Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderLafayette County Volunteer Fire Department
Oxford, MS · Lafayette County. Lafayette County Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 13 stations and 196 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.
- 196
- Total personnel
- 13
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Lafayette County Volunteer Fire Department pairs top-1% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Mississippi average.
- Top 1%
- national personnel size
- +1207%
- vs. Mississippi average
- 13
- 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.
Lafayette County Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Oxford, MS (Lafayette County), with 13 stations and 196 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #236 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #236 of 22,440
- MS personnel rank #1 of 316
- 6.63 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 2 other listed departments in Lafayette County
Lafayette County Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
196 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 36002 · Lafayette County Volunteer Fire Department, MS 196 personnel · 13 stations
PERS-MID · STA-MULTI · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 196
- STA-MULTI 13 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #236
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Campbell County
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Campbell County Fire Department, WY (+ 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.
- Lafayette County… (this dept) 196
- High Georgetown County, SC 196
- Near Campbell County, WY 196
- Near Westarea, NC 196
- Low Smithtown, NY 195
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Oxford, MS
- County
- Lafayette County
- FDID
- 36002
Staffing vs the Mississippi average
How Lafayette County Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Mississippi. In-state it ranks #1 of 316 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #236 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 13
- State fire deaths/yr
- 63
- MS departments
- 751
County roster weight
Lafayette County Volunteer Fire Department carries 73.7% of Lafayette County HIFLD personnel
Among 4 listed departments (266 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 25% of the county count. County / state rollup.
6.63 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (13 stations / 196 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Campbell County Fire Department, WY (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 196 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MS department.