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Ferry County, WA

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 95.3 Very High

7,387
Population
4
Departments
7
Stations
3
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
0.07
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
36th highest of 39
Life Safety per 100k
0.92
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
22nd highest of 39
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$9.5M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
32nd highest of 39
Property Loss per Resident
$1,292
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
2nd highest of 39

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 Ferry County, the largest single contributor is Cold Wave, 49% of the life-safety total.

Ferry County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $9.5M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 39 Washington counties. Nationally, Ferry County ranks 2840th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 1870th for life safety per 100k residents, 1563rd for property loss, and 61st 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

91%
9%
Property (buildings): $9.5M (90.7%)
Life safety: $932K (8.9%)
Agriculture: $51K (0.5%)

Total expected annual loss: $10,529,720 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
$458K
Landslide
$165K
Wildfire
$158K
Heat Wave
$83K
Earthquake
$23K
Lightning
$20K

By property loss ($/yr)

Wildfire
$5.0M
Inland Flooding
$4.4M
Earthquake
$106K
Strong Wind
$8K
Tornado
$5K
Winter Weather
$5K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Ferry 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

100%
Volunteer: 100% (4)
Residents per Station
1,055
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
94.8
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 4 departments registered in NERIS Public for Ferry County, WA. 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 Ferry 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 4 departments
Department Est. Population Life-Safety Loss NRI Rating Stations
Ferry / Okanogan Fire Protection District #13 7,387 $932.5K Very High 3
Lincoln County Fire Protection District 7 2,933 $849.4K Very High 0
Ferry/Okanogan Fire Protection District #14 5,651 $679.8K Very High 4
Joint Fire Protection District Ferry #3 & Stevens #8 2,758 $333.8K Very High 0
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Risk Snapshot

13.6%
Poverty Rate
30.6%
Age 65+
23.5%
Disability Rate
5.7%
Uninsured
43.2%
Pre-1980 Housing
21.0%
Mobile Homes
23.0%
Vacancy Rate
48.4%
Wood Heat
$56,385
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

7
Last 10 Years
16
Last 25 Years
Fire
Most Frequent

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