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 Cuyahoga County, the largest single contributor is Cold Wave, 62% of the life-safety total.
Cuyahoga County carries an expected 6 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $202.7M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 88 Ohio counties. Nationally, Cuyahoga County ranks 90th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 2614th for life safety per 100k residents, 91st for property loss, and 3041st 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 Cuyahoga 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 Cuyahoga County See what a department seesWhat Drives the Loss
Total expected annual loss: $282,430,144 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 Cuyahoga 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 55 departments registered in NERIS Public for Cuyahoga County, OH. 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 Cuyahoga 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 ▲ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Hopkins International Airport Fire-Rescue Department | 351,360 | $22.7M | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Cleveland Division Of Fire | 350,224 | $22.6M | Relatively Low | 28 |
| Parma Fire Department | 75,588 | $4.9M | Relatively Low | 5 |
| Lakewood Fire Department 1 | 46,967 | $2.9M | Very Low | 3 |
| Euclid Fire Department | 46,082 | $2.9M | Very Low | 3 |
| Strongsville Fire And Emergency Services | 44,387 | $2.7M | Relatively Low | 4 |
| Cleveland Heights Fire Department | 40,931 | $2.7M | Very Low | 2 |
| Westlake Fire Department | 32,223 | $2.0M | Relatively Moderate | 2 |
| North Royalton Fire Department | 29,697 | $1.9M | Relatively Low | 2 |
| City Of North Olmsted Fire Department | 29,378 | $1.8M | Very Low | 2 |
| Garfield Heights Fire Department | 26,944 | $1.7M | Very Low | 2 |
| Shaker Heights Fire Department | 25,872 | $1.7M | Relatively Low | 2 |
| City Of Olmsted Falls, Division Of Fire | 23,512 | $1.4M | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Solon Fire Department | 21,802 | $1.4M | Relatively Low | 3 |
| Maple Heights Fire Department | 20,938 | $1.4M | Very Low | 2 |
| South Euclid Fire Department | 18,966 | $1.2M | Very Low | 1 |
| Rocky River Fire Department | 19,285 | $1.2M | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Parma Heights Fire Department | 18,498 | $1.2M | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Broadview Heights Fire Department | 18,603 | $1.2M | Relatively Low | 2 |
| Mayfield Heights Fire Department | 17,836 | $1.2M | Very Low | 1 |
| New Richmond Fire And Ems Department | 7,750 | $1.1M | Relatively High | 2 |
| Brook Park Fire Department | 16,519 | $1.0M | Relatively Low | 2 |
| Berea Fire Department | 16,037 | $1.0M | Very Low | 1 |
| Fairview Park Fire Department | 14,681 | $924.7K | Very Low | 1 |
| Middleburg Heights Fire Department | 14,576 | $911.2K | Very Low | 1 |
| Bay Village Fire Department | 14,774 | $909.1K | Very Low | 1 |
| Olmsted Township Fire Department | 14,054 | $853.9K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Brecksville Fire Department | 13,053 | $824.2K | Very Low | 1 |
| Beachwood Fire Department | 12,345 | $798.8K | Relatively Low | 2 |
| Lyndhurst Fire Department | 12,348 | $798.7K | Very Low | 1 |
| East Cleveland Fire And Emergency Medical Services | 11,759 | $772.1K | Very Low | 2 |
| University Heights Fire Department | 11,250 | $753.3K | Very Low | 1 |
| Bedford Division Of Fire | 11,480 | $748.4K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Seven Hills Fire Department | 10,371 | $667.5K | Very Low | 1 |
| Brooklyn Fire Department | 10,131 | $665.9K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Chagrin Falls Fire Department | 9,835 | $625.6K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Bedford Heights Fire Department | 9,600 | $623.0K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Richmond Heights Fire Department | 9,390 | $604.2K | Very Low | 1 |
| Warrensville Heights Fire Department | 9,266 | $595.6K | Relatively Low | 2 |
| Highland Hills Fire Department | 8,050 | $557.3K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Highland Heights Fire Department | 7,823 | $502.1K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Independence Fire Departemnt | 7,120 | $455.8K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Pepper Pike Fire Department | 6,277 | $398.3K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Oakwood Village Fire Department | 5,827 | $390.7K | Relatively Moderate | 0 |
| Brooklyn Heights Fire Department | 4,784 | $239.2K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Orange Village Fire Department | 3,313 | $207.3K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Northfield Village Fire Department | 5,000 | $205.7K | Very Low | 1 |
| Mayfield Village Fire Department | 2,928 | $189.4K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Green Township Volunteer Fire Department | 4,208 | $157.4K | Very Low | 2 |
| Gates Mills Fire Department | 2,207 | $145.1K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Valley View Fire Department | 1,925 | $123.7K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Cuyahoga Heights Fire Department | 1,775 | $111.0K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| North Randall Fire Department | 872 | $52.1K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Newburgh Heights Fire Department | 289 | $18.1K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Woodmere Fire Department | 208 | $13.1K | Relatively Low | 1 |
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