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Cato Volunteer Fire Department

Braxton, MS · Rankin County. Cato Volunteer Fire Department is a fire department. 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.

Not reported
Total personnel
Not reported
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service
F
PlainFireData Composite Score
0/100
Cato 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
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
Other department profile

Cato Volunteer Fire Department is a fire department serving Braxton, MS (Rankin County). According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields.

  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 21 other listed departments in Rankin County

Dispatch plate

Sheet MS-CATO-VOLUNTEER-FIRE-DEPARTMENT-MS · Cato Volunteer Fire Department, MS personnel n/a

PERS-UNK · STA-UNK · TYPE-OTHER · EMS-Y · RANK-UNK · GAP-UNK · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-THIN

  • PERS-UNK Staff pending
  • STA-UNK Stations pending
  • TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UNK Rank pending
  • GAP-UNK Gap pending
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-THIN 1/5 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
Braxton, MS

County roster geometry

Rankin County HIFLD mix around Cato Volunteer Fire Department

Rankin County: 29 departments, 442 personnel (8 volunteer / 4 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 93% of departments. County / state rollup.

No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).

Nearby Departments

Cleary Volunteer Fire Department
Florence · volunteer
Florence Fire Department
Florence · other
Flowood Fire Department
Flowood · career
Langford Volunteer Fire Department
Brandon · volunteer
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Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Cato Volunteer Fire Department have?

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

Does Cato Volunteer Fire Department provide EMS services?

Yes, Cato Volunteer Fire Department provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Cato Volunteer Fire Department operate?

Station count data for Cato Volunteer Fire Department is not available in the HIFLD database.

What type of fire department is Cato Volunteer Fire Department?

Cato Volunteer Fire Department is a fire department serving Rankin County, MS.

How many fire departments are in Mississippi?

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

Related guides

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.