Department profile

Career (Paid)EMS Provider

Corinth Fire Department

Corinth, MS · Alcorn County. Corinth Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 4 stations and 48 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.

48
Total personnel
4
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Corinth Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Mississippi average.

Top 19%
national personnel size
+220%
vs. Mississippi average
4
stations
$778,924
FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record

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.

F
PlainFireData Composite Score
10/100
Corinth 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 F
12 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
48 personnel · 4 stations

Corinth Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Corinth, MS (Alcorn County), with 4 stations and 48 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #4,253 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $778,924.

  • National personnel rank #4,253 of 22,440
  • MS personnel rank #37 of 316
  • 8.33 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 8 other listed departments in Alcorn County

Corinth Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

48 Top 19% higher than 81% 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 02002 · Corinth Fire Department, MS 48 personnel · 4 stations

PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 48
  • STA-FEW 4 stations
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UPPER #4,253
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Etna Volunteer
  • FEMA-MID $779K
  • BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Etna Volunteer Fire Department, PA (+ 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.

Department Profile

Type
CAREER
Location
Corinth, MS
FDID
02002

FEMA Grant History

$0
Cumulative funding (FY2013)
0
Awards
Year Award Amount
2013 EMW2012FV01903 $778,924

Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)

Staffing vs the Mississippi average

How Corinth Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Mississippi. In-state it ranks #37 of 316 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #4,253 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 220% above the state average
Stations
4
State fire deaths/yr
63
MS departments
751

County staffing outlier

Career (Paid) island in a volunteer-heavy Alcorn County

County mix is mostly volunteer (6 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination), while this page is typed career. County / state rollup.

8.33 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (4 stations / 48 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Etna Volunteer Fire Department, PA (+0 personnel).

Nearby Departments

Farmington Fire and Rescue
Corinth · volunteer
Glen Volunteer Fire Department
Glen · volunteer
Jacinto Volunteer Fire Department
Rienzi · volunteer
Kossuth Volunteer Fire Department
Kossuth · volunteer
Rienzi Volunteer Fire Department
Rienzi · volunteer
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Nationwide career peers near 48 personnel

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

Etna Volunteer Fire Department, PA 48 Ohio Township Volunteer Fire Company, PA 48 Hasbrouck Heights Fire Department/Hasbrouck Heights First Responders, NJ 48 Versailles Volunteer Fire Company, PA 48 Delta Township Fire Department, MI 48 Sandwich Fire Department, MA 48 Lexington Fire Department, NC 48 Wyoming Air National Guard Fire Department, WY 48

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Corinth Fire Department have?

Corinth Fire Department has 48 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 220% above the Mississippi average of 15 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #4,253 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within MS, it ranks #37 of 316 by personnel.

Does Corinth Fire Department provide EMS services?

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

How many fire stations does Corinth Fire Department operate?

Corinth Fire Department operates 4 fire stations.

What type of fire department is Corinth Fire Department?

Corinth Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Alcorn County, MS. Career departments employ full-time paid firefighters.

Has Corinth Fire Department received federal grants?

Yes, Corinth Fire Department has received 1 FEMA grant totaling $778,924 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2013 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2013.

How many fire departments are in Mississippi?

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

Related guides

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HIFLD/USFA registry extract, informational only, not a readiness rating.