Department profile

Career (Paid)EMS Provider

Diberville Fire Department

Diberville, MS · Harrison County. Diberville Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 1 station and 20 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.

20
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Diberville Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount above the Mississippi average.

25th pct.
national personnel size
+33%
vs. Mississippi average
1
station
$1,256,662
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.

B
PlainFireData Composite Score
63/100
Diberville 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
20 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 A
$62,833 in AFG grant funding per staff member (national median $11,875, among departments with a grant on file)
20 personnel · 1 station

Diberville Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Diberville, MS (Harrison County), with 1 station and 20 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #16,931 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $1,256,662.

  • National personnel rank #16,931 of 22,440
  • MS personnel rank #229 of 316
  • 5.00 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 9 other listed departments in Harrison County

Diberville Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

20 Top 75% higher than 25% 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 24003 · Diberville Fire Department, MS 20 personnel · 1 station

PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 20
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-LOWER #16,931
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Rosedale Volunteer
  • FEMA-MID $1.3M
  • BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Rosedale Volunteer Fire Department, LA (+ 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
Diberville, MS
FDID
24003

FEMA Grant History

$1.3M
Cumulative funding (FY2006–2021)
4
Awards
Year Award Amount
2021 EMW-2021-FG-01835 $200,909.52
2011 EMW-2011-FO-0865 $866,257
2007 EMW2006FF04492 $-17,887
2006 EMW-2006-FF-0449 $207,382

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

Staffing vs the Mississippi average

How Diberville Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Mississippi. In-state it ranks #229 of 316 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #16,931 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 33% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
63
MS departments
751

County roster fringe

Diberville Fire Department is 2.9% of Harrison County roster mass

The county lists 14 departments totaling 694 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 100% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

5.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 20 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Rosedale Volunteer Fire Department, LA (+0 personnel).

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Nationwide career peers near 20 personnel

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

Rosedale Volunteer Fire Department, LA 20 Kingston Volunteer Fire Department, WI 20 Concord - Green Township Volunteer Fire Department, OH 20 Pembroke Volunteer Fire Department, KY 20 Lynn Haven Fire Department, FL 20 Bluefield Fire Department, WV 20 South Metro Fire Department, MN 20 Fort Thomas Fire Department and Ambulance Service, KY 20

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Diberville Fire Department have?

Diberville Fire Department has 20 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 33% above the Mississippi average of 15 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #16,931 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within MS, it ranks #229 of 316 by personnel.

Does Diberville Fire Department provide EMS services?

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

How many fire stations does Diberville Fire Department operate?

Diberville Fire Department operates 1 fire station.

What type of fire department is Diberville Fire Department?

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

Has Diberville Fire Department received federal grants?

Yes, Diberville Fire Department has received 4 FEMA grants totaling $1,256,661.52 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2006–2021 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2021.

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.