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Twin Falls County, ID

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 33.2 Relatively Low

93,734
Population
18
Departments
60
Stations
17
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
0.33
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
17th highest of 44
Life Safety per 100k
0.35
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
38th highest of 44
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$11.7M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
17th highest of 44
Property Loss per Resident
$125
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
43rd highest of 44

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 Twin Falls County, the largest single contributor is Heat Wave, 42% of the life-safety total.

Twin Falls County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $11.7M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 44 Idaho counties. Nationally, Twin Falls County ranks 1439th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 2887th for life safety per 100k residents, 1362nd for property loss, and 3175th 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%
27%
Property (buildings): $11.7M (70.9%)
Life safety: $4.5M (27.0%)
Agriculture: $342K (2.1%)

Total expected annual loss: $16,553,915 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)

Heat Wave
$1.9M
Winter Weather
$768K
Cold Wave
$656K
Strong Wind
$292K
Lightning
$292K
Earthquake
$248K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$7.6M
Wildfire
$2.8M
Earthquake
$935K
Strong Wind
$120K
Landslide
$95K
Tornado
$78K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Twin Falls 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

61%
28%
Career: 6% (1)
Combination: 61% (11)
Volunteer: 28% (5)
Unreported: 6% (1)
Residents per Station
1,562
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
64.0
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 18 departments registered in NERIS Public for Twin Falls County, ID. 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 Twin Falls 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 18 departments
Department Est. Population Life-Safety Loss NRI Rating Stations
Carlin Volunteer Fire Department 62,279 $9.3M Very High 1
Deeth Fire Department Station 1 (Part Of North Region) 62,279 $9.3M Very High 2
Elko County Fire Protection District 62,279 $9.3M Very High 26
Elko Fire Department 62,279 $9.3M Very High 3
Jackpot Fire Department 62,279 $9.3M Very High 1
Shoshone-Paiute Fire Department 62,279 $9.3M Very High 2
Ten-Mile Volunteer Fire Department 62,279 $9.3M Very High 0
West Wendover Fire Department 62,279 $9.3M Very High 1
Twin Falls Fire Department 42,431 $2.0M Relatively Low 8
Buhl Fire Department 21,089 $1.1M Relatively Moderate 2
Hagerman Fire Protection District 15,767 $1.0M Relatively High 1
Filer Fire Department 17,359 $856.4K Relatively Moderate 1
Wendell City Fire Department 11,726 $797.1K Relatively High 1
Rock Creek Rural Fire Protection District 14,379 $709.6K Relatively Moderate 5
Castleford Rural Fire Department 9,846 $562.8K Relatively High 1
Bliss Fire District 7,826 $506.1K Very High 1
Salmon Tract Rural Fire Protection District 7,449 $391.2K Relatively Moderate 2
First Segregation Fire District 6,482 $352.8K Relatively Moderate 2
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Risk Snapshot

11.5%
Poverty Rate
16.6%
Age 65+
14.4%
Disability Rate
10.2%
Uninsured
48.8%
Pre-1980 Housing
7.1%
Mobile Homes
4.6%
Vacancy Rate
2.4%
Wood Heat
$69,977
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

3
Last 10 Years
4
Last 25 Years
Biological
Most Frequent

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