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 Wayne County, the largest single contributor is Cold Wave, 47% of the life-safety total.
Wayne County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $14.0M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 67 Pennsylvania counties. Nationally, Wayne County ranks 1802nd of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 2666th for life safety per 100k residents, 1186th for property loss, and 2073rd 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 Wayne 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 Wayne County See what a department seesWhat Drives the Loss
Total expected annual loss: $17,204,629 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 Wayne 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 45 departments registered in NERIS Public for Wayne 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 Wayne 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 ▲ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Chichester Fire Department | 86,563 | $5.5M | Relatively Low | 1 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Greenfield Township Volunteer Fire Company | 64,613 | $3.3M | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Avondale Fire Company #1 | 34,390 | $2.7M | Relatively Moderate | 2 |
| Hawley Fire Department | 40,354 | $2.5M | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Meredith Hose Company | 36,905 | $2.2M | Relatively High | 1 |
| Christiana Fire Company | 45,142 | $2.1M | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Londonderry Fire Company #1 | 35,178 | $1.9M | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Rheems Fire Department | 34,433 | $1.8M | Relatively Low | 2 |
| Robert Fulton Fire Company | 32,831 | $1.7M | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Jefferson Township Volunteer Fire Company | 27,934 | $1.6M | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Blawnox Glenover Volunteer Fire Department | 27,588 | $1.5M | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Hose Company #1 | 24,218 | $1.5M | Relatively Moderate | 4 |
| Lake Ariel Volunteer Fire Company | 24,220 | $1.4M | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Bart Township Fire Company | 27,178 | $1.3M | Relatively High | 1 |
| Aristes Fire Company | 17,020 | $1.1M | Relatively High | 1 |
| Citizens Fire Company # 1 | 17,020 | $1.1M | Relatively High | 1 |
| East Cameron Township Fire Department | 17,020 | $1.1M | Relatively High | 1 |
| Rangers Hose Company | 17,020 | $1.1M | Relatively High | 1 |
| Shamokin Fire Bureau | 17,020 | $1.1M | Relatively High | 8 |
| Valley Chemical Fire Company | 17,020 | $1.1M | Relatively High | 1 |
| Wilburton Hose Company 1 | 17,020 | $1.1M | Relatively High | 2 |
| Blakely Hose Company #2 | 18,315 | $1.0M | Relatively High | 1 |
| Forest City Fire Department | 14,441 | $776.1K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Browndale Fire Company 1 | 11,113 | $646.8K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Lake Harmony Volunteer Fire Company, Inc. | 6,727 | $550.7K | Relatively Moderate | 7 |
| Central Volunteer Fire Department | 8,422 | $539.5K | Relatively High | 3 |
| Lackawaxen Township Volunteer Fire Department | 8,422 | $539.5K | Relatively High | 1 |
| Equinunk Volunteer Fire Company | 8,044 | $527.9K | Relatively Low | 1 |
| Prompton Fire & Rescue Unit | 8,631 | $517.7K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Thompson Hose Company | 7,281 | $445.9K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Tafton Fire Company, Inc. | 7,340 | $423.3K | Very Low | 2 |
| Sci Waymart Fire Department | 6,422 | $396.0K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Waymart Volunteer Fire Company | 6,422 | $396.0K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Lakeville Volunteer Fire Company | 6,487 | $374.9K | Relatively Low | 2 |
| Northern Wayne Fire Company Inc | 4,408 | $307.4K | Relatively Moderate | 1 |
| Ledgedale Volunteer Fire Company | 4,144 | $250.3K | Very Low | 1 |
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