Department profile

Volunteer

Dentville Volunteer Fire Department

Hazlehurst, MS · Copiah County. Dentville Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 25 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

25
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
No
EMS service

The verdict

Dentville Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount well above the Mississippi average.

41st pct.
national personnel size
+67%
vs. Mississippi average
1
station

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.

C
PlainFireData Composite Score
54/100
Dentville 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 C
25 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
Not an EMS-capable department (USFA registry)
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
25 personnel · 1 station

Dentville Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Hazlehurst, MS (Copiah County), with 1 station and 25 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #13,280 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #13,280 of 22,440
  • MS personnel rank #165 of 316
  • 4.00 stations per 100 personnel
  • 12 other listed departments in Copiah County

Dentville Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

25 Top 59% higher than 41% 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 15009 · Dentville Volunteer Fire Department, MS 25 personnel · 1 station

PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 25
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-N No EMS flag
  • RANK-MID #13,280
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Coalgate Fire Dep…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Coalgate Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services, OK (+ 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
VOLUNTEER
Location
Hazlehurst, MS
FDID
15009

Staffing vs the Mississippi average

How Dentville Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Mississippi. In-state it ranks #165 of 316 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #13,280 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 67% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
63
MS departments
751

County roster geometry

Copiah County HIFLD mix around Dentville Volunteer Fire Department

Copiah County: 13 departments, 206 personnel (6 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 38% of departments. County / state rollup.

4.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 25 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Coalgate Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services, OK (+0 personnel).

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

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Hazlehurst City Fire Department
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Nationwide volunteer peers near 25 personnel

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