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Danville city, VA

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 56.8 Relatively Moderate

42,214
Population
6
Departments
14
Stations
16
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, separate from agriculture.

Natural Hazard Life Safety
0.18
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
41st highest of 133
Life Safety per 100k
0.42
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
35th highest of 133
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$16.0M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
27th highest of 133
Property Loss per Resident
$379
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
16th highest of 133

These figures cover natural hazards only. Structure fire, EMS, and motor vehicle incidents are not included in the National Risk Index and are not counted here, so this is not an all-cause life safety measure. For Danville city, the largest single contributor is Inland Flooding, 32% of the life-safety total.

Danville city carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $16.0M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 133 Virginia counties. Nationally, Danville city ranks 2099th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 2713th for life safety per 100k residents, 1075th for property loss, and 1328th for property loss per resident. Computed from census tract data covering every resident, independent of fire department boundaries.

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What Drives the Loss

87%
13%
Property (buildings): $16.0M (86.8%)
Life safety: $2.4M (13.2%)
Agriculture: $0 (0.0%)

Total expected annual loss: $18,432,388 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)

Inland Flooding
$773K
Tornado
$603K
Cold Wave
$295K
Heat Wave
$265K
Strong Wind
$135K
Lightning
$115K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$13.7M
Hurricane
$831K
Tornado
$669K
Earthquake
$333K
Strong Wind
$166K
Hail
$148K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Danville city. 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

17%
83%
Career: 17% (1)
Volunteer: 83% (5)
Residents per Station
3,015
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
33.2
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 6 departments registered in NERIS Public for Danville city, 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 Danville city. 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 6 departments
Department Est. Population Life-Safety Loss NRI Rating Stations
Danville Fire Department 41,152 $2.4M Relatively Moderate 7
Mount Cross Volunteer Fire & Rescue Department 17,543 $928.1K Relatively Low 1
Bachelors Hall Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. 9,440 $502.5K Relatively Low 2
Ringgold Volunteer Fire & Rescue 11,557 $498.7K Relatively Moderate 2
Kentuck Volunteer Fire Department 9,190 $392.8K Relatively Low 1
Riverbend Volunteer Fire Department 2,407 $184.9K Relatively Low 1
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Risk Snapshot

24.7%
Poverty Rate
21.1%
Age 65+
18.0%
Disability Rate
8.0%
Uninsured
80.5%
Pre-1980 Housing
3.2%
Mobile Homes
14.8%
Vacancy Rate
0.9%
Wood Heat
$47,059
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

8
Last 10 Years
13
Last 25 Years
Hurricane
Most Frequent

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