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Wise County, VA

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 52.4 Relatively Moderate

35,448
Population
16
Departments
24
Stations
11
Census Tracts

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

Cold Wave
$2.2M
Riverine Flooding
$581.9K
Strong Wind
$410.3K
Wildfire
$125.2K
Tornado
$113.1K

Department Rankings

Fire and EMS departments serving Wise 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 16 departments
Department Est. Population Life-Safety Loss NRI Rating Stations
Wise Fire Department 23,972 $2.3M Relatively Moderate 3
Raphine Volunteer Fire Company, Inc. 18,948 $2.1M Relatively High 1
Big Stone Gap Volunteer Fire Department 14,933 $1.5M Relatively High 2
Cumberland River Volunteer Fire Department 9,237 $1.5M Relatively High 2
Dorton Volunteer Fire Department 9,527 $1.3M Relatively High 1
Coeburn Fire Department 12,833 $1.2M Relatively Moderate 1
Saint Paul Volunteer Fire Department 9,649 $1.2M Relatively Low 1
Neon Volunteer Fire Department 6,575 $1.1M Relatively High 1
Valley Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. 9,700 $1.0M Relatively High 1
Dante Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. 8,743 $955.9K Relatively Moderate 1
Norton Fire Department 9,520 $926.2K Relatively Moderate 4
Benham Volunteer Fire Department 5,052 $605.7K Relatively High 1
Lynch Volunteer Fire Department 5,052 $605.7K Relatively High 1
Pound Volunteer Fire Department 4,732 $588.9K Relatively Moderate 1
Jenkins Fire Department 1,985 $306.9K Relatively High 2
Appalachia Volunteer Fire Department 2,240 $289.7K Relatively High 1
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Risk Snapshot

17.2%
Poverty Rate
19.9%
Age 65+
27.5%
Disability Rate
6.5%
Uninsured
49.5%
Pre-1980 Housing
28.7%
Mobile Homes
16.4%
Vacancy Rate
2.1%
Wood Heat
$52,271
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

7
Last 10 Years
14
Last 25 Years
Severe Storm
Most Frequent

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