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 Lackawanna County, the largest single contributor is Cold Wave, 49% of the life-safety total.
Lackawanna County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $60.3M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 67 Pennsylvania counties. Nationally, Lackawanna County ranks 663rd of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 2748th for life safety per 100k residents, 338th for property loss, and 2017th 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 Lackawanna 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: $72,399,204 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 Lackawanna 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 57 departments registered in NERIS Public for Lackawanna 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 Lackawanna 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 ▲ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bigler Jackson Woodland (Bjw) Volunteer Fire Company | 77,615 | $5.3M | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Wallaceton Area Volunteer Fire Company # 1 | 77,615 | $5.3M | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Greene Dreher Volunteer Fire Association | 68,645 | $5.3M | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Birdsboro-Union Fire Department | 78,549 | $5.0M | Relatively Moderate | 2 |
| Coolbaugh Township Volunteer Fire Department | 54,402 | $4.4M | Relatively Low | 2 |
| Elmhurst Roaring Brook Volunteer Fire Company | 54,402 | $4.4M | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Gouldsboro Volunteer Fire Company | 54,402 | $4.4M | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Moscow Volunteer Fire & Hose Company | 54,402 | $4.4M | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Spring Brook Volunteer Fire Company, Inc. | 54,402 | $4.4M | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Tobyhanna Army Depot Army Fire & Emergency Services | 54,402 | $4.4M | Relatively Low | 2 |
| City Of Scranton Bureau Of Fire | 73,006 | $4.2M | Relatively Low | 16 |
| Bower Hill Volunteer Fire Department | 60,597 | $3.6M | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Greenfield Township Volunteer Fire Company | 64,613 | $3.3M | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Manchester Township Department Of Fire Services | 67,248 | $2.5M | Relatively Low | 0 |
| Meredith Hose Company | 36,905 | $2.2M | Relatively High | 1 |
| Chinchilla Hose Company 2-South Abington Township | 37,929 | $2.1M | Relatively Moderate | 5 |
| Christiana Fire Company | 45,142 | $2.1M | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Keystone Fire Company 1 | 31,996 | $2.0M | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Excelsior Hose Company #2 | 29,153 | $1.7M | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Jefferson Township Volunteer Fire Company | 27,934 | $1.6M | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Lake Ariel Volunteer Fire Company | 24,220 | $1.4M | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Blakely Hose Company #2 | 18,315 | $1.0M | Relatively High | 1 |
| Ligonier Volunteer Hose Company #1 | 33,372 | $897.9K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Crystal Fire Company 1 | 17,193 | $894.2K | Relatively High | 1 |
| Dalton Fire Company | 19,249 | $890.6K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Crystal Fire Department | 15,649 | $848.8K | Relatively Low | 2 |
| Forest City Fire Department | 14,441 | $776.1K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Browndale Fire Company 1 | 11,113 | $646.8K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Borough Of Dunmore - Fire Department | 13,034 | $630.1K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Crabtree Volunteer Fire Department | 24,892 | $576.9K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Pleasant Hill Volunteer Fire Company | 15,703 | $547.3K | Relatively Low | 2 |
| Clarks Summit Fire Company 1, Inc. | 9,443 | $503.4K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Dickson City Fire Department | 5,507 | $480.9K | Relatively Moderate | 2 |
| Excelsior Hose Company # 1 | 4,831 | $420.4K | Very High | 1 |
| Liberty Hose Company 6 | 4,831 | $420.4K | Very High | 1 |
| Queen City Hose Company No. 8 | 4,831 | $420.4K | Very High | 1 |
| Andrew Mitchell Hose Company #1 | 7,834 | $406.4K | Relatively High | 1 |
| City Of Carbondale Fire Department, Municipality | 7,834 | $406.4K | Relatively High | 1 |
| Old Forge Fire Department | 7,560 | $390.4K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Archbald Fire and Rescue Squad | 7,404 | $376.4K | Relatively High | 2 |
| Jeannette Fire Department | 12,009 | $367.3K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Greenwood Hose Company 1 | 5,196 | $302.1K | Relatively High | 1 |
| Moosic Fire Department | 5,196 | $302.1K | Relatively High | 0 |
| Lake Winola Fire Company 1, Inc. | 7,785 | $270.0K | Relatively High | 2 |
| Mayfield Hose Company, No. 1 | 2,968 | $248.5K | Relatively High | 1 |
| William Walker Hose Company | 2,968 | $248.5K | Relatively High | 1 |
| Taylor Hose And Engine Company No. 1 | 5,126 | $247.6K | Relatively High | 3 |
| Justus Volunteer Fire Company | 4,642 | $240.0K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Scott Township Hose Company | 4,642 | $240.0K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Jessup Hose Company #2 | 4,132 | $231.9K | Relatively High | 1 |
| Jessup Hose Company No. 1 | 4,132 | $231.9K | Relatively High | 1 |
| Newton-Ransom Volunteer Fire Company | 4,194 | $219.8K | Relatively High | 1 |
| Olyphant Hose Company No 2 | 3,593 | $196.4K | Very High | 1 |
| Wilson Fire Company #1 | 3,593 | $196.4K | Very High | 1 |
| Throop Hose Company #2 | 3,564 | $188.7K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Volunteer Hose Company Of Throop No. 3 | 3,564 | $188.7K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Grattan-Singer Hose Company 1, Fire Company | 3,276 | $158.4K | Relatively High | 1 |
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