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Bullitt County, KY

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 63.3 Relatively High

84,027
Population
8
Departments
33
Stations
22
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
1.23
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
8th highest of 120
Life Safety per 100k
1.46
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
26th highest of 120
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$28.6M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
8th highest of 120
Property Loss per Resident
$341
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
67th highest of 120

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 Bullitt County, the largest single contributor is Tornado, 40% of the life-safety total.

Bullitt County carries an expected 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $28.6M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 120 Kentucky counties. Nationally, Bullitt County ranks 471st of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 1058th for life safety per 100k residents, 622nd for property loss, and 1567th 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

63%
37%
Property (buildings): $28.6M (62.9%)
Life safety: $16.9M (37.0%)
Agriculture: $41K (0.1%)

Total expected annual loss: $45,519,816 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
$6.7M
Cold Wave
$5.5M
Strong Wind
$2.4M
Lightning
$731K
Heat Wave
$610K
Inland Flooding
$379K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$22.9M
Tornado
$3.1M
Strong Wind
$1.1M
Earthquake
$1.0M
Hail
$166K
Ice Storm
$161K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Bullitt 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

12%
62%
25%
Career: 12% (1)
Combination: 62% (5)
Volunteer: 25% (2)
Residents per Station
2,546
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
39.3
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 8 departments registered in NERIS Public for Bullitt County, KY. 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 Bullitt 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 8 departments
Department Est. Population Life-Safety Loss NRI Rating Stations
Mt Washington Fire Protection District 32,297 $6.4M Relatively Moderate 9
Zoneton Fire Protection District 28,743 $5.6M Relatively High 2
Spencer County Fire Protection District 27,687 $4.9M Relatively High 12
Taylorsville Fire Department 27,687 $4.9M Relatively High 1
Shepherdsville Fire Department 15,980 $3.5M Very High 2
Southeast Bullitt Fire Department 13,093 $2.5M Very High 3
Nichols Fire District 8,518 $1.8M Relatively High 3
Lebanon Junction Fire & Rescue 5,198 $986.4K Very High 1
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Risk Snapshot

9.7%
Poverty Rate
17.4%
Age 65+
15.5%
Disability Rate
2.8%
Uninsured
32.3%
Pre-1980 Housing
7.4%
Mobile Homes
5.5%
Vacancy Rate
1.4%
Wood Heat
$83,729
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

11
Last 10 Years
19
Last 25 Years
Severe Storm
Most Frequent

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