Department profile
Career (Paid)Grenada Fire Department
Grenada, MS · Grenada County. Grenada Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 3 stations and 65 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 65
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Grenada Fire Department pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Mississippi average.
- Top 10%
- national personnel size
- +333%
- vs. Mississippi average
- 3
- stations
- $412,987
- 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.
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.
Grenada Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Grenada, MS (Grenada County), with 3 stations and 65 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,212 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $412,987.
- National personnel rank #2,212 of 22,440
- MS personnel rank #17 of 316
- 4.62 stations per 100 personnel
- 4 other listed departments in Grenada County
Grenada Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
65 Top 10% higher than 90% 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 22004 · Grenada Fire Department, MS 65 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-N · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-LIGHT · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 65
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-TOP #2,212
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ South Newton Town…
- FEMA-LIGHT $413K
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: South Newton Township Volunteer Fire Company, 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.
- Grenada (this dept) 65
- High Onset, MA 65
- Near South Newton Town…, PA 65
- Near Kiskatom Volunteer, NY 65
- Near Wareham, MA 65
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY CAREER
- Location
- Grenada, MS
- County
- Grenada County
- FDID
- 22004
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | EMW2016FO01685 | $235,239 |
| 2017 | EMW-2017-FH-00113 | $177,748.16 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Mississippi average
How Grenada Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Mississippi. In-state it ranks #17 of 316 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,212 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 3
- State fire deaths/yr
- 63
- MS departments
- 751
County roster weight
Grenada Fire Department carries 50.8% of Grenada County HIFLD personnel
Among 6 listed departments (128 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 50% of the county count. County / state rollup.
4.62 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 65 roster).
Photo-finish peer: South Newton Township Volunteer Fire Company, PA (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 65 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MS department.