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 Washington County, the largest single contributor is Cold Wave, 46% of the life-safety total.
Washington County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $15.2M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 62 New York counties. Nationally, Washington County ranks 1575th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 2608th for life safety per 100k residents, 1120th for property loss, and 2292nd 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 Washington 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 Washington County See what a department seesWhat Drives the Loss
Total expected annual loss: $19,445,831 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 Washington 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 27 departments registered in NERIS Public for Washington 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 Washington 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 ▲ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation Wildland Fire | 648,378 | $41.8M | Relatively Low | 0 |
| Queensbury Central Volunteer Fire Company, Inc. | 15,174 | $1.7M | Relatively Low | 2 |
| Cambridge Fire Department | 14,253 | $885.8K | Relatively Low | 0 |
| Buskirk Volunteer Fire Department | 8,667 | $601.5K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Hartford Volunteer Fire Company, Inc. | 8,077 | $555.8K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Greenwich Fire Department | 7,167 | $460.3K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Granville Fire Department | 6,182 | $420.2K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| North Granville Hose Company, Inc. | 6,182 | $420.2K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Salem Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. | 6,057 | $408.8K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Hudson Falls Fire Department | 6,380 | $378.4K | Very Low | 1 |
| Pilot Knob Vffa | 5,311 | $374.5K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| West Fort Ann Volunteer Fire Company | 5,311 | $374.5K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Fort Edward Fire Department | 5,841 | $349.7K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Kingsbury Volunteer Hose Company #1, Inc. | 5,302 | $318.0K | Very Low | 2 |
| Poultney Fire Department | 4,158 | $316.9K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Cossayuna Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. | 4,850 | $308.5K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Easton Fire Department | 4,850 | $308.5K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Whitehall Volunteer Fire Company Inc. | 5,150 | $307.7K | Very High | 1 |
| Shushan Volunteer Fire Company Inc. | 4,306 | $293.9K | Relatively Moderate | 0 |
| White Creek Fire Department | 3,261 | $244.9K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Argyle Fire Rescue | 3,636 | $216.6K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Fair Haven Volunteer Fire Department | 2,724 | $171.8K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Middle Falls Fire Department | 2,317 | $151.8K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| West Haven Fire Department | 2,528 | $144.5K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Hebron Volunteer Fire Company, Inc | 1,751 | $114.9K | Very Low | 2 |
| Putnam Volunteer Fire Company | 1,091 | $70.4K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Fort Ann Volunteer Fire Company, Inc. | -- | -- | Insufficient Data | 1 |
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