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Benton Volunteer Fire Department

Benton, MS · Yazoo County. Benton Volunteer Fire Department is a fire department, 1 station. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

Not reported
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Not reported
EMS service
F
PlainFireData Composite Score
0/100
Benton Volunteer Fire Department

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.

Staffing capacity
No station count on file for this department
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
Not an EMS-capable department (USFA registry)
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
Other department profile

Benton Volunteer Fire Department is a fire department serving Benton, MS (Yazoo County), with 1 station. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $1,027,265.

  • 5 other listed departments in Yazoo County

Dispatch plate

Sheet 82001 · Benton Volunteer Fire Department, MS personnel n/a · 1 station

PERS-UNK · STA-1 · TYPE-OTHER · EMS-UNK · RANK-UNK · GAP-UNK · FEMA-MID · BOOK-PART

  • PERS-UNK Staff pending
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
  • EMS-UNK EMS pending
  • RANK-UNK Rank pending
  • GAP-UNK Gap pending
  • FEMA-MID $1.0M
  • BOOK-PART 3/5 fields

Instrument codes from this department’s HIFLD personnel and station counts, staffing type, EMS flag, listable personnel rank, photo-finish peer department, FEMA AFG/SAFER book, and field completeness, not a readiness rating.

Department Profile

Type
Location
Benton, MS
FDID
82001

FEMA Grant History

$1.0M
Cumulative funding (FY2017)
2
Awards
Year Award Amount
2017 EMW2016FR00098 $713,620
2017 EMW-2017-FR-00434 $313,645

Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)

County roster geometry

Yazoo County HIFLD mix around Benton Volunteer Fire Department

Yazoo County: 7 departments, 62 personnel (2 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 0% of departments. County / state rollup.

Nearby Departments

Bentonia Volunteer Fire Department
Bentonia · volunteer
Eden Volunteer Fire Department
Yazoo City · volunteer
Holly Bluff Fire Department
Holly Bluff · other
Yazoo City Fire Department
Yazoo City · career
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Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Benton Volunteer Fire Department have?

Personnel data for Benton Volunteer Fire Department is not available in the HIFLD database.

Does Benton Volunteer Fire Department provide EMS services?

EMS capability is not specified for Benton Volunteer Fire Department in the HIFLD database.

How many fire stations does Benton Volunteer Fire Department operate?

Benton Volunteer Fire Department operates 1 fire station.

What type of fire department is Benton Volunteer Fire Department?

Benton Volunteer Fire Department is a fire department serving Yazoo County, MS.

Has Benton Volunteer Fire Department received federal grants?

Yes, Benton Volunteer Fire Department has received 2 FEMA grants totaling $1,027,265 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2017 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2017.

How many fire departments are in Mississippi?

Mississippi has 751 fire departments with 11,222 total personnel. 37% are volunteer departments.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details. Verify with USFA/FEMA →

HIFLD/USFA registry extract, informational only, not a readiness rating.