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Irwin County, GA

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 69.7 Relatively High

9,285
Population
4
Departments
10
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
0.13
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
85th highest of 159
Life Safety per 100k
1.43
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
4th highest of 159
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$2.3M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
128th highest of 159
Property Loss per Resident
$249
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
57th highest of 159

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 Irwin County, the largest single contributor is Strong Wind, 31% of the life-safety total.

Irwin County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $2.3M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 159 Georgia counties. Nationally, Irwin County ranks 2383rd of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 1083rd for life safety per 100k residents, 2870th for property loss, and 2309th 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

41%
32%
27%
Property (buildings): $2.3M (41.0%)
Life safety: $1.8M (32.3%)
Agriculture: $1.5M (26.7%)

Total expected annual loss: $5,645,644 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.

Agriculture is 27% of expected annual loss in Irwin County, so total loss overstates property loss here. The property figure above counts building loss only.

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)

Strong Wind
$560K
Tornado
$509K
Lightning
$489K
Heat Wave
$97K
Cold Wave
$87K
Earthquake
$35K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$1.1M
Hurricane
$950K
Tornado
$161K
Earthquake
$83K
Strong Wind
$30K
Hail
$12K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Irwin 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

25%
75%
Career: 25% (1)
Combination: 75% (3)
Residents per Station
928
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
107.7
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 4 departments registered in NERIS Public for Irwin County, GA. 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 Irwin 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
Coffee County Fire Department 78,285 $6.5M Relatively Moderate 7
Irwin County Fire Rescue (EMS) 9,285 $1.8M Relatively High 1
Fitzgerald Fire Department 13,808 $1.4M Relatively Moderate 1
Ocilla Fire Department 6,352 $1.4M Relatively High 1
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Risk Snapshot

22.4%
Poverty Rate
18.1%
Age 65+
8.5%
Disability Rate
19.5%
Uninsured
46.5%
Pre-1980 Housing
24.4%
Mobile Homes
15.0%
Vacancy Rate
0.4%
Wood Heat
$54,049
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

9
Last 10 Years
12
Last 25 Years
Hurricane
Most Frequent

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