Department profile
VolunteerPaynes Fire Department
Cascilla, MS · Tallahatchie County. Paynes Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 20 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 20
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Paynes Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount above the Mississippi average.
- 22nd pct.
- national personnel size
- +33%
- 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.
Paynes Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Cascilla, MS (Tallahatchie County), with 1 station and 20 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #17,486 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #17,486 of 22,440
- MS personnel rank #244 of 316
- 5.00 stations per 100 personnel
- 6 other listed departments in Tallahatchie County
Paynes Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
20 Top 78% higher than 22% 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 68003 · Paynes Fire Department, MS 20 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 20
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-LOWER #17,486
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Evening Shade Vol…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Evening Shade Volunteer Fire Station, AR (+ 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.
- Paynes (this dept) 20
- High McKey Rural Fire…, OK 20
- Near Evening Shade Vol…, AR 20
- Near Muldrow, OK 20
- Near Gasper Township F…, OH 20
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Cascilla, MS
- County
- Tallahatchie County
- FDID
- 68003
Staffing vs the Mississippi average
How Paynes Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Mississippi. In-state it ranks #244 of 316 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #17,486 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 63
- MS departments
- 751
County roster geometry
Tallahatchie County HIFLD mix around Paynes Fire Department
Tallahatchie County: 7 departments, 126 personnel (4 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 29% of departments. County / state rollup.
5.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 20 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Evening Shade Volunteer Fire Station, AR (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 20 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MS department.