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Harrison County Fire Service - Lizana Volunteer Fire Department

Saucier, MS · Harrison County. Harrison County Fire Service - Lizana Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 10 stations and 184 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.

184
Total personnel
10
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Harrison County Fire Service - Lizana Volunteer Fire Department pairs top-1% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Mississippi average.

Top 1%
national personnel size
+1127%
vs. Mississippi average
10
stations
$565,693
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.

D
PlainFireData Composite Score
22/100
Harrison County Fire Service - Lizana 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 D
18.4 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 F
$3,074 in AFG grant funding per staff member (national median $11,875, among departments with a grant on file)
184 personnel · 10 stations

Harrison County Fire Service - Lizana Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Saucier, MS (Harrison County), with 10 stations and 184 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #269 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $565,693.

  • National personnel rank #269 of 22,440
  • MS personnel rank #2 of 316
  • 5.43 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 9 other listed departments in Harrison County

Harrison County Fire Service - Lizana Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

184 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 MS-HARRISON-COUNTY-FIRE-SERVICE-LIZANA-VOLUNTEER-FIRE-MS · Harrison County Fire Service - Lizana Volunteer Fire Department, MS 184 personnel · 10 stations

PERS-MID · STA-MULTI · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-MID 184
  • STA-MULTI 10 stations
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-TOP #269
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ City of Everett F…
  • FEMA-MID $566K
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: City of Everett Fire Department - Adminstration Office, WA (+ 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
MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
Location
Saucier, MS

FEMA Grant History

$566K
Cumulative funding (FY2019)
1
Awards
Year Award Amount
2019 EMW-2019-FG-06381 $565,692.77

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

Staffing vs the Mississippi average

How Harrison County Fire Service - Lizana Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Mississippi. In-state it ranks #2 of 316 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #269 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 1127% above the state average
Stations
10
State fire deaths/yr
63
MS departments
751

County roster weight

Harrison County Fire Service - Lizana Volunteer Fire Department carries 26.5% 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.

5.43 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (10 stations / 184 roster).

Photo-finish peer: City of Everett Fire Department - Adminstration Office, WA (+0 personnel).

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Nationwide volunteer peers near 184 personnel

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

City of Everett Fire Department - Adminstration Office, WA 184 Reading Fire and Rescue Rainbow - Junior Fire Company, PA 184 Clarksville Fire Rescue, TN 184 Brownsville Fire Department - Central Station, TX 183 Jefferson Volunteer Fire and Rescue 20, MD 182 Troup County Fire Department, GA 186 Union County Fire Department, GA 186 Henderson County Fire Department, TN 182

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Harrison County Fire Service - Lizana Volunteer Fire Department have?

Harrison County Fire Service - Lizana Volunteer Fire Department has 184 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 1127% above the Mississippi average of 15 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #269 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within MS, it ranks #2 of 316 by personnel.

Does Harrison County Fire Service - Lizana Volunteer Fire Department provide EMS services?

Yes, Harrison County Fire Service - Lizana Volunteer Fire Department provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Harrison County Fire Service - Lizana Volunteer Fire Department operate?

Harrison County Fire Service - Lizana Volunteer Fire Department operates 10 fire stations.

What type of fire department is Harrison County Fire Service - Lizana Volunteer Fire Department?

Harrison County Fire Service - Lizana Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Harrison County, MS. Volunteer departments rely on community members who serve without full-time compensation.

Has Harrison County Fire Service - Lizana Volunteer Fire Department received federal grants?

Yes, Harrison County Fire Service - Lizana Volunteer Fire Department has received 1 FEMA grant totaling $565,692.77 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2019 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2019.

How many fire departments are in Mississippi?

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

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