Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderChoctaw Fire Department
Philadelphia, MS · Neshoba County. Choctaw Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 4 stations and 58 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.
- 58
- Total personnel
- 4
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Choctaw Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Mississippi average.
- Top 13%
- national personnel size
- +287%
- vs. Mississippi average
- 4
- stations
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.
Choctaw Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Philadelphia, MS (Neshoba County), with 4 stations and 58 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,819 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #2,819 of 22,440
- MS personnel rank #22 of 316
- 6.90 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 12 other listed departments in Neshoba County
Choctaw Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
58 Top 13% higher than 87% 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 50002 · Choctaw Fire Department, MS 58 personnel · 4 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 58
- STA-FEW 4 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #2,819
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Valero
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Valero Fire Department, CA (+ 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.
- Choctaw (this dept) 58
- High Freeville, NY 58
- Near Valero, CA 58
- Near Wyandanch Volunte…, NY 58
- Near Texarkana Arkansas, AR 58
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY CAREER
- Location
- Philadelphia, MS
- County
- Neshoba County
- FDID
- 50002
Staffing vs the Mississippi average
How Choctaw Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Mississippi. In-state it ranks #22 of 316 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,819 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 4
- State fire deaths/yr
- 63
- MS departments
- 751
County roster weight
Choctaw Fire Department carries 56.3% of Neshoba County HIFLD personnel
Among 15 listed departments (103 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 13% of the county count. County / state rollup.
6.90 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (4 stations / 58 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Valero Fire Department, CA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 58 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MS department.