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Rock Island County, IL

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 44.4 Relatively Moderate

142,757
Population
23
Departments
49
Stations
43
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
1.77
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
15th highest of 102
Life Safety per 100k
1.24
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
73rd highest of 102
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$20.6M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
29th highest of 102
Property Loss per Resident
$144
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
100th highest of 102

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 Rock Island County, the largest single contributor is Cold Wave, 46% of the life-safety total.

Rock Island County carries an expected 2 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $20.6M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 102 Illinois counties. Nationally, Rock Island County ranks 330th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 1343rd for life safety per 100k residents, 874th for property loss, and 3124th 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

45%
53%
Property (buildings): $20.6M (45.2%)
Life safety: $24.3M (53.5%)
Agriculture: $585K (1.3%)

Total expected annual loss: $45,449,241 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
$11.3M
Tornado
$4.7M
Heat Wave
$4.0M
Strong Wind
$1.7M
Lightning
$987K
Inland Flooding
$762K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$15.8M
Tornado
$2.0M
Hail
$1.6M
Strong Wind
$632K
Earthquake
$266K
Ice Storm
$205K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Rock Island 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

13%
13%
61%
13%
Career: 13% (3)
Combination: 13% (3)
Volunteer: 61% (14)
Unreported: 13% (3)
Residents per Station
2,913
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
34.3
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 23 departments registered in NERIS Public for Rock Island County, IL. 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 Rock Island 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 23 departments
Department Est. Population Life-Safety Loss NRI Rating Stations
Moline Fire Department 49,737 $8.5M Relatively Moderate 4
Rock Island Fire Department 40,846 $6.9M Relatively Moderate 4
Cahokia Volunteer Fire Department 24,272 $5.2M Relatively High 2
East Moline Fire Department 24,725 $4.4M Relatively Moderate 5
Bettendorf Fire Rescue 44,170 $4.4M Relatively Moderate 4
City Of Silvis Fire Department 20,773 $3.1M Relatively Moderate 2
Reynolds Fire Protection District 16,716 $2.9M Relatively Moderate 1
Fox River Grove Fire Protection District 19,513 $2.8M Relatively High 2
Blackhawk Fire Protection District 15,080 $2.7M Relatively Moderate 1
Buffalo Fire Department 17,741 $2.5M Relatively High 1
Coyne Center Fire Protection District 12,257 $2.2M Relatively Moderate 2
Coal Valley Fire Protection District 10,227 $1.8M Relatively Moderate 5
Andalusia Fire Protection District 8,791 $1.6M Relatively Moderate 2
Carbon Cliff - Barstow Fire Protection District 9,514 $1.5M Relatively Moderate 2
Rapids City Fire Protection District 8,405 $1.5M Relatively Moderate 2
Leclaire Fire Department 12,577 $1.5M Relatively Moderate 2
Sherrard Fire Protection District 7,417 $1.3M Relatively Moderate 1
Hillsdale Fire Protection District 6,037 $1.1M Relatively Moderate 1
Hampton Fire-Rescue 6,048 $936.6K Relatively High 1
Cordova Fire Protection District 4,618 $754.0K Relatively Moderate 1
Buffalo Prairie Community Fire Protection District 3,951 $662.1K Relatively Moderate 2
Princeton Fire Department 4,245 $514.7K Relatively High 1
Rock Island Arsenal Army Fire & Emergency Services 702 $118.0K Relatively Low 1
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Risk Snapshot

15.5%
Poverty Rate
20.4%
Age 65+
15.4%
Disability Rate
6.1%
Uninsured
76.3%
Pre-1980 Housing
2.7%
Mobile Homes
7.5%
Vacancy Rate
0.1%
Wood Heat
$67,551
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

3
Last 10 Years
8
Last 25 Years
Flood
Most Frequent

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