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Buchanan County, VA

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 72.7 Relatively High

19,415
Population
11
Departments
14
Stations
7
Census Tracts

Top Hazards by Life-Safety Loss ($/yr)

Riverine Flooding
$3.2M
Cold Wave
$1.4M
Strong Wind
$128.1K
Landslide
$106.6K
Lightning
$53.9K

Department Rankings

Fire and EMS departments serving Buchanan 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 11 departments
Department Est. Population Life-Safety Loss NRI Rating Stations
Haysi Volunteer Fire Department 22,523 $2.8M Relatively Moderate 1
Bradshaw Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. 6,629 $2.6M Relatively High 1
Oakwood Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. 10,326 $2.5M Relatively Moderate 2
Grundy Fire Department 8,514 $2.5M Relatively High 1
Knox Creek Volunteer Fire Department 6,364 $2.0M Relatively High 1
Berwind Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. 5,026 $2.0M Very High 3
Raysal Volunteer Fire Department 5,158 $2.0M Relatively High 1
Whitewood Volunteer Fire Department 6,754 $1.8M Relatively Moderate 1
Patterson Volunteer Fire Department 5,720 $1.6M Relatively High 1
Harman Volunteer Fire Department 5,216 $1.2M Relatively High 1
Council Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. 3,572 $752.4K Relatively High 1
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Risk Snapshot

25.2%
Poverty Rate
23.9%
Age 65+
37.7%
Disability Rate
4.8%
Uninsured
52.0%
Pre-1980 Housing
35.8%
Mobile Homes
27.0%
Vacancy Rate
1.8%
Wood Heat
$43,623
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

9
Last 10 Years
18
Last 25 Years
Severe Storm
Most Frequent

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