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, not agriculture.
These figures cover natural hazards only. Structure fire, EMS, and motor vehicle incidents are not in the National Risk Index, so this is not an all-cause life safety measure. For Suffolk County, the largest single contributor is Cold Wave, 34% of the life-safety total.
Suffolk County carries an expected 3 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $277.5M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 62 New York counties. Nationally, Suffolk County ranks 179th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 3166th for life safety per 100k residents, 51st for property loss, and 2845th 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 only part of the risk. Fire deaths and injuries, cause of ignition, and dollar loss per incident come from NERIS incident reporting, which grows as departments serving Suffolk County enroll. Our Regional tier adds that data for the departments your jurisdiction sponsors, next to public risk and NERIS adoption for every department in Suffolk County.
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Total expected annual loss: $320,508,574 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 Suffolk 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 109 departments registered in NERIS Public for Suffolk County, NY. 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 Suffolk 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 ▲ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bethpage Fire Department/District | 74,907 | $1.8M | Very Low | 3 |
| Huntington Manor Fire Department | 50,618 | $1.3M | Very Low | 3 |
| Lindenhurst Fire Department | 30,380 | $1.1M | Relatively Low | 4 |
| Commack Fire Department | 38,572 | $987.6K | Very Low | 4 |
| Selden Fire Department | 34,329 | $966.7K | Relatively Low | 2 |
| Central Islip Fire Department | 42,489 | $956.4K | Very Low | 4 |
| Bay Shore Fire District | 38,469 | $939.0K | Relatively Low | 3 |
| Smithtown Fire Department | 33,145 | $884.3K | Very Low | 3 |
| Setauket Fire Department | 29,319 | $835.1K | Very Low | 4 |
| Centereach Fire Department | 28,533 | $820.4K | Relatively Low | 3 |
| Copiague Fire Department | 23,138 | $809.5K | Relatively Low | 2 |
| West Islip Fire Department | 27,103 | $808.6K | Relatively Low | 2 |
| Ronkonkoma Fire Department | 28,497 | $806.5K | Very Low | 1 |
| West Babylon Fire Department | 25,913 | $682.5K | Very Low | 3 |
| East Northport Fire Department | 25,475 | $659.5K | Very Low | 3 |
| Coram Fire Department | 23,650 | $658.0K | Relatively Low | 3 |
| Terryville Fire Department | 21,886 | $648.5K | Relatively Low | 3 |
| Medford Fire Department | 24,638 | $644.1K | Relatively Low | 3 |
| Holbrook Fire Department | 24,947 | $629.7K | Very Low | 3 |
| Brentwood Fire Department | 26,488 | $610.8K | Very Low | 5 |
| Dix Hills Volunteer Fire Department | 23,939 | $602.9K | Very Low | 3 |
| Riverhead Fire Department | 29,321 | $599.9K | Relatively Moderate | 4 |
| Mastic Beach Fire Department | 21,190 | $576.1K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Melville Volunteer Fire Department | 21,880 | $556.7K | Relatively Low | 4 |
| Kings Park Fire District | 21,867 | $554.5K | Very Low | 1 |
| Mastic Fire Department | 25,167 | $531.3K | Very Low | 2 |
| Rocky Point Fire Department | 19,563 | $518.8K | Very Low | 3 |
| Greenlawn Fire Department | 20,471 | $518.1K | Very Low | 2 |
| Nesconset Fire Department | 20,619 | $501.3K | Relatively Low | 2 |
| Lakeland Fire Department | 18,984 | $486.6K | Relatively Low | 3 |
| Farmingville Fire Department | 18,097 | $474.7K | Relatively Low | 2 |
| North Patchogue Fire Department | 15,998 | $455.3K | Very Low | 3 |
| Patchogue Fire Department | 15,206 | $448.8K | Very Low | 2 |
| West Sayville Fire Department | 14,075 | $448.2K | Relatively Low | 9 |
| Islip Fire Department | 16,453 | $433.1K | Very Low | 2 |
| Hauppauge Fire Department | 16,475 | $427.6K | Relatively Low | 3 |
| SUNY Stony Brook Fire & Emergency Services | 9,794 | $427.4K | Relatively High | 1 |
| Brookhaven Fire Department | 16,565 | $425.9K | Very Low | 2 |
| North Amityville Fire Company | 18,371 | $403.3K | Relatively Low | 2 |
| Hagerman Fire Department | 14,365 | $399.3K | Very Low | 1 |
| Ridge Volunteer Fire Department | 17,865 | $390.6K | Very Low | 3 |
| Sayville Fire Department | 13,645 | $383.4K | Relatively Low | 2 |
| Amityville Fire Department | 9,787 | $378.2K | Very High | 3 |
| Huntington Fire Department | 14,501 | $367.8K | Very Low | 1 |
| Middle Island Fire Department | 13,952 | $359.7K | Relatively Low | 2 |
| East Farmingdale Volunteer Fire Company, Inc. | 10,476 | $352.4K | Relatively Moderate | 3 |
| Islip Terrace Fire Department | 12,805 | $330.0K | Very Low | 2 |
