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Richland Parish, LA

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 60.7 Relatively High

19,822
Population
10
Departments
36
Stations
6
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
0.22
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
45th highest of 64
Life Safety per 100k
1.13
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
33rd highest of 64
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$3.4M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
55th highest of 64
Property Loss per Resident
$169
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
63rd 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 Richland Parish, the largest single contributor is Tornado, 40% of the life-safety total.

Richland Parish carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $3.4M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 64 Louisiana counties. Nationally, Richland Parish ranks 1825th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 1503rd for life safety per 100k residents, 2624th for property loss, and 2995th 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%
41%
15%
Property (buildings): $3.4M (44.5%)
Life safety: $3.1M (40.6%)
Agriculture: $1.1M (14.9%)

Total expected annual loss: $7,542,998 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.

Agriculture is 15% of expected annual loss in Richland Parish, so total loss overstates property loss here. The property figure above counts building loss only.

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
$1.2M
Heat Wave
$714K
Strong Wind
$489K
Cold Wave
$384K
Inland Flooding
$94K
Earthquake
$79K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$1.8M
Tornado
$526K
Hail
$296K
Earthquake
$244K
Strong Wind
$184K
Ice Storm
$148K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Richland 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

10%
20%
50%
20%
Career: 10% (1)
Combination: 20% (2)
Volunteer: 50% (5)
Unreported: 20% (2)
Residents per Station
551
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
181.6
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 10 departments registered in NERIS Public for Richland 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 Richland 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 10 departments
Department Est. Population Life-Safety Loss NRI Rating Stations
Ouachita Parish Fire Protection District #1 104,298 $14.2M Relatively Moderate 16
Rayville Volunteer Fire Department 21,776 $3.6M Relatively High 2
Holly Ridge Fire Department 20,091 $3.0M Relatively High 3
Richland Parish Fire District Eight 13,220 $2.1M Relatively Moderate 2
Franklin Parish Fire District 5 15,269 $1.8M Relatively High 0
Start-Girard Fire Protection District 7,496 $1.3M Relatively High 1
Mangham Fire District 7,857 $1.1M Relatively High 4
Franklin Parish Fire Protection District #2 7,919 $937.3K Relatively Moderate 3
Ward One Rural Fire District 4,845 $744.8K Relatively Low 4
Delhi Fire Department 2,630 $431.5K Relatively Moderate 1
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Risk Snapshot

24.0%
Poverty Rate
18.3%
Age 65+
18.9%
Disability Rate
6.8%
Uninsured
52.3%
Pre-1980 Housing
24.1%
Mobile Homes
17.1%
Vacancy Rate
2.2%
Wood Heat
$54,413
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

18
Last 10 Years
27
Last 25 Years
Hurricane
Most Frequent

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