Top Hazards by Life-Safety Loss ($/yr)
Department Rankings
Fire and EMS departments serving Pennington 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 ▲ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rapid City Fire Department | 86,728 | $8.2M | Relatively Moderate | 19 |
| Rapid Valley Fire Department | 35,450 | $4.3M | Relatively High | 1 |
| Black Hawk Volunteer Fire Department | 28,623 | $3.1M | Very High | 2 |
| Whispering Pines Volunteer Fire Department | 21,884 | $2.0M | Relatively High | 1 |
| Doty Volunteer Fire Department | 17,698 | $1.9M | Very High | 2 |
| Johnson Siding Volunteer Fire Department | 18,597 | $1.8M | Very High | 2 |
| New Underwood Fire Department | 14,511 | $1.8M | Very High | 1 |
| Wall Volunteer Fire Department | 10,882 | $1.6M | Very High | 1 |
| Enning Fire Department | 10,002 | $1.3M | Very High | 1 |
| Wasta Volunteer Fire Department | 10,002 | $1.3M | Very High | 1 |
| Rockerville Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. | 8,778 | $1.0M | Very High | 2 |
| Elm Springs Fire Department | 6,018 | $747.3K | Very High | 1 |
| Hill City Fire Department | 6,231 | $696.2K | Very High | 2 |
| Rochford Rural Fire Association | 5,209 | $655.5K | Very High | 1 |
| Silver City Volunteer Fire Department | 3,792 | $447.1K | Very High | 1 |
| Ellsworth Air Force Base (Fdid #02019) | 3,331 | $366.1K | Very Low | 0 |
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