Department profile
Career (Paid)Clarksdale Fire Department - Central Station
Clarksdale, MS · Coahoma County. Clarksdale Fire Department - Central Station is a Career (Paid) department, 3 stations and 53 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 53
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Clarksdale Fire Department - Central Station pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Mississippi average.
- Top 15%
- national personnel size
- +253%
- vs. Mississippi average
- 3
- 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.
Clarksdale Fire Department - Central Station is a Career (Paid) department serving Clarksdale, MS (Coahoma County), with 3 stations and 53 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #3,425 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #3,425 of 22,440
- MS personnel rank #31 of 316
- 5.66 stations per 100 personnel
- 3 other listed departments in Coahoma County
Clarksdale Fire Department - Central Station vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
53 Top 15% higher than 85% 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 14001 · Clarksdale Fire Department - Central Station, MS 53 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-N · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 53
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-UPPER #3,425
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Ludlow
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Ludlow Fire Department, VT (+ 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.
- Clarksdale Fire D… (this dept) 53
- High Manitou Park Volu…, NJ 53
- Near Ludlow, VT 53
- Near Brimfield, MA 53
- Near Davenport Volunte…, NY 53
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Clarksdale, MS
- County
- Coahoma County
- FDID
- 14001
Staffing vs the Mississippi average
How Clarksdale Fire Department - Central Station's personnel count compares to the typical department in Mississippi. In-state it ranks #31 of 316 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #3,425 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 3
- State fire deaths/yr
- 63
- MS departments
- 751
County roster weight
Clarksdale Fire Department - Central Station carries 39.0% of Coahoma County HIFLD personnel
Among 5 listed departments (136 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 20% of the county count. County / state rollup.
5.66 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 53 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Ludlow Fire Department, VT (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 53 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MS department.