Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderAckerman Volunteer Fire Department
Ackerman, MS · Choctaw County. Ackerman Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 40 total personnel. The department also provides EMS services. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 40
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Ackerman Volunteer Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount more than double the Mississippi average.
- Top 26%
- national personnel size
- +167%
- vs. Mississippi average
- 2
- stations
National percentile ranks this department's personnel headcount against every listable U.S. department with reported staffing; the state comparison uses the same personnel figure against its own state's average. Both feed the verdict sentence and the chips above.
A staffing, equipment, EMS-integration, and federal-grant-funding composite benchmarked against every other USFA-registered department nationally, not a safety rating, response-time measure, or comparison of fire risk. Dimensions with no data on file are excluded and their weight redistributed, never counted as zero.
Ackerman Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Ackerman, MS (Choctaw County), with 2 stations and 40 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #5,826 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #5,826 of 22,440
- MS personnel rank #53 of 316
- 5.00 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 6 other listed departments in Choctaw County
Ackerman Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
40 Top 26% higher than 74% of 22,440 departments
Listable U.S. fire departments, banded by total personnel
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Source HIFLD fire-station registry · 2026-09-06
Dispatch plate
Sheet 10001 · Ackerman Volunteer Fire Department, MS 40 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 40
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #5,826
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Fairbank
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Fairbank Fire Department, IA (+ 0 personnel)
Volunteer HIFLD roster counts, station rows, EMS flag, listable personnel rank, photo-finish peer, and FEMA AFG/SAFER book for this FDID, not a readiness rating.
Personnel neighbourhood
Nationwide HIFLD headcount poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every MS department.
- Ackerman Volunteer (this dept) 40
- High Lebleu Settlement…, LA 40
- Near Fairbank, IA 40
- Near Greenwood Village…, PA 40
- Near Rouses Point, NY 40
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Ackerman, MS
- County
- Choctaw County
- FDID
- 10001
Staffing vs the Mississippi average
How Ackerman Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Mississippi. In-state it ranks #53 of 316 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #5,826 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 63
- MS departments
- 751
County roster weight
Ackerman Volunteer Fire Department carries 37.4% of Choctaw County HIFLD personnel
Among 7 listed departments (107 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 43% of the county count. County / state rollup.
5.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 40 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Fairbank Fire Department, IA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 40 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MS department.