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 Dauphin County, the largest single contributor is Inland Flooding, 21% of the life-safety total.
Dauphin County carries an expected 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $83.7M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 67 Pennsylvania counties. Nationally, Dauphin County ranks 524th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 2787th for life safety per 100k residents, 266th for property loss, and 1943rd 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 Dauphin 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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Total expected annual loss: $99,795,217 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 Dauphin 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 42 departments registered in NERIS Public for Dauphin 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 Dauphin 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 ▲ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dauphin County Hazardous Materials Response Team | 476,969 | $28.7M | Relatively Moderate | 3 |
| Progress Fire Company | 163,715 | $9.2M | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Hershey Volunteer Fire Department | 120,246 | $7.2M | Relatively Moderate | 5 |
| Rescue Fire Company #1 | 85,716 | $5.1M | Relatively Moderate | 3 |
| Lower Swatara Volunteer Fire Department | 74,967 | $4.4M | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Friendship Fire And Hose Company | 83,393 | $4.1M | Relatively Moderate | 2 |
| Harrisburg Bureau Of Fire | 46,819 | $3.3M | Relatively Moderate | 4 |
| Campbelltown Volunteer Fire Company | 48,679 | $2.7M | Relatively Moderate | 2 |
| Londonderry Fire Company #1 | 35,178 | $1.9M | Relatively Low | 1 |
| New Berlin Fire Company 1 | 39,885 | $1.9M | Relatively High | 1 |
| Rheems Fire Department | 34,433 | $1.8M | Relatively Low | 2 |
| Susquehanna Township Fire/Rescue Services | 31,464 | $1.6M | Relatively Moderate | 3 |
| Grantville Volunteer Fire Company | 33,220 | $1.3M | Relatively Low | 2 |
| Perdix Fire Company #1 | 18,269 | $1.3M | Relatively High | 1 |
| Klingerstown Fire Company | 26,979 | $1.2M | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Reliance Hose Company No 1 | 24,152 | $1.1M | Relatively Low | 0 |
| Swatara Fire Rescue | 24,152 | $1.1M | Relatively Low | 4 |
| Swatara Township Volunteer Fire Company | 24,152 | $1.1M | Relatively Low | 0 |
| Chambers Hill Fire Company | 24,135 | $1.1M | Relatively Low | 0 |
| Lawnton Fire Company | 24,135 | $1.1M | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Liberty Hose Company No 2 | 18,608 | $1.1M | Relatively High | 1 |
| Paxtang Fire Company Number One | 19,415 | $1.0M | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Colonial Park Fire Company #1 | 20,798 | $935.9K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Wiconisco Fire Engine Company No 1, Inc. | 12,947 | $803.2K | Relatively High | 1 |
| Rescue Hose Company #3 | 13,832 | $783.8K | Relatively Moderate | 0 |
| Reliance Hose Company 1 | 9,987 | $629.0K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Linglestown Fire Company | 14,343 | $628.5K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Gratz Area Fire Company #1 | 9,302 | $601.6K | Relatively High | 1 |
| Pillow Fire Company #1 | 11,153 | $549.0K | Relatively High | 1 |
| Carsonville Volunteer Fire Company | 10,025 | $527.2K | Relatively High | 1 |
| Dauphin-Middle Paxton Fire Company #1, Inc. | 10,025 | $527.2K | Relatively High | 1 |
| West Hanover Township Fire Company #1 | 10,530 | $444.4K | Relatively Low | 3 |
| Citizens Fire Company No. 1 Of Highspire | 4,114 | $389.0K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Penbrook Fire Company | 4,114 | $389.0K | Relatively Low | 2 |
| Fisherville Volunteer Fire Company #1 (Jackson Township) | 7,551 | $349.2K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Halifax Fire Department | 7,551 | $349.2K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Volunteer Fire Company No.1 Of New Buffalo | 4,837 | $336.5K | Relatively High | 1 |
| South Hanover Township Volunteer Fire Company | 6,817 | $334.0K | Relatively High | 2 |
| Millersburg Fire Company #1 | 6,557 | $310.9K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Bethlehem Steel Fire Department | 4,431 | $237.8K | Relatively Moderate | 0 |
| Steelton Volunteer Fire Department | 4,431 | $237.8K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Harrisburg International Airport Fire Department | 660 | $39.9K | Relatively High | 1 |
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