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Franklin County, MO

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 66.6 Relatively High

105,950
Population
8
Departments
50
Stations
28
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
1.49
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
11th highest of 115
Life Safety per 100k
1.41
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
86th highest of 115
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$38.7M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
11th highest of 115
Property Loss per Resident
$366
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
62nd highest of 115

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 Franklin County, the largest single contributor is Heat Wave, 28% of the life-safety total.

Franklin County carries an expected 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $38.7M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 115 Missouri counties. Nationally, Franklin County ranks 393rd of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 1120th for life safety per 100k residents, 475th for property loss, and 1404th 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

65%
34%
Property (buildings): $38.7M (65.1%)
Life safety: $20.5M (34.4%)
Agriculture: $328K (0.6%)

Total expected annual loss: $59,519,325 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
$5.6M
Tornado
$4.1M
Strong Wind
$3.1M
Cold Wave
$3.1M
Earthquake
$2.0M
Inland Flooding
$1.8M

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$29.5M
Earthquake
$4.1M
Tornado
$2.6M
Hail
$1.8M
Ice Storm
$431K
Wildfire
$134K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Franklin 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

62%
38%
Combination: 62% (5)
Volunteer: 38% (3)
Residents per Station
2,119
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
47.2
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 8 departments registered in NERIS Public for Franklin County, MO. 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 Franklin 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
Butler County Fire Protection District 58,562 $21.2M Relatively High 14
Sullivan Fire Protection District 29,206 $8.4M Relatively High 5
Union Fire Protection District 38,488 $7.3M Relatively High 6
Saint Clair Fire Protection District 25,083 $4.8M Relatively High 4
Boles Fire Protection District 19,538 $4.2M Relatively Moderate 6
Gerald-Rosebud Fire Protection District 12,521 $2.9M Relatively High 7
Beaufort-Leslie Fire Protection District 13,424 $2.5M Relatively High 2
New Haven-Berger Fire Protection District 12,381 $2.2M Relatively High 6
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Risk Snapshot

8.2%
Poverty Rate
19.2%
Age 65+
14.4%
Disability Rate
6.9%
Uninsured
44.1%
Pre-1980 Housing
9.0%
Mobile Homes
7.1%
Vacancy Rate
4.1%
Wood Heat
$75,659
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

6
Last 10 Years
14
Last 25 Years
Flood
Most Frequent

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