Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderBiloxi Fire Department
Biloxi, MS · Harrison County. Biloxi Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 9 stations and 175 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.
- 175
- Total personnel
- 9
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Biloxi Fire Department pairs top-1% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Mississippi average.
- Top 1%
- national personnel size
- +1067%
- vs. Mississippi average
- 9
- stations
- $2,072,074
- FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record
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.
Biloxi Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Biloxi, MS (Harrison County), with 9 stations and 175 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #301 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $2,072,074.
- National personnel rank #301 of 22,440
- MS personnel rank #3 of 316
- 5.14 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 9 other listed departments in Harrison County
Biloxi Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
175 Top 1% higher than 99% 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 24001 · Biloxi Fire Department, MS 175 personnel · 9 stations
PERS-MID · STA-MULTI · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 175
- STA-MULTI 9 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #301
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Wyalusing Valley…
- FEMA-MID $2.1M
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Wyalusing Valley Volunteer Fire Department, PA (+ 0 personnel)
Career/paid 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.
- Biloxi (this dept) 175
- High Butte-Silver Bow, MT 175
- Near Wyalusing Valley…, PA 175
- Near Dothan, AL 175
- Near Athens-Clarke Cou…, GA 175
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Biloxi, MS
- County
- Harrison County
- FDID
- 24001
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | EMW-2020-FG-14167 | $808,518 |
| 2018 | EMW2016FH00551 | $-1,014,000 |
| 2017 | EMW-2017-FH-00605 | $873,316.47 |
| 2015 | EMW2014FH00760 | $1,404,240 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Mississippi average
How Biloxi Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Mississippi. In-state it ranks #3 of 316 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #301 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 9
- State fire deaths/yr
- 63
- MS departments
- 751
County roster weight
Biloxi Fire Department carries 25.2% of Harrison County HIFLD personnel
Among 14 listed departments (694 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 29% of the county count. County / state rollup.
5.14 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (9 stations / 175 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Wyalusing Valley Volunteer Fire Department, PA (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 175 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MS department.