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 Westchester County, the largest single contributor is Inland Flooding, 28% of the life-safety total.
Westchester County carries an expected 3 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $166.3M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 62 New York counties. Nationally, Westchester County ranks 165th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 2953rd for life safety per 100k residents, 120th for property loss, and 3009th 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 Westchester 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 Westchester County.
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Total expected annual loss: $209,791,690 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 Westchester 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 54 departments registered in NERIS Public for Westchester 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 Westchester 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 ▲ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yonkers Fire Department | 213,613 | $8.1M | Very Low | 12 |
| New Rochelle Fire Department | 86,049 | $3.8M | Relatively Low | 11 |
| Village of Mamaroneck Fire Department | 19,988 | $2.6M | Relatively Moderate | 4 |
| City Of Mount Vernon Fire Department | 72,822 | $2.5M | Very Low | 4 |
| White Plains Fire Department | 63,429 | $1.8M | Very Low | 6 |
| Lake Mohegan Fire Department | 35,644 | $1.7M | Relatively Low | 4 |
| City Of Rye Fire Department | 17,144 | $1.6M | Relatively High | 3 |
| Ossining Fire Department | 32,294 | $1.4M | Very Low | 7 |
| Eastchester Fire District | 34,419 | $1.3M | Very Low | 5 |
| Harrison Fire Department | 16,746 | $1.2M | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Peekskill Fire Department | 25,893 | $1.0M | Very Low | 1 |
| Yorktown Heights Fire Department | 19,550 | $1.0M | Relatively Low | 2 |
| Cambridge Fire Department | 13,974 | $885.8K | Relatively Low | 0 |
| Village Of Scarsdale | 18,355 | $793.7K | Relatively Low | 3 |
| Somers Volunteer Fire Department | 21,454 | $781.0K | Relatively Low | 4 |
| Town of Mamaroneck Fire Department | 12,686 | $699.0K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Fairview Fire District | 18,001 | $676.8K | Relatively Low | 2 |
| Mount Kisco Fire Department | 14,782 | $618.6K | Relatively Moderate | 3 |
| Tarrytown Volunteer Fire Department | 12,693 | $516.4K | Very Low | 2 |
| Pleasantville Fire Department | 12,998 | $509.1K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Sleepy Hollow Fire Department | 11,360 | $503.8K | Very Low | 3 |
| Larchmont Fire Department | 6,812 | $474.0K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Croton Volunteer Fire Department | 10,028 | $432.0K | Relatively Low | 3 |
| Armonk Fire Department | 7,865 | $427.5K | Relatively Moderate | 2 |
| Dobbs Ferry Fire Department | 11,713 | $405.5K | Relatively Low | 2 |
| Elmsford Fire Department | 9,525 | $372.6K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Chappaqua Volunteer Fire Department | 9,535 | $365.4K | Relatively Low | 2 |
| Hartsdale Fire District | 11,800 | $353.7K | Very Low | 4 |
| Briarcliff Manor Fire Department | 9,092 | $333.0K | Relatively Low | 2 |
| Pelham Fire Department | 7,699 | $315.2K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Hastings-On-Hudson Volunteer Fire Department | 9,312 | $315.2K | Relatively Low | 5 |
| Montrose Fire District | 7,451 | $289.2K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Ardsley Fire Department | 6,483 | $279.5K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| West Harrison Fire Department | 9,202 | $255.8K | Relatively Low | 3 |
| Greenville Fire District | 7,814 | $252.0K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Valhalla Fire Department | 5,098 | $245.2K | Very Low | 6 |
| Pelham Manor Fire Department | 5,833 | $235.9K | Relatively High | 2 |
| Bedford Hills Fire Department | 6,297 | $224.0K | Very Low | 1 |
| Thornwood Fire Department | 5,417 | $216.7K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Hawthorne Fire Department | 5,499 | $212.2K | Very Low | 1 |
| Pound Ridge Volunteer Fire Department | 5,252 | $206.4K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| South Salem Volunteer Fire Department | 5,309 | $202.0K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Bedford Village Fire Department | 4,527 | $201.4K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Millwood Fire Company 1 | 5,952 | $196.3K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Katonah Fire Department | 5,861 | $187.0K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Purchase Fire Department | 6,225 | $179.6K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Vista Fire District | 3,447 | $117.6K | Very Low | 1 |
| Banksville Independent Fire Department | 2,141 | $108.4K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Buchanan Engine Company #1, Inc. | 2,811 | $88.4K | Very Low | 1 |
| North Castle South Fire District 1 (North White Plains Fire Department) | 2,656 | $81.3K | Very Low | 1 |
| Verplanck Fire Department | 2,017 | $80.0K | Very Low | 1 |
| Grasslands Fire Department | 1,646 | $41.3K | Very Low | 0 |
| Franklin D. Roosevelt VA Hospital Fire Department | 311 | $19.6K | Very Low | 1 |
| Archville Fire Company | 297 | $10.8K | Relatively Moderate | 0 |
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