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Allegany County, MD

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 26.0 Relatively Low

67,452
Population
26
Departments
32
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
0.16
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
20th highest of 24
Life Safety per 100k
0.24
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
20th highest of 24
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$12.6M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
16th highest of 24
Property Loss per Resident
$187
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
7th highest of 24

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 Allegany County, the largest single contributor is Heat Wave, 34% of the life-safety total.

Allegany County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $12.6M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 24 Maryland counties. Nationally, Allegany County ranks 2185th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 3097th for life safety per 100k residents, 1294th for property loss, and 2871st 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

84%
15%
Property (buildings): $12.6M (84.1%)
Life safety: $2.3M (15.0%)
Agriculture: $129K (0.9%)

Total expected annual loss: $15,014,875 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
$766K
Strong Wind
$671K
Tornado
$238K
Lightning
$184K
Inland Flooding
$86K
Winter Weather
$70K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$11.3M
Hurricane
$338K
Tornado
$283K
Hail
$275K
Earthquake
$178K
Strong Wind
$129K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Allegany 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

96%
Career: 4% (1)
Volunteer: 96% (25)
Residents per Station
2,108
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
47.4
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 26 departments registered in NERIS Public for Allegany County, MD. 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 Allegany 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 26 departments
Department Est. Population Life-Safety Loss NRI Rating Stations
Frostburg Fire Department No. 1 21,797 $699.2K Very Low 4
Cumberland Fire Department 18,522 $668.7K Relatively Low 2
Springfield Valley Volunteer Fire Company 15,691 $577.7K Relatively Moderate 1
Cresaptown Volunteer Fire Department 15,017 $513.0K Relatively Low 1
Potomac Fire Company 16,400 $507.3K Relatively Low 1
Lavale Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. 13,314 $458.3K Relatively Low 2
LaVale Volunteer Rescue Squad 13,311 $458.2K Relatively Low 1
Levels Volunteer Fire Department Inc. 11,163 $390.1K Relatively Moderate 1
Bedford Road Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. 9,703 $351.5K Relatively Moderate 1
Barton Hose Company No 1, Inc. 9,702 $325.0K Relatively Low 1
Oldtown Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. 7,364 $304.1K Relatively Low 1
Wiley Ford Volunteer Fire Department 9,829 $289.5K Relatively High 1
Fort Ashby Volunteer Fire Company 7,805 $228.7K Relatively High 2
Bowman's Addition Volunteer Fire Company, Inc. 5,673 $196.8K Relatively Moderate 1
Rawlings Volunteer Fire Department 5,369 $184.2K Relatively Low 1
Midland Fire Company 5,368 $161.8K Relatively Low 1
Baltimore Pike Volunteer Fire Company 4,030 $154.7K Relatively Low 1
Flintstone Volunteer Fire Company 3,334 $149.4K Relatively Low 1
Orleans Volunteer Fire Company 3,334 $149.4K Relatively Low 1
Bowling Green Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. 3,797 $132.3K Very Low 1
Good Will Volunteer Fire Department #1 Of Lonaconing 2,839 $95.7K Relatively Moderate 1
Corriganville Volunteer Fire Company, Inc. 1,943 $69.8K Very Low 1
Ellerslie Volunteer Fire Company, Inc. 1,943 $69.8K Very Low 1
Ridgeley Volunteer Fire Department 2,024 $60.7K Relatively High 1
Mount Savage Volunteer Fire Company #1, Inc. 1,709 $45.0K Very Low 1
Tri-Towns Fire Company #1, Inc. 1,994 $43.4K Relatively High 1
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Risk Snapshot

16.9%
Poverty Rate
21.1%
Age 65+
21.1%
Disability Rate
3.8%
Uninsured
77.2%
Pre-1980 Housing
4.5%
Mobile Homes
16.3%
Vacancy Rate
4.6%
Wood Heat
$60,689
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

4
Last 10 Years
11
Last 25 Years
Hurricane
Most Frequent

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