Department profile
VolunteerArkabutla Fire Department
Coldwater, MS · Tate County. Arkabutla Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 33 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 33
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Arkabutla Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount more than double the Mississippi average.
- Top 38%
- national personnel size
- +120%
- 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.
Arkabutla Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Coldwater, MS (Tate County), with 2 stations and 33 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #8,569 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #8,569 of 22,440
- MS personnel rank #86 of 316
- 6.06 stations per 100 personnel
- 4 other listed departments in Tate County
Arkabutla Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
33 Top 38% higher than 62% 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 69001 · Arkabutla Fire Department, MS 33 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 33
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-UPPER #8,569
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Hancock Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Hancock Volunteer Fire Department, WI (+ 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.
- Arkabutla (this dept) 33
- High Gordon Volunteer…, KY 33
- Near Hancock Volunteer, WI 33
- Near West Bloomfield V…, WI 33
- Near Pineview Volunteer, TN 33
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Coldwater, MS
- County
- Tate County
- FDID
- 69001
Staffing vs the Mississippi average
How Arkabutla Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Mississippi. In-state it ranks #86 of 316 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #8,569 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
Arkabutla Fire Department carries 26.4% of Tate County HIFLD personnel
Among 7 listed departments (125 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 57% of the county count. County / state rollup.
6.06 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 33 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Hancock Volunteer Fire Department, WI (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 33 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MS department.