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Calcasieu Parish, LA

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 86.2 Very High

207,088
Population
18
Departments
34
Stations
56
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
1.73
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
10th highest of 64
Life Safety per 100k
0.83
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
56th highest of 64
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$138.6M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
7th highest of 64
Property Loss per Resident
$669
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
15th highest of 64

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 Calcasieu Parish, the largest single contributor is Cold Wave, 30% of the life-safety total.

Calcasieu Parish carries an expected 2 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $138.6M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 64 Louisiana counties. Nationally, Calcasieu Parish ranks 345th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 2015th for life safety per 100k residents, 149th for property loss, and 448th 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

85%
14%
Property (buildings): $138.6M (84.8%)
Life safety: $23.6M (14.5%)
Agriculture: $1.3M (0.8%)

Total expected annual loss: $163,563,608 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
$7.0M
Tornado
$4.8M
Lightning
$4.0M
Hurricane
$3.5M
Heat Wave
$2.3M
Strong Wind
$740K

By property loss ($/yr)

Hurricane
$67.4M
Inland Flooding
$58.1M
Tornado
$6.0M
Coastal Flooding
$2.6M
Hail
$2.0M
Wildfire
$1.1M

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Calcasieu Parish. 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

17%
56%
28%
Career: 17% (3)
Combination: 56% (10)
Volunteer: 28% (5)
Residents per Station
6,091
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
16.4
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 18 departments registered in NERIS Public for Calcasieu Parish, LA. 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 Calcasieu Parish. 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
Carencro Fire Department 72,363 $11.1M Very High 3
Chennault Fire Department 88,181 $10.3M Very High 0
Lake Charles Fire Department 88,181 $10.3M Very High 8
Lake Charles Regional Airport Arff 32,878 $3.9M Very High 0
Sulphur Fire Department 26,826 $3.1M Very High 3
Ward One Fire Department 27,755 $3.0M Very High 0
Calcasieu Parish Ward 4 Fire District 2 - Carlyss Fire Department 24,402 $2.8M Very High 4
Ward Seven Fire District 1 16,078 $1.8M Very High 0
Orange County Emergency Services District #3 9,452 $1.6M Relatively High 0
Ward 8 Fire Protection District # 2 11,295 $1.3M Very High 0
Houston River Fire Department 11,562 $1.2M Relatively High 3
Dequincy Volunteer Fire Department 9,879 $1.0M Relatively High 1
Ward Six Fire Protection District 1 9,879 $1.0M Relatively High 6
Ward 5 Fire Protection District # Of Calcasieu Parish 7,864 $834.9K Relatively High 0
Westlake Fire Department 7,087 $765.4K Very High 3
Ward 2 Fire District 1 5,485 $669.0K Very High 0
Iowa Fire Protection District #1, Ward 8, Calcasieu 3,083 $348.4K Relatively High 1
Vinton Fire Department 2,410 $283.0K Relatively High 2
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Risk Snapshot

17.4%
Poverty Rate
16.1%
Age 65+
14.5%
Disability Rate
7.6%
Uninsured
41.0%
Pre-1980 Housing
13.9%
Mobile Homes
18.4%
Vacancy Rate
0.4%
Wood Heat
$72,105
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

22
Last 10 Years
33
Last 25 Years
Hurricane
Most Frequent

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