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Williams County, OH

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 55.7 Relatively Moderate

36,719
Population
11
Departments
10
Stations
9
Census Tracts

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.

Natural Hazard Life Safety
0.20
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
49th highest of 88
Life Safety per 100k
0.54
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
17th highest of 88
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$9.5M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
63rd highest of 88
Property Loss per Resident
$259
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
34th highest of 88

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 Williams County, the largest single contributor is Tornado, 33% of the life-safety total.

Williams County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $9.5M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 88 Ohio counties. Nationally, Williams County ranks 1962nd of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 2469th for life safety per 100k residents, 1566th for property loss, and 2216th for property loss per resident. Computed from census tract data covering every resident, independent of fire department boundaries.

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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 Williams 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.

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What Drives the Loss

76%
22%
Property (buildings): $9.5M (76.2%)
Life safety: $2.7M (21.8%)
Agriculture: $240K (1.9%)

Total expected annual loss: $12,483,692 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)

Tornado
$897K
Cold Wave
$710K
Strong Wind
$673K
Lightning
$157K
Heat Wave
$145K
Earthquake
$101K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$6.2M
Tornado
$1.8M
Hail
$546K
Strong Wind
$462K
Earthquake
$380K
Ice Storm
$119K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Williams 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

27%
73%
Combination: 27% (3)
Volunteer: 73% (8)
Residents per Station
3,672
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
27.2
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 11 departments registered in NERIS Public for Williams 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 Williams 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.

Showing 11 departments
Department Est. Population Life-Safety Loss NRI Rating Stations
Bryan Fire Department 21,539 $1.6M Relatively Moderate 1
Montpelier Fire Department 17,028 $1.3M Relatively High 1
Pioneer Fire Department 11,434 $893.4K Relatively High 1
Springfield Township Stryker Fire Department 8,870 $649.3K Relatively Moderate 1
Northwest Fire And Rescue 8,068 $611.7K Relatively High 0
Hamilton Volunteer Fire Department 7,409 $508.6K Relatively Moderate 1
Edgerton Fire Department 8,047 $476.7K Relatively Low 1
Alvordton-Millcreek Township Fire Department 4,355 $345.0K Relatively High 1
Madison Township Kunkle Fire Department 4,355 $345.0K Relatively High 1
Brady Township Fire Department 4,663 $340.6K Relatively High 1
Florence Township Fire Department 3,713 $266.7K Relatively High 1
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Risk Snapshot

12.7%
Poverty Rate
20.1%
Age 65+
17.2%
Disability Rate
4.8%
Uninsured
69.0%
Pre-1980 Housing
7.5%
Mobile Homes
6.6%
Vacancy Rate
3.2%
Wood Heat
$63,680
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

2
Last 10 Years
5
Last 25 Years
Biological
Most Frequent

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