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Loudoun County, VA

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 17.1 Very Low

432,998
Population
8
Departments
38
Stations
75
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
0.96
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
5th highest of 133
Life Safety per 100k
0.22
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
126th highest of 133
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$46.0M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
5th highest of 133
Property Loss per Resident
$106
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
131st highest of 133

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 Loudoun County, the largest single contributor is Heat Wave, 40% of the life-safety total.

Loudoun County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $46.0M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 133 Virginia counties. Nationally, Loudoun County ranks 607th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 3138th for life safety per 100k residents, 413th for property loss, and 3197th 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 Loudoun 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 Loudoun County.

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Loss Breakdown

76%
22%
Property (buildings): $46.0M (75.8%)
Life safety: $13.1M (21.6%)
Agriculture: $1.5M (2.5%)

Total expected annual loss: $60,679,824 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)

Heat Wave
$5.2M
Tornado
$2.4M
Strong Wind
$2.3M
Lightning
$1.6M
Winter Weather
$563K
Earthquake
$369K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$37.2M
Hurricane
$2.7M
Tornado
$2.4M
Earthquake
$1.8M
Hail
$1.1M
Strong Wind
$411K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Loudoun 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

25%
25%
50%
Career: 25% (2)
Combination: 25% (2)
Volunteer: 50% (4)
Residents per Station
11,395
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
8.8
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 8 departments registered in NERIS Public for Loudoun County, VA. 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 Loudoun 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 ▲
Loudoun County Fire and Rescue 145,820 $4.4M Very Low 27
Leesburg Volunteer Fire Company, Inc. 77,239 $2.4M Relatively Low 0
Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Fire & Rescue Department 361 $1.1M Relatively Moderate 5
Aldie Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. 26,144 $723.8K Relatively Low 0
Blue Ridge Volunteer Fire And Rescue Company, Inc. 13,846 $662.9K Very Low 1
Mount Weather Fire & Rescue 10,459 $427.1K Relatively High 1
Blue Ridge Mountain Volunteer Fire Company, Inc. 9,607 $391.2K Very Low 2
Potomac Valley Fire Company, Inc. 5,999 $170.0K Very Low 2
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Risk Snapshot

4.2%
Poverty Rate
10.8%
Age 65+
7.1%
Disability Rate
5.4%
Uninsured
12.5%
Pre-1980 Housing
0.5%
Mobile Homes
2.7%
Vacancy Rate
0.4%
Wood Heat
$186,111
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

5
Last 10 Years
11
Last 25 Years
Hurricane
Most Frequent

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