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Lebanon County, PA

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 49.0 Relatively Moderate

144,186
Population
43
Departments
72
Stations
33
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
0.59
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
19th highest of 67
Life Safety per 100k
0.41
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
21st highest of 67
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$32.8M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
25th highest of 67
Property Loss per Resident
$227
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
48th highest of 67

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 Lebanon County, the largest single contributor is Cold Wave, 19% of the life-safety total.

Lebanon County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $32.8M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 67 Pennsylvania counties. Nationally, Lebanon County ranks 943rd of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 2740th for life safety per 100k residents, 547th for property loss, and 2515th for property loss per resident. Computed from census tract data covering every resident, independent of fire department boundaries.

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What Drives the Loss

76%
19%
Property (buildings): $32.8M (75.8%)
Life safety: $8.1M (18.7%)
Agriculture: $2.4M (5.5%)

Total expected annual loss: $43,209,082 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.

Agriculture is 5% of expected annual loss in Lebanon County, so total loss overstates property loss here. The property figure above counts building loss only.

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)

Cold Wave
$1.6M
Strong Wind
$1.5M
Heat Wave
$1.2M
Tornado
$1.1M
Lightning
$1.0M
Inland Flooding
$589K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$25.7M
Hurricane
$3.5M
Tornado
$1.5M
Earthquake
$1.5M
Strong Wind
$364K
Winter Weather
$65K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Lebanon 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

12%
88%
Combination: 12% (5)
Volunteer: 88% (38)
Residents per Station
2,003
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
49.9
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 43 departments registered in NERIS Public for Lebanon 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 Lebanon 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 43 departments
Department Est. Population Life-Safety Loss NRI Rating Stations
Dauphin County Hazardous Materials Response Team 476,969 $28.7M Relatively Moderate 3
Citizen's Fire Company #1 147,811 $8.9M Relatively Moderate 1
Fayette Fire Company 147,811 $8.9M Relatively Moderate 1
Newportville Fire Company 147,811 $8.9M Relatively Moderate 3
Penndel Fire Company 147,811 $8.9M Relatively Moderate 2
William Penn Fire Company 147,811 $8.9M Relatively Moderate 2
Wissahickon Fire Company 147,811 $8.9M Relatively Moderate 2
Hershey Volunteer Fire Department 120,246 $7.2M Relatively Moderate 5
Perserverance Fire Company 59,289 $3.6M Relatively Moderate 1
Modena Fire Company 1 48,160 $3.4M Relatively Moderate 1
Parkland Fire Company 59,011 $2.9M Relatively Moderate 2
Campbelltown Volunteer Fire Company 48,679 $2.7M Relatively Moderate 2
Hebron Hose Company #1 40,988 $2.7M Relatively Moderate 1
Lebanon City Fire Department 44,321 $2.6M Relatively Moderate 9
Mastersonville Volunteer Fire Department 43,487 $2.6M Relatively Low 1
Mcconnellsburg Volunteer Fire Department 70,218 $2.6M Relatively Moderate 1
Ono Fire Company 44,599 $2.4M Relatively Moderate 1
East Petersburg Fire Company 1 51,921 $2.3M Relatively Moderate 1
Exeter Township Volunteer Fire Department 32,403 $2.3M Relatively Low 3
Old Lycoming Twp Fire Company 39,226 $2.1M Relatively Moderate 1
Newmanstown Volunteer Fire Company 33,090 $2.1M Relatively Moderate 2
Keystone Hook & Ladder Company 1 32,688 $1.8M Relatively Moderate 1
Rheems Fire Department 34,433 $1.8M Relatively Low 2
Penryn Fire Company 1, Inc. 37,614 $1.8M Relatively Moderate 2
Citizens Fire Company 1 29,687 $1.7M Relatively Low 2
Cornwall Borough Community Fire Company 20,450 $1.6M Relatively Low 1
Saint Thomas Township Fire & Rescue 47,191 $1.5M Relatively Moderate 1
Grantville Volunteer Fire Company 33,220 $1.3M Relatively Low 2
Duboistown Fire Department 26,931 $1.3M Relatively Moderate 1
Jamestown Volunteer Firemen's Association, Inc. 22,026 $736.2K Relatively Moderate 1
Neptune Fire Company 1 12,237 $655.8K Relatively Moderate 1
Kutztown Community Volunteer Fire Department 8,023 $453.8K Relatively Moderate 1
Union Hose Company Of Annville, Inc. 7,700 $451.6K Relatively High 1
Friendship Fire Company 7,741 $451.3K Relatively Low 1
Neversink Fire Company 7,085 $384.1K Relatively High 1
Mt Zion Community Fire Company 7,084 $384.0K Relatively High 1
Bellgrove Fire Company 7,810 $343.6K Relatively High 1
Prescott Community Fire Company 5,443 $303.6K Relatively Low 1
Fredericksburg Fire Company #1 5,313 $293.4K Relatively High 1
Weavertown Fire Company #1 4,142 $214.8K Relatively Moderate 1
Rural Security Fire Company 1,950 $100.5K Relatively Moderate 1
Cleona Fire Company # 1 1,456 $85.5K Relatively Low 1
Speedwell Engine & Hose Company 1,195 $58.2K Relatively Low 2
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Risk Snapshot

10.1%
Poverty Rate
20.5%
Age 65+
14.6%
Disability Rate
9.0%
Uninsured
61.1%
Pre-1980 Housing
4.8%
Mobile Homes
5.4%
Vacancy Rate
2.2%
Wood Heat
$80,475
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

3
Last 10 Years
12
Last 25 Years
Flood
Most Frequent

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