Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderColumbus Fire and Rescue
Columbus, MS · Lowndes County. Columbus Fire and Rescue is a Career (Paid) department, 5 stations and 70 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.
- 70
- Total personnel
- 5
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Columbus Fire and Rescue pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Mississippi average.
- Top 8%
- national personnel size
- +367%
- vs. Mississippi average
- 5
- 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.
Columbus Fire and Rescue is a Career (Paid) department serving Columbus, MS (Lowndes County), with 5 stations and 70 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,896 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #1,896 of 22,440
- MS personnel rank #14 of 316
- 7.14 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 1 other listed department in Lowndes County
Columbus Fire and Rescue vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
70 Top 8% higher than 92% 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 44006 · Columbus Fire and Rescue, MS 70 personnel · 5 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 70
- STA-FEW 5 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #1,896
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Thiells Fire Depa…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Thiells Fire Department - David B Roche Volunteer Fire Company, NY (+ 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.
- Columbus Fire and… (this dept) 70
- High Mountain View, NY 70
- Near Thiells Fire Depa…, NY 70
- Near Park City Fire Di…, UT 70
- Near Stephentown, NY 70
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Columbus, MS
- County
- Lowndes County
- FDID
- 44006
Staffing vs the Mississippi average
How Columbus Fire and Rescue's personnel count compares to the typical department in Mississippi. In-state it ranks #14 of 316 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,896 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 5
- State fire deaths/yr
- 63
- MS departments
- 751
County roster weight
Columbus Fire and Rescue carries 45.5% of Lowndes County HIFLD personnel
Among 7 listed departments (154 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 43% of the county count. County / state rollup.
7.14 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (5 stations / 70 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Thiells Fire Department - David B Roche Volunteer Fire Company, NY (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 70 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MS department.