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Cumberland County, NC

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 43.8 Relatively Moderate

338,545
Population
20
Departments
65
Stations
81
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
1.69
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
6th highest of 100
Life Safety per 100k
0.50
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
64th highest of 100
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$65.7M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
14th highest of 100
Property Loss per Resident
$194
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
91st highest of 100

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 Cumberland County, the largest single contributor is Tornado, 30% of the life-safety total.

Cumberland County carries an expected 2 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $65.7M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 100 North Carolina counties. Nationally, Cumberland County ranks 353rd of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 2544th for life safety per 100k residents, 317th for property loss, and 2814th 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

73%
26%
Property (buildings): $65.7M (72.8%)
Life safety: $23.1M (25.6%)
Agriculture: $1.4M (1.6%)

Total expected annual loss: $90,247,547 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
$7.0M
Heat Wave
$5.7M
Cold Wave
$3.4M
Lightning
$1.6M
Earthquake
$1.3M
Winter Weather
$1.2M

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$39.3M
Hurricane
$16.9M
Tornado
$3.5M
Earthquake
$2.8M
Ice Storm
$957K
Hail
$825K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Cumberland 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

15%
70%
15%
Career: 15% (3)
Combination: 70% (14)
Volunteer: 15% (3)
Residents per Station
5,208
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
19.2
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 20 departments registered in NERIS Public for Cumberland County, NC. 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 Cumberland 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 20 departments
Department Est. Population Life-Safety Loss NRI Rating Stations
Fayetteville Fire/Emergency Management Department 202,535 $14.1M Relatively Moderate 17
Fort Bragg Army Fire & Emergency Services 54,684 $3.7M Relatively Low 13
Gray's Creek Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. Station 18 21,131 $1.4M Relatively Moderate 4
Cotton Volunteer Fire Department 21,078 $1.4M Relatively Moderate 2
Vander Fire Department 19,640 $1.3M Relatively Moderate 2
Godwin-Falcon Fire Department 17,191 $1.2M Relatively Moderate 1
Grays Creek Volunteer Fire Department #24 15,674 $1.2M Relatively Moderate 1
Stoney Point Fire Department, Inc. 19,237 $1.2M Relatively Moderate 3
Town Of Hope Mills Fire Department 17,535 $1.2M Relatively Moderate 2
Eastover Volunteer Fire Department 17,877 $1.1M Relatively Moderate 2
Spring Lake Fire Department 16,618 $1.1M Relatively Moderate 2
Westarea Volunteer Fire Department 16,052 $1.1M Relatively High 3
Bethany Rural Fire Department 16,722 $1.0M Relatively Moderate 2
Rockfish Fire Department, Inc. 12,029 $919.4K Relatively Moderate 1
Autryville Area Fire Department, Inc. 10,170 $850.8K Very High 1
Stedman Volunteer Fire Department 11,500 $777.6K Relatively Moderate 3
Cumberland Road Volunteer Fire Department 7,412 $530.4K Relatively Low 1
Wade Community Fire Department 8,334 $521.8K Relatively Moderate 2
Beaver Dam Volunteer Fire Department 4,404 $315.6K Relatively High 2
Pope Air Force Base 648 $42.4K Very Low 1
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Risk Snapshot

16.7%
Poverty Rate
13.0%
Age 65+
16.8%
Disability Rate
9.5%
Uninsured
38.4%
Pre-1980 Housing
7.8%
Mobile Homes
9.8%
Vacancy Rate
0.1%
Wood Heat
$64,410
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

12
Last 10 Years
18
Last 25 Years
Hurricane
Most Frequent

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