Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderBrownsville Volunteer Fire Department
Bolton, MS · Hinds County. Brownsville Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 25 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.
- 25
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Brownsville Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount well above the Mississippi average.
- 42nd pct.
- national personnel size
- +67%
- 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.
Brownsville Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Bolton, MS (Hinds County), with 1 station and 25 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #13,107 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #13,107 of 22,440
- MS personnel rank #162 of 316
- 4.00 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 12 other listed departments in Hinds County
Brownsville Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
25 Top 58% higher than 42% 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 25004 · Brownsville Volunteer Fire Department, MS 25 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 25
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-MID #13,107
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Anamoose Fire Pro…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Anamoose Fire Protection District, ND (+ 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.
- Brownsville Volun… (this dept) 25
- High Drake Rural Fire…, ND 25
- Near Anamoose Fire Pro…, ND 25
- Near Albion Volunteer, PA 25
- Near Drake, ND 25
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Bolton, MS
- County
- Hinds County
- FDID
- 25004
Staffing vs the Mississippi average
How Brownsville Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Mississippi. In-state it ranks #162 of 316 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #13,107 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
Brownsville Volunteer Fire Department is 3.0% of Hinds County roster mass
The county lists 16 departments totaling 847 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 75% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
4.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 25 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Anamoose Fire Protection District, ND (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 25 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MS department.