Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

Cleveland Volunteer Fire Department

Cleveland, MS · Bolivar County. Cleveland Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 36 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.

36
Total personnel
2
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Cleveland Volunteer Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount more than double the Mississippi average.

Top 32%
national personnel size
+140%
vs. Mississippi average
2
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.

D
PlainFireData Composite Score
32/100
Cleveland 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 D
18 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
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
36 personnel · 2 stations

Cleveland Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Cleveland, MS (Bolivar County), with 2 stations and 36 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #7,257 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #7,257 of 22,440
  • MS personnel rank #71 of 316
  • 5.56 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 4 other listed departments in Bolivar County

Cleveland Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department

36 Top 32% higher than 68% 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 06008 · Cleveland Volunteer Fire Department, MS 36 personnel · 2 stations

PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 36
  • STA-FEW 2 stations
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UPPER #7,257
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Prague Volunteer
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Prague Volunteer Fire Department, NE (+ 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.

Department Profile

Type
MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
Location
Cleveland, MS
FDID
06008

Staffing vs the Mississippi average

How Cleveland Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Mississippi. In-state it ranks #71 of 316 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #7,257 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 140% above the state average
Stations
2
State fire deaths/yr
63
MS departments
751

County roster geometry

Bolivar County HIFLD mix around Cleveland Volunteer Fire Department

Bolivar County: 8 departments, 191 personnel (4 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 88% of departments. County / state rollup.

5.56 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 36 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Prague Volunteer Fire Department, NE (+0 personnel).

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

Nearby Departments

Beulah Fire Department
Beulah · other
Rosedale Volunteer Fire Department
Rosedale · volunteer
Shelby Volunteer Fire Department
Shelby · volunteer
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Nationwide volunteer peers near 36 personnel

Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MS department.