Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderBridgetown Fire Department
Nesbit, MS · De Soto County. Bridgetown Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 23 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.
- 23
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Bridgetown Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount well above the Mississippi average.
- 33rd pct.
- national personnel size
- +53%
- vs. Mississippi average
- 1
- station
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.
Bridgetown Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Nesbit, MS (De Soto County), with 1 station and 23 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #14,945 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #14,945 of 22,440
- MS personnel rank #192 of 316
- 4.35 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 13 other listed departments in De Soto County
Bridgetown Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
23 Top 67% higher than 33% 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 17002 · Bridgetown Fire Department, MS 23 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 23
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #14,945
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Hurley
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Hurley Fire Department, NM (+ 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.
- Bridgetown (this dept) 23
- High Lake View, SC 23
- Near Hurley, NM 23
- Near Tenakee Springs V…, AK 23
- Near Maynard, MA 23
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Nesbit, MS
- County
- De Soto County
- FDID
- 17002
Staffing vs the Mississippi average
How Bridgetown Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Mississippi. In-state it ranks #192 of 316 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #14,945 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 63
- MS departments
- 751
County roster fringe
Bridgetown Fire Department is 6.0% of De Soto County roster mass
The county lists 19 departments totaling 386 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 95% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
4.35 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 23 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Hurley Fire Department, NM (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 23 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MS department.