Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderMovella Volunteer Fire Department
Lucedale, MS · George County. Movella Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 12 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.
- 12
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Movella Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Mississippi average.
- 4th pct.
- national personnel size
- -20%
- vs. Mississippi average
- 1
- station
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.
Movella Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Lucedale, MS (George County), with 1 station and 12 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #21,508 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #21,508 of 22,440
- MS personnel rank #307 of 316
- 8.33 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 6 other listed departments in George County
Movella Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
12 Top 96% higher than 4% 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 20010 · Movella Volunteer Fire Department, MS 12 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MICRO · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MICRO 12
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #21,508
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Loudendale Volunt…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Loudendale Volunteer Fire Department, WV (+ 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.
- Movella Volunteer (this dept) 12
- High Carlisle Barracks…, PA 12
- Near Loudendale Volunt…, WV 12
- Near Wilson Volunteer, LA 12
- Near Flint Ridge Volun…, OK 12
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Lucedale, MS
- County
- George County
- FDID
- 20010
Staffing vs the Mississippi average
How Movella Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Mississippi. In-state it ranks #307 of 316 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #21,508 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 63
- MS departments
- 751
County roster fringe
Movella Volunteer Fire Department is 9.0% of George County roster mass
The county lists 7 departments totaling 133 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 86% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
8.33 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 12 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Loudendale Volunteer Fire Department, WV (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 12 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MS department.