Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderHernando Fire Department
Hernando, MS · De Soto County. Hernando Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 3 stations and 32 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.
- 32
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Hernando Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount more than double the Mississippi average.
- Top 41%
- national personnel size
- +113%
- vs. Mississippi average
- 3
- 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.
Hernando Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Hernando, MS (De Soto County), with 3 stations and 32 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #9,114 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #9,114 of 22,440
- MS personnel rank #90 of 316
- 9.38 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 13 other listed departments in De Soto County
Hernando Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
32 Top 41% higher than 59% 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 17006 · Hernando Fire Department, MS 32 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 32
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-MID #9,114
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Crestline
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Crestline Fire Department, OH (+ 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.
- Hernando (this dept) 32
- High Baker Volunteer, LA 32
- Near Crestline, OH 32
- Near Alloway Township…, NJ 32
- Near Boyceville Volunt…, WI 32
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Hernando, MS
- County
- De Soto County
- FDID
- 17006
Staffing vs the Mississippi average
How Hernando Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Mississippi. In-state it ranks #90 of 316 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #9,114 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 3
- State fire deaths/yr
- 63
- MS departments
- 751
County roster fringe
Hernando Fire Department is 8.3% of De Soto County roster mass
The county lists 19 departments totaling 386 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 95% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
9.38 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 32 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Crestline Fire Department, OH (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 32 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MS department.