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Lamoille County, VT

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 48.9 Relatively Moderate

26,148
Population
12
Departments
15
Stations
7
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
12th highest of 14
Life Safety per 100k
0.38
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
11th highest of 14
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$9.1M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
10th highest of 14
Property Loss per Resident
$349
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
7th highest of 14

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

Lamoille County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $9.1M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 14 Vermont counties. Nationally, Lamoille County ranks 2634th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 2819th for life safety per 100k residents, 1612th for property loss, and 1514th 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 Lamoille 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 Lamoille County.

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Loss Breakdown

86%
13%
Property (buildings): $9.1M (86.1%)
Life safety: $1.4M (12.8%)
Agriculture: $116K (1.1%)

Total expected annual loss: $10,585,351 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)

Cold Wave
$548K
Lightning
$210K
Winter Weather
$207K
Strong Wind
$118K
Tornado
$78K
Heat Wave
$72K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$8.2M
Hurricane
$348K
Earthquake
$224K
Strong Wind
$124K
Winter Weather
$99K
Ice Storm
$74K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Lamoille 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

8%
8%
75%
8%
Career: 8% (1)
Combination: 8% (1)
Volunteer: 75% (9)
Unreported: 8% (1)
Residents per Station
1,743
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
57.4
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 12 departments registered in NERIS Public for Lamoille County, VT. 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 Lamoille 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 12 departments
Department ▲ Est. Population ▲ Life-Safety Loss ▼ NRI Rating ▲ Stations ▲
Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation Wildland Fire 648,378 $41.8M Relatively Low 0
Stowe Fire Department 17,284 $1.3M Relatively High 2
Underhill-Jericho Fire Department 16,993 $1.2M Relatively Moderate 4
Hyde Park Town Fire Department 12,172 $625.7K Relatively Moderate 1
Enosburgh Fire Department 13,563 $555.5K Relatively Low 1
Cambridge Fire Company, Inc. 10,189 $449.9K Relatively Moderate 1
Johnson Fire Department 5,903 $315.3K Relatively Low 1
Morrisville Fire Department 5,722 $280.1K Relatively Moderate 1
North Hyde Park /Eden Fire Department 5,453 $279.2K Relatively Low 1
Jay Volunteer Fire Department 5,967 $261.6K Relatively Low 1
Elmore Fire Department 2,471 $132.1K Relatively Low 1
Wolcott Volunteer Fire Department 2,471 $132.1K Relatively Low 1
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Risk Snapshot

8.5%
Poverty Rate
18.7%
Age 65+
12.8%
Disability Rate
6.7%
Uninsured
47.5%
Pre-1980 Housing
9.7%
Mobile Homes
16.7%
Vacancy Rate
12.5%
Wood Heat
$75,604
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

14
Last 10 Years
29
Last 25 Years
Severe Storm
Most Frequent

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