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 Armstrong County, the largest single contributor is Lightning, 45% of the life-safety total.
Armstrong County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $26.6M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 67 Pennsylvania counties. Nationally, Armstrong County ranks 2738th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 3210th for life safety per 100k residents, 678th for property loss, and 1177th 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 Armstrong 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 Armstrong County See what a department seesWhat Drives the Loss
Total expected annual loss: $27,759,481 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 Armstrong 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 43 departments registered in NERIS Public for Armstrong County, PA. 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 Armstrong 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 ▲ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harrison City Fire Department | 106,194 | $4.5M | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Cochranville Fire Company | 45,653 | $2.6M | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Saegertown Volunteer Fire Department | 68,921 | $2.4M | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Durlach-Mount Airy Fire Company | 30,752 | $2.2M | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Penryn Fire Company 1, Inc. | 37,614 | $1.8M | Relatively Moderate | 2 |
| Fairfield Community Fire Company | 25,674 | $1.2M | Relatively Moderate | 2 |
| Hawthorn Area Fire Department | 18,400 | $871.4K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Gilpin Township Volunteer Fire Department | 24,271 | $780.4K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Markle Volunteer Fire Department | 30,285 | $729.4K | Relatively Low | 2 |
| Harrison Hills Volunteer Fire Company Station 169 | 24,402 | $638.9K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Kittanning Hose Company 6 | 37,790 | $634.3K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Freeport Volunteer Fire Department/Ems | 25,888 | $571.5K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| George G. Mcmurtry Fire Department 1 | 25,888 | $571.5K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Indiana Fire Association - White Township Station | 25,888 | $571.5K | Relatively Low | 2 |
| Parks Township Volunteer Fire Department 1 | 25,888 | $571.5K | Relatively Low | 3 |
| Vandergrift Fire Department No. 2 | 25,888 | $571.5K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Lilly Community Volunteer Fire Company | 16,666 | $541.0K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Manor Volunteer Fire Department | 28,354 | $486.7K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Larimer Volunteer Fire Department | 19,353 | $475.8K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Bell Township Fire Department | 15,780 | $356.2K | Relatively Low | 2 |
| Buffalo Township Volunteer Fire Company | 17,027 | $315.4K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Kiski Township Fire Department 1 | 16,712 | $291.1K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Sarver Volunteer Fire Company | 13,702 | $250.6K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Worthington West Franklin Volunteer Fire Department | 13,350 | $234.0K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| East Butler Volunteer Fire Department | 10,459 | $203.1K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Applewold Volunteer Fire Department #1 | 11,077 | $195.0K | Relatively High | 1 |
| West Kittanning Fire Department | 11,077 | $195.0K | Relatively High | 1 |
| Tunnelton/Conemaugh Township Volunteer Fire Department | 4,018 | $155.4K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Dayton District Volunteer Fire Department | 7,605 | $140.0K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Manor Township Volunteer Fire Company | 7,729 | $136.3K | Relatively High | 1 |
| Burrell Township Volunteer Fire Department | 7,515 | $131.2K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Elderton District Volunteer Fire Company | 7,264 | $123.5K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Distant Area Volunteer Fire Department | 6,485 | $118.4K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Ford Cliff Volunteer Fire Company | 5,632 | $101.0K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Pine Township Volunteer Fire Company | 5,100 | $95.6K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Avonmore Volunteer Fire Department | 3,972 | $63.0K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Parker City Volunteer Fire Department | 3,236 | $60.1K | Relatively High | 1 |
| Rayburn Township Volunteer Fire Company | 3,184 | $60.0K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Allegheny Township Volunteer Fire Company 1 | 2,243 | $42.6K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Bethel Township Hose Company #1 | 2,069 | $34.9K | Very High | 1 |
| Leechburg Volunteer Fire Company | 1,436 | $26.3K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| North Apollo Fire Department | 1,171 | $20.6K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Apollo Volunteer Fire Department #3 | 293 | $5.2K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
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