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Coffee County, TN

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 58.8 Relatively Moderate

59,710
Population
14
Departments
36
Stations
17
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
0.64
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
32nd highest of 95
Life Safety per 100k
1.07
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
52nd highest of 95
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$13.6M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
27th highest of 95
Property Loss per Resident
$227
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
62nd highest of 95

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 Coffee County, the largest single contributor is Cold Wave, 40% of the life-safety total.

Coffee County carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $13.6M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 95 Tennessee counties. Nationally, Coffee County ranks 888th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 1610th for life safety per 100k residents, 1213th for property loss, and 2520th 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

59%
38%
Property (buildings): $13.6M (59.1%)
Life safety: $8.8M (38.2%)
Agriculture: $618K (2.7%)

Total expected annual loss: $22,928,383 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)

Cold Wave
$3.5M
Tornado
$2.8M
Earthquake
$1.2M
Strong Wind
$571K
Lightning
$194K
Heat Wave
$193K

By property loss ($/yr)

Inland Flooding
$7.7M
Tornado
$2.7M
Earthquake
$2.2M
Strong Wind
$353K
Hail
$301K
Winter Weather
$91K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Coffee 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

71%
14%
Career: 7% (1)
Combination: 7% (1)
Volunteer: 71% (10)
Unreported: 14% (2)
Residents per Station
1,659
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
60.3
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 14 departments registered in NERIS Public for Coffee County, TN. 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 Coffee 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 14 departments
Department Est. Population Life-Safety Loss NRI Rating Stations
Bedford County Fire Department 45,144 $8.2M Very High 9
City Of Tullahoma Fire Department 32,347 $5.3M Relatively High 2
Manchester Fire - Rescue 24,103 $3.5M Relatively High 2
New Union Volunteer Fire Department 22,072 $3.0M Relatively Moderate 2
Estill Springs Volunteer Fire Department 15,817 $2.7M Relatively High 1
Summitville Volunteer Fire Department 15,029 $2.4M Relatively High 3
North Coffee Volunteer Fire Department 17,852 $2.3M Relatively Moderate 1
Capitol Hill Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. 13,774 $2.2M Relatively High 1
Viola Community Volunteer Fire Department 12,731 $2.0M Relatively High 2
Hickerson Station Volunteer Fire Department 11,481 $1.5M Relatively Moderate 2
Metropolitan Lynchburg/Moore County Volunteer Fire Department 6,674 $1.3M Relatively High 6
Hillsboro Volunteer Fire Department 8,844 $1.2M Relatively Moderate 2
Morrison Fire Department 6,736 $1.1M Very High 2
Pelham Valley Volunteer Fire Department 5,000 $1.0M Relatively High 1
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Risk Snapshot

17.4%
Poverty Rate
17.7%
Age 65+
17.0%
Disability Rate
10.4%
Uninsured
42.4%
Pre-1980 Housing
13.1%
Mobile Homes
9.3%
Vacancy Rate
0.6%
Wood Heat
$61,310
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

9
Last 10 Years
13
Last 25 Years
Severe Storm
Most Frequent

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