| East Islip Fire Department | 12,719 | $328.1K | Very Low | 1 |
| Northport Fire Department | 12,364 | $324.5K | Relatively Low | 2 |
| Mount Sinai Fire Department | 11,801 | $324.3K | Very Low | 2 |
| Hampton Bays Fire Department | 15,739 | $308.3K | Relatively Low | 2 |
| Manorville Fire Department | 15,067 | $291.3K | Relatively Low | 3 |
| Miller Place Fire Department | 11,356 | $289.7K | Very Low | 2 |
| St. James Fire District | 10,816 | $283.1K | Very Low | 2 |
| Stony Brook Volunteer Fire Department | 8,626 | $269.5K | Very Low | 2 |
| Center Moriches Fire Department | 11,054 | $249.7K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| North Lindenhurst Fire Department | 10,240 | $248.5K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Southampton Fire Department | 11,666 | $245.5K | Relatively Low | 3 |
| Bohemia Fire Department | 8,825 | $243.9K | Very Low | 2 |
| Holtsville Fire Department | 9,608 | $242.8K | Very Low | 1 |
| Wading River Fire Department | 11,665 | $235.5K | Relatively Moderate | 2 |
| Port Jefferson Fire Department | 9,023 | $220.6K | Very Low | 1 |
| Bayport Fire District | 8,315 | $219.6K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Centerport Fire Department | 7,892 | $205.3K | Very Low | 3 |
| Sound Beach Fire Department | 7,662 | $202.4K | Very Low | 1 |
| East Hampton Fire Department | 12,625 | $198.1K | Very Low | 3 |
| Westhampton Beach Fire Department | 7,508 | $175.9K | Relatively High | 2 |
| Bellport Fire Department | 5,915 | $174.1K | Very Low | 1 |
| Sag Harbor Fire Department | 7,715 | $169.1K | Relatively Low | 4 |
| Wyandanch Volunteer Fire Company | 6,299 | $158.1K | Very Low | 2 |
| Blue Point Fire Department | 4,780 | $156.8K | Very Low | 1 |
| Southold Fire Department | 6,945 | $155.5K | Relatively Moderate | 2 |
| Halesite Fire Department | 6,189 | $154.4K | Very Low | 1 |
| Mattituck Fire Department | 6,062 | $133.1K | Very Low | 1 |
| East Quogue Fire District | 5,603 | $132.7K | Relatively Moderate | 2 |
| Cold Spring Harbor Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. | 5,089 | $132.2K | Very Low | 1 |
| East Moriches Fire Department | 6,543 | $132.1K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Springs Fire Department | 8,631 | $128.3K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Eastport Fire Department | 4,563 | $122.1K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Flanders Fire District, Inc. | 7,076 | $120.4K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Greenport Fire Department | 5,266 | $120.4K | Very Low | 2 |
| Yaphank Fire Department | 5,118 | $120.0K | Very Low | 1 |
| Bridgehampton Fire Department | 3,719 | $108.8K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Gordon Heights Fire District | 4,596 | $107.2K | Very Low | 1 |
| North Sea Fire Department | 5,733 | $100.2K | Relatively Moderate | 2 |
| Cutchogue Fire Department | 3,359 | $89.7K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Montauk Fire Department | 4,262 | $86.3K | Relatively Low | 2 |
| Amagansett Fire Department | 1,755 | $74.0K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Shelter Island Fire Department | 3,387 | $69.3K | Relatively Moderate | 3 |
| Jamesport Fire Department | 2,766 | $67.5K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Plum Island ARC Fire Deptment | 2,524 | $65.3K | Relatively Low | 0 |
| Quogue Fire Department | 995 | $50.6K | Relatively High | 1 |
| Eatons Neck Fire Department | 1,408 | $49.2K | Very Low | 1 |
| Nissequogue Fire Department | 1,507 | $43.5K | Very Low | 1 |
| Orient Fire Department | 1,033 | $26.5K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| East Marion Fire Department | 1,002 | $25.7K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Great River Fire Department | 996 | $25.2K | Very Low | 1 |
| Ocean Beach Volunteer Fire Department | 56 | $20.7K | Very High | 0 |
| Fair Harbor Fire Department | 53 | $19.9K | Very High | 1 |
| Fishers Island Fire Department | 436 | $11.2K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Saltaire Volunteer Fire Company | 27 | $10.1K | Very High | 1 |
| Fire Island Pines Volunteer Fire Department | 79 | $9.0K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Ocean Bay Park Fire Department | 60 | $6.9K | Relatively Moderate | 0 |
| Point O' Woods Volunteer Fire Department | 47 | $5.4K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Cherry Grove Fire Department | 35 | $4.0K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Kismet Fire Department | 10 | $3.6K | Very High | 2 |
| Davis Park Fire Department | 12 | $1.3K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Brookhaven National Laboratory Fire Department | 30 | $780 | Very Low | 1 |
| East Brentwood Fire Department | -- | -- | Insufficient Data | 1 |
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