Virginia Locality Rankings

Virginia/Locality rankings

Fire deaths 2019-2020

Virginia's 95 counties and 38 independent cities are ranked by the Overall Fireground Index — a normalization of the civilian fire-death rate (Virginia Vital Statistics deaths per Census population), the one metric comparable across every locality. Data confidence flags localities where small counts or sparse public reporting make the profile less certain; it is never folded into the score.

Virginia localities ranked by Overall Fireground Index, with fire-death rate, five-year deaths, and data confidence.
Rank	Locality	Index	Fire-death rate	Deaths (5yr)	Confidence
1	Bland County6,186 pop.	65	0.00	0	limited
2	Botetourt County34,129 pop.	65	0.00	0	limited
3	Bristol city16,316 pop.	65	0.00	0	limited
4	Buena Vista city6,581 pop.	65	0.00	0	limited
5	Charles City County6,564 pop.	65	0.00	0	limited
6	Clarke County15,598 pop.	65	0.00	0	limited
7	Covington city5,663 pop.	65	0.00	0	limited
8	Emporia city5,402 pop.	65	0.00	0	limited
9	Fairfax city26,340 pop.	65	0.00	0	limited
10	Franklin city8,373 pop.	65	0.00	0	limited
11	Galax city6,739 pop.	65	0.00	0	limited
12	Greene County21,744 pop.	65	0.00	0	limited
13	King George County28,816 pop.	65	0.00	0	limited
14	Manassas city43,616 pop.	65	0.00	0	limited
15	Manassas Park city16,611 pop.	65	0.00	0	limited
16	New Kent County27,218 pop.	65	0.00	0	limited
17	Powhatan County32,392 pop.	65	0.00	0	limited
18	Prince Edward County22,276 pop.	65	0.00	0	limited
19	Prince George County43,589 pop.	65	0.00	0	limited
20	Radford city17,273 pop.	65	0.00	0	limited
21	Southampton County17,941 pop.	65	0.00	0	limited
22	Surry County6,579 pop.	65	0.00	0	limited
23	Warren County42,461 pop.	65	0.00	0	limited
24	Williamsburg city16,030 pop.	65	0.00	0	limited
25	Winchester city27,800 pop.	65	0.00	0	limited
26	Arlington County239,807 pop.	64	0.17	2	moderate
27	Loudoun County443,380 pop.	64	0.14	3	moderate
28	Prince William County497,003 pop.	64	0.16	4	moderate
29	Stafford County168,919 pop.	64	0.12	1	moderate
30	Alexandria city159,102 pop.	63	0.25	2	moderate
31	Fairfax County1,160,925 pop.	63	0.29	17	high
32	Rockingham County87,674 pop.	63	0.23	1	moderate
33	Virginia Beach city454,808 pop.	63	0.26	6	high
34	York County71,410 pop.	63	0.28	1	moderate
35	Culpeper County56,125 pop.	62	0.36	1	moderate
36	Harrisonburg city51,164 pop.	62	0.39	1	moderate
37	Suffolk city103,105 pop.	62	0.39	2	moderate
38	Albemarle County117,313 pop.	61	0.51	3	moderate
39	Chesapeake city254,997 pop.	61	0.55	7	high
40	Hanover County115,309 pop.	61	0.52	3	moderate
41	Carroll County29,242 pop.	60	0.68	1	moderate
42	Fluvanna County28,746 pop.	60	0.70	1	moderate
43	Frederick County98,109 pop.	60	0.61	3	moderate
44	Fredericksburg city29,992 pop.	60	0.67	1	moderate
45	Goochland County28,223 pop.	60	0.71	1	moderate
46	Henrico County338,696 pop.	60	0.65	11	high
47	Montgomery County98,998 pop.	60	0.61	3	moderate
48	Norfolk city231,105 pop.	60	0.69	8	high
49	Pulaski County33,579 pop.	60	0.60	1	moderate
50	Wythe County28,100 pop.	60	0.71	1	moderate
51	Chesterfield County389,793 pop.	59	0.77	15	high
52	Page County23,686 pop.	59	0.84	1	moderate
53	Roanoke County97,334 pop.	59	0.82	4	moderate
54	Bedford County82,182 pop.	58	0.97	4	moderate
55	Newport News city183,056 pop.	58	0.98	9	moderate
56	Shenandoah County45,441 pop.	58	0.88	2	moderate
57	Gloucester County40,154 pop.	57	1.00	2	moderate
58	Orange County38,986 pop.	57	1.03	2	moderate
59	Accomack County33,411 pop.	56	1.20	2	moderate
60	Giles County16,533 pop.	56	1.21	1	moderate
61	Halifax County33,448 pop.	56	1.20	2	moderate
62	Hampton city137,596 pop.	56	1.16	8	moderate
63	Henry County49,385 pop.	56	1.21	3	moderate
