Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderGulfport Fire Department - Central
Gulfport, MS · Harrison County. Gulfport Fire Department - Central is a Career (Paid) department, 11 stations and 174 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.
- 174
- Total personnel
- 11
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Gulfport Fire Department - Central pairs top-1% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Mississippi average.
- Top 1%
- national personnel size
- +1060%
- vs. Mississippi average
- 11
- 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.
Gulfport Fire Department - Central is a Career (Paid) department serving Gulfport, MS (Harrison County), with 11 stations and 174 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #306 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #306 of 22,440
- MS personnel rank #4 of 316
- 6.32 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 9 other listed departments in Harrison County
Gulfport Fire Department - Central vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
174 Top 1% higher than 99% 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 24005 · Gulfport Fire Department - Central, MS 174 personnel · 11 stations
PERS-MID · STA-MULTI · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 174
- STA-MULTI 11 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #306
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ San Ramon Valley…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: San Ramon Valley Fire Protection District, CA (+ 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.
- High Dothan, AL 175
- Near Wyalusing Valley…, PA 175
- Gulfport Fire Dep… (this dept) 174
- Near San Ramon Valley…, CA 174
- Low Hudson, NY 173
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Gulfport, MS
- County
- Harrison County
- FDID
- 24005
Staffing vs the Mississippi average
How Gulfport Fire Department - Central's personnel count compares to the typical department in Mississippi. In-state it ranks #4 of 316 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #306 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 11
- State fire deaths/yr
- 63
- MS departments
- 751
County roster weight
Gulfport Fire Department - Central carries 25.1% of Harrison County HIFLD personnel
Among 14 listed departments (694 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 29% of the county count. County / state rollup.
6.32 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (11 stations / 174 roster).
Photo-finish peer: San Ramon Valley Fire Protection District, CA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 174 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MS department.