Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderLaurel Fire Department
Laurel, MS · Jones County. Laurel Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 5 stations and 69 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.
- 69
- Total personnel
- 5
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Laurel Fire Department pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Mississippi average.
- Top 9%
- national personnel size
- +360%
- vs. Mississippi average
- 5
- stations
- $470,929
- 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.
Laurel Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Laurel, MS (Jones County), with 5 stations and 69 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,001 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $470,929.
- National personnel rank #2,001 of 22,440
- MS personnel rank #16 of 316
- 7.25 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 19 other listed departments in Jones County
Laurel Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
69 Top 9% higher than 91% 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 34006 · Laurel Fire Department, MS 69 personnel · 5 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-LIGHT · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 69
- STA-FEW 5 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #2,001
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ East Syracuse Vol…
- FEMA-LIGHT $471K
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: East Syracuse Volunteer Fire Department, NY (+ 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.
- Laurel (this dept) 69
- High Shenango Township…, PA 69
- Near East Syracuse Vol…, NY 69
- Near McCormick County…, SC 69
- Near Sharonville, OH 69
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Laurel, MS
- County
- Jones County
- FDID
- 34006
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | EMW-2024-FG-06014 | $223,123.83 |
| 2017 | EMW2016FO06122 | $247,805 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Mississippi average
How Laurel Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Mississippi. In-state it ranks #16 of 316 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,001 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 5
- State fire deaths/yr
- 63
- MS departments
- 751
County roster weight
Laurel Fire Department carries 31.4% of Jones County HIFLD personnel
Among 22 listed departments (220 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 23% of the county count. County / state rollup.
7.25 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (5 stations / 69 roster).
Photo-finish peer: East Syracuse Volunteer Fire Department, NY (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 69 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MS department.