Top Hazards by Life-Safety Loss ($/yr)
Department Rankings
Fire and EMS departments serving McDowell 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.
| Department ▲ |
Est. Population ▲ |
Life-Safety Loss ▼ |
NRI Rating ▲ |
Stations ▲ |
| Gary Volunteer Fire Department |
11,832 |
$4.4M |
Very High |
1 |
| Welch Volunteer Fire Department |
10,216 |
$4.1M |
Very High |
2 |
| Bradshaw Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. |
6,629 |
$2.6M |
Relatively High |
1 |
| Grundy Fire Department |
8,514 |
$2.5M |
Relatively High |
1 |
| Roderfield Volunteer Fire Department |
5,224 |
$2.3M |
Very High |
1 |
| Knox Creek Volunteer Fire Department |
6,364 |
$2.0M |
Relatively High |
1 |
| Berwind Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. |
5,026 |
$2.0M |
Very High |
3 |
| War Volunteer Fire Department |
5,026 |
$2.0M |
Very High |
1 |
| Raysal Volunteer Fire Department |
5,158 |
$2.0M |
Relatively High |
1 |
| Whitewood Volunteer Fire Department |
6,754 |
$1.8M |
Relatively Moderate |
1 |
| Coalwood Caretta Volunteer Fire Department |
4,992 |
$1.7M |
Very High |
1 |
| Kimball Volunteer Fire Department |
4,992 |
$1.7M |
Very High |
1 |
| Anawalt Volunteer Fire Department |
3,487 |
$1.3M |
Relatively High |
1 |
| Northfork Volunteer Fire Department |
2,778 |
$1.0M |
Relatively High |
1 |
| Bluefield Virginia Fire Department |
14,364 |
$1.0M |
Relatively Moderate |
1 |
| Davy Volunteer Fire Department |
1,871 |
$953.4K |
Very High |
1 |
| Jewell Ridge Volunteer Fire Department , Inc |
5,691 |
$460.8K |
Relatively Moderate |
1 |
| Baisden Volunteer Fire Department |
3,135 |
$241.9K |
Relatively High |
1 |
| Abbs Valley-Boissevain Volunteer Fire Department |
2,944 |
$214.6K |
Relatively Low |
1 |
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