 1,435 $317.4K Very High 1
Hemphill Volunteer Fire Department 2,244 $308.9K Very High 1
Shamrock Shores Volunteer Fire Department 786 $136.4K Relatively High 1
Fairmount Volunteer Fire Department 1,010 $136.0K Very High 0
Bronson Rural Volunteer Fire Department 771 $99.7K Relatively Moderate 1
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Risk Snapshot

11.0%
Poverty Rate
30.5%
Age 65+
26.2%
Disability Rate
12.8%
Uninsured
31.4%
Pre-1980 Housing
35.2%
Mobile Homes
39.6%
Vacancy Rate
3.8%
Wood Heat
$67,183
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

9
Last 10 Years
21
Last 25 Years
Hurricane
Most Frequent

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