64	James City County82,797 pop.	56	1.21	5	moderate
65	Portsmouth city96,482 pop.	56	1.24	6	moderate
66	Spotsylvania County152,021 pop.	56	1.18	9	moderate
67	Alleghany County14,632 pop.	55	1.37	1	moderate
68	Amherst County31,650 pop.	55	1.26	2	moderate
69	Falls Church city15,034 pop.	55	1.33	1	moderate
70	Fauquier County75,865 pop.	55	1.32	5	moderate
71	Floyd County15,658 pop.	55	1.28	1	moderate
72	Grayson County15,265 pop.	55	1.31	1	moderate
73	Franklin County55,637 pop.	54	1.44	4	moderate
74	Isle of Wight County40,942 pop.	54	1.47	3	moderate
75	Louisa County42,109 pop.	54	1.42	3	moderate
76	Poquoson city12,854 pop.	53	1.56	1	moderate
77	Salem city25,908 pop.	53	1.54	2	moderate
78	Staunton city26,361 pop.	53	1.52	2	moderate
79	Lunenburg County12,060 pop.	52	1.66	1	moderate
80	Richmond city233,655 pop.	52	1.71	20	moderate
81	Charlotte County11,258 pop.	51	1.78	1	moderate
82	Greensville County11,150 pop.	51	1.79	1	moderate
83	Scott County21,388 pop.	51	1.87	2	moderate
84	Sussex County10,753 pop.	51	1.86	1	moderate
85	Augusta County78,622 pop.	49	2.04	8	moderate
86	Colonial Heights city18,674 pop.	49	2.14	2	moderate
87	King William County19,232 pop.	49	2.08	2	moderate
88	Campbell County55,342 pop.	48	2.17	6	moderate
89	Washington County54,098 pop.	48	2.22	6	moderate
90	Danville city41,993 pop.	47	2.38	5	moderate
91	Mathews County8,602 pop.	47	2.33	1	moderate
92	Petersburg city34,058 pop.	47	2.35	4	moderate
93	Pittsylvania County59,410 pop.	47	2.36	7	moderate
94	Lynchburg city80,301 pop.	46	2.49	10	moderate
95	Lexington city7,802 pop.	45	2.56	1	moderate
96	Nottoway County15,632 pop.	45	2.56	2	moderate
97	Roanoke city97,912 pop.	45	2.66	13	moderate
98	Waynesboro city23,498 pop.	45	2.55	3	moderate
99	Charlottesville city44,767 pop.	44	2.68	6	moderate
100	Smyth County29,137 pop.	44	2.75	4	moderate
101	Caroline County33,477 pop.	42	2.99	5	moderate
102	Dickenson County13,411 pop.	42	2.98	2	moderate
103	King and Queen County6,747 pop.	42	2.96	1	moderate
104	Russell County25,420 pop.	41	3.15	4	moderate
105	Mecklenburg County30,824 pop.	40	3.24	5	moderate
106	Northampton County12,004 pop.	40	3.33	2	moderate
107	Northumberland County12,397 pop.	40	3.23	2	moderate
108	Wise County34,973 pop.	39	3.43	6	moderate
109	Dinwiddie County28,576 pop.	38	3.50	5	moderate
110	Hopewell city22,970 pop.	38	3.48	4	moderate
111	Middlesex County10,949 pop.	37	3.65	2	moderate
112	Tazewell County38,875 pop.	37	3.60	7	moderate
113	Cumberland County10,062 pop.	35	3.98	2	moderate
114	Craig County4,829 pop.	33	4.14	1	moderate
115	Madison County14,252 pop.	33	4.21	3	moderate
116	Westmoreland County19,235 pop.	33	4.16	4	moderate
117	Amelia County13,716 pop.	32	4.37	3	moderate
118	Buchanan County18,632 pop.	32	4.29	4	moderate
119	Martinsville city13,834 pop.	32	4.34	3	moderate
120	Rockbridge County22,368 pop.	31	4.47	5	moderate
121	Patrick County17,308 pop.	30	4.62	4	moderate
122	Appomattox County16,957 pop.	29	4.72	4	moderate
123	Buckingham County17,115 pop.	29	4.67	4	moderate
124	Nelson County14,766 pop.	24	5.42	4	moderate
125	Rappahannock County7,479 pop.	24	5.35	2	moderate
126	Lee County21,780 pop.	23	5.51	6	moderate
127	Brunswick County15,750 pop.	16	6.35	5	moderate
128	Richmond County9,215 pop.	15	6.51	3	moderate
129	Lancaster County11,062 pop.	10	7.23	4	moderate
130	Essex County10,683 pop.	8	7.49	4	moderate
131	Bath County4,071 pop.	0	9.83	2	moderate
132	Highland County2,348 pop.	0	8.52	1	moderate
133	Norton city3,478 pop.	0	17.25	3	moderate

Localities are ranked only against one another. A low fire-death count in a small locality produces a high score but a limited confidence flag — the uncertainty is shown, not hidden. See the methodology and data sources.