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 Erie County, the largest single contributor is Lightning, 34% of the life-safety total.
Erie County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $41.6M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 67 Pennsylvania counties. Nationally, Erie County ranks 1237th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 3198th for life safety per 100k residents, 450th for property loss, and 3082nd 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 Erie 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 Erie County See what a department seesWhat Drives the Loss
Total expected annual loss: $47,569,893 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 Erie 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 50 departments registered in NERIS Public for Erie 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 Erie 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 ▲ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progress Fire Company | 163,715 | $9.2M | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Hartsville Fire Company #1, Inc. | 117,796 | $8.0M | Relatively Low | 2 |
| Rescue Fire Company #1 | 85,716 | $5.1M | Relatively Moderate | 3 |
| Harrison City Fire Department | 106,194 | $4.5M | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Quarryville Fire Company #1 | 96,745 | $4.4M | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Main Township Volunteer Fire Company | 62,835 | $2.8M | Relatively Moderate | 2 |
| Alpha Fire Company | 126,408 | $2.6M | Very Low | 7 |
| Mcconnellsburg Volunteer Fire Department | 70,218 | $2.6M | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Corry Fire Department (Stanford Hose Company) | 53,752 | $2.4M | Relatively Moderate | 2 |
| Saegertown Volunteer Fire Department | 68,921 | $2.4M | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Fivepointville Fire Department | 38,347 | $1.7M | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Erie Fire Department | 87,724 | $1.6M | Very Low | 18 |
| Mmp&W Volunteer Fire Company | 48,929 | $1.6M | Relatively Moderate | 2 |
| Belle Valley Fire Department, Inc. | 70,372 | $1.5M | Relatively Low | 2 |
| Fire Department Mount Joy, Inc. | 29,429 | $1.4M | Relatively Moderate | 2 |
| Perry Hi-Way Hose Company | 68,061 | $1.4M | Relatively Low | 2 |
| Aspinwall Volunteer Fire Department | 27,728 | $1.3M | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Brighton Township Volunteer Fire Department | 27,442 | $1.2M | Relatively Low | 3 |
| Port Matilda Fire Company | 30,564 | $1.2M | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Sadsburyville Fire Company | 24,070 | $1.0M | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Arnold Volunteer Engine Company #2 | 27,131 | $936.9K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Eureka Fire Rescue Ems | 27,131 | $936.9K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Greenfield Volunteer Fire Company | 27,131 | $936.9K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Ohio Township Volunteer Fire Company | 27,131 | $936.9K | Relatively Low | 2 |
| Summit Hose Company | 27,131 | $936.9K | Relatively Low | 2 |
| Masontown Volunteer Fire Department | 28,009 | $822.2K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Cherry Grove Volunteer Fire Department | 15,322 | $668.7K | Relatively High | 1 |
| Hand-In-Hand Fire Department | 12,562 | $640.7K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Cranesville Volunteer Fire Department | 18,737 | $438.2K | Relatively Low | 2 |
| Edinboro Volunteer Fire Department | 17,359 | $425.2K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| West Ridge Fire Department | 21,848 | $405.1K | Relatively Low | 2 |
| Friedens Volunteer Fire Department | 14,245 | $384.3K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Harborcreek Fire Department | 11,105 | $260.6K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Kearsarge Fire Department | 11,574 | $219.8K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Fairview Firemen's Relief Association | 9,659 | $195.7K | Relatively Moderate | 3 |
| A.F. Dobler Hose & Ladder Co. | 8,480 | $185.2K | Relatively Low | 0 |
| Lake City Fire Company | 7,972 | $174.6K | Relatively Low | 2 |
| Union City Volunteer Fire Department | 5,405 | $173.2K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Wattsburg Hose Company | 5,151 | $151.2K | Very Low | 2 |
| Franklin Township Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. | 6,033 | $145.1K | Very Low | 1 |
| West Lake Fire Department | 6,095 | $140.3K | Very Low | 2 |
| Albion Volunteer Fire Department | 5,333 | $135.4K | Very Low | 1 |
| Fairfield Hose Company | 6,147 | $134.6K | Very Low | 1 |
| Platea Volunteer Fire Department | 5,419 | $121.1K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Fuller Hose Company #1 | 3,247 | $105.4K | Relatively Low | 3 |
| Mckean Hose Company | 4,819 | $104.5K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Kuhl Hose Company, Inc. | 4,456 | $87.3K | Very Low | 3 |
| Springfield Volunteer Fire Department | 3,049 | $62.1K | Very Low | 1 |
| Lawrence Park Township Volunteer Fire Department | 3,204 | $61.1K | Very Low | 1 |
| Wesleyville Hose Company | 2,242 | $44.8K | Very Low | 1 |
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