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Wayne County, GA

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 62.7 Relatively High

30,949
Population
2
Departments
3
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, separate from agriculture.

Natural Hazard Life Safety
0.20
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
66th highest of 159
Life Safety per 100k
0.64
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
77th highest of 159
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$7.8M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
60th highest of 159
Property Loss per Resident
$253
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
54th 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 Wayne County, the largest single contributor is Tornado, 30% of the life-safety total.

Wayne County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $7.8M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 159 Georgia counties. Nationally, Wayne County ranks 1980th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 2327th for life safety per 100k residents, 1779th for property loss, and 2281st 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

71%
25%
Property (buildings): $7.8M (71.4%)
Life safety: $2.7M (24.6%)
Agriculture: $432K (3.9%)

Total expected annual loss: $10,949,589 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)

Tornado
$801K
Cold Wave
$761K
Heat Wave
$360K
Hurricane
$259K
Lightning
$179K
Strong Wind
$166K

By property loss ($/yr)

Hurricane
$4.3M
Inland Flooding
$2.7M
Earthquake
$311K
Tornado
$255K
Hail
$67K
Wildfire
$59K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Wayne 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

50%
50%
Career: 50% (1)
Volunteer: 50% (1)
Residents per Station
10,316
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
9.7
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 2 departments registered in NERIS Public for Wayne 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 Wayne 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 2 departments
Department Est. Population Life-Safety Loss NRI Rating Stations
Jesup Fire Department 30,949 $2.7M Relatively High 2
Screven Fire Department 3,697 $326.3K Relatively Low 1
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Risk Snapshot

21.3%
Poverty Rate
16.1%
Age 65+
19.2%
Disability Rate
20.0%
Uninsured
36.6%
Pre-1980 Housing
32.8%
Mobile Homes
12.9%
Vacancy Rate
0.3%
Wood Heat
$55,324
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

13
Last 10 Years
16
Last 25 Years
Hurricane
Most Frequent

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