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.
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 Morris County, the largest single contributor is Cold Wave, 44% of the life-safety total.
Morris County carries an expected 2 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $173.6M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 21 New Jersey counties. Nationally, Morris County ranks 226th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 2596th for life safety per 100k residents, 114th for property loss, and 1589th for property loss per resident. Computed from census tract data covering every resident, independent of fire department boundaries.
Add fire mortality, cause, and loss
Natural hazard exposure is one half of the picture. The other half is what your departments run on: fire deaths and injuries, cause of ignition, dollar loss per incident. That comes from NERIS incident reporting, and it grows as departments serving Morris County enroll. Our Regional tier brings it together across your jurisdiction, with participating departments, alongside response time analytics, cross-department benchmarking, and coverage gap analysis.
Talk to us about Morris County See what a department seesWhat Drives the Loss
Total expected annual loss: $208,123,650 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)
By property loss ($/yr)
Census Tract Risk Map
Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Morris 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
Department composition covers the 57 departments registered in NERIS Public for Morris County, NJ. 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 Morris 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.
| Department ▲ | Est. Population ▲ | Life-Safety Loss ▼ | NRI Rating ▲ | Stations ▲ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toms River Fire Department | 132,951 | $6.2M | Relatively Moderate | 14 |
| Lake Hiawatha Fire Department | 53,149 | $3.5M | Relatively Moderate | 2 |
| Lake Parsippany Volunteer Fire Company District #3 | 53,149 | $3.5M | Relatively Moderate | 2 |
| Mount Tabor Volunteer Fire Department | 53,149 | $3.5M | Relatively Moderate | 3 |
| Parsippany District 6 Fire Department | 53,149 | $3.5M | Relatively Moderate | 2 |
| Parsippany Fire District 2 | 53,149 | $3.5M | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Parsippany Fire District 5 | 53,149 | $3.5M | Relatively Moderate | 2 |
| Independence Township Volunteer Fire Department | 32,327 | $2.9M | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Budd Lake Volunteer Fire Department | 44,081 | $2.8M | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Rockaway Township Fire Department | 36,074 | $2.3M | Relatively Moderate | 6 |
| Far Hills-Bedminster Fire Department | 35,257 | $2.0M | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Madison Fire Department | 30,571 | $1.9M | Relatively Low | 2 |
| Flanders Fire Company #1 | 28,331 | $1.8M | Relatively Low | 2 |
| NEW VERNON VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT | 36,559 | $1.7M | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Randolph Township Fire Department | 26,622 | $1.7M | Relatively Moderate | 4 |
| Picatinny Arsenal Army Fire & Emergency Services | 24,540 | $1.5M | Relatively Low | 5 |
| Long Valley Fire Company | 24,290 | $1.5M | Relatively Moderate | 2 |
| Montville Fire Department - Fire District 1 | 21,082 | $1.4M | Very High | 2 |
| Pine Brook Volunteer Fire Department | 21,082 | $1.4M | Very High | 2 |
| Towaco Fire Department | 21,082 | $1.4M | Very High | 2 |
| Morris Township Fire Department | 21,343 | $1.3M | Relatively Moderate | 7 |
| Green Pond Volunteer Fire Department | 19,892 | $1.3M | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Jefferson Township Fire Department | 19,892 | $1.3M | Relatively Low | 4 |
| Town Of Dover Fire Department | 16,102 | $1.2M | Relatively High | 2 |
| Pequannock Township Fire Department #1 | 14,334 | $1.2M | Very High | 2 |
| Fairmount Fire Company | 18,014 | $1.1M | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Schooleys Mountain Fire Protection Association | 18,014 | $1.1M | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Morristown Fire Bureau | 17,907 | $1.1M | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Denville Volunteer Fire Department | 15,980 | $1.1M | Relatively High | 7 |
| Hanover Township Fire District #3 | 18,025 | $1.1M | Relatively Moderate | 3 |
| Montague Volunteer Fire Department | 13,455 | $1.0M | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Morristown Aircraft Rescue Service | 13,898 | $892.7K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Whippany Fire Department | 13,898 | $892.7K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Lincoln Park Fire Department | 9,645 | $790.0K | Very High | 1 |
| Florham Park Volunteer Fire Department | 12,137 | $785.9K | Relatively Moderate | 2 |
| East Hanover Fire Department | 10,236 | $723.4K | Very High | 2 |
| CHATHAM TWP FIRE DEPARTMENT | 9,996 | $653.1K | Relatively High | 2 |
| GREEN VILLAGE FIRE DEPARTMENT | 9,996 | $653.1K | Relatively High | 1 |
| Millington Volunteer Fire Company | 7,978 | $562.9K | Relatively High | 1 |
| Stirling Fire Company # 1 | 7,978 | $562.9K | Relatively High | 1 |
| Chatham Borough Fire Department | 8,063 | $498.4K | Relatively Moderate | 2 |
| Boonton Fire Department | 7,637 | $475.4K | Very High | 2 |
| Butler Fire Department | 7,008 | $438.3K | Relatively Moderate | 2 |
| Kinnelon Volunteer Fire Company, Inc. | 6,893 | $431.2K | Relatively Moderate | 3 |
| Wharton Fire Department, Inc. | 6,357 | $393.4K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Rockaway Borough Fire Department | 5,750 | $382.3K | Relatively High | 1 |
| Brookside Engine Company No 1 | 6,018 | $381.3K | Relatively High | 2 |
| Mendham Township Fire Department | 6,018 | $381.3K | Relatively High | 0 |
| Mine Hill Fire Department | 5,978 | $352.1K | Very Low | 1 |
| MORRIS PLAINS FIRE DEPARTMENT | 5,583 | $343.1K | Very Low | 1 |
| Mendham Borough Fire Department | 4,558 | $285.9K | Relatively Moderate | 2 |
| Ralston Engine Company #1 | 4,558 | $285.9K | Relatively Moderate | 2 |
| Boonton Township Volunteer Fire Department | 4,066 | $261.3K | Relatively High | 2 |
| Mountain Lakes Volunteer Fire Department | 4,028 | $247.1K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Riverdale Fire Department | 3,524 | $220.4K | Relatively High | 1 |
| Netcong Fire Department | 2,760 | $158.7K | Very Low | 4 |
| Chester Volunteer Fire Company | 1,282 | $94.8K | Very Low | 2 |
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