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Franklin city, VA

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 62.5 Relatively High

8,250
Population
2
Departments
5
Stations
2
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
0.04
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
116th highest of 133
Life Safety per 100k
0.45
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
30th highest of 133
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$2.5M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
110th highest of 133
Property Loss per Resident
$305
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
24th highest of 133

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 Franklin city, the largest single contributor is Heat Wave, 26% of the life-safety total.

Franklin city carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $2.5M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 133 Virginia counties. Nationally, Franklin city ranks 3049th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 2648th for life safety per 100k residents, 2828th for property loss, and 1812th 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

83%
17%
Property (buildings): $2.5M (83.2%)
Life safety: $509K (16.8%)
Agriculture: $0 (0.0%)

Total expected annual loss: $3,022,699 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)

Heat Wave
$131K
Tornado
$91K
Strong Wind
$78K
Cold Wave
$77K
Lightning
$34K
Winter Weather
$32K

By property loss ($/yr)

Hurricane
$1.2M
Inland Flooding
$1.1M
Tornado
$83K
Earthquake
$66K
Ice Storm
$18K
Hail
$12K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Franklin city. 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

50%
50%
Combination: 50% (1)
Volunteer: 50% (1)
Residents per Station
1,650
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
60.6
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 2 departments registered in NERIS Public for Franklin city, VA. 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 Franklin city. 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 2 departments
Department Est. Population Life-Safety Loss NRI Rating Stations
Hunterdale Volunteer Fire Department 15,412 $1.1M Relatively High 1
Franklin Fire & Rescue 12,523 $841.8K Relatively High 4
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Risk Snapshot

19.3%
Poverty Rate
18.6%
Age 65+
22.6%
Disability Rate
2.9%
Uninsured
61.6%
Pre-1980 Housing
0.1%
Mobile Homes
11.7%
Vacancy Rate
1.9%
Wood Heat
$59,539
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

6
Last 10 Years
10
Last 25 Years
Hurricane
Most Frequent

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