Department profile
Career (Paid)Richmond Fire Department
Tupelo, MS · Lee County. Richmond Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 1 station and 15 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 15
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Richmond Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Mississippi average.
- 9th pct.
- national personnel size
- +0%
- 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.
Richmond Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Tupelo, MS (Lee County), with 1 station and 15 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #20,442 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #20,442 of 22,440
- MS personnel rank #291 of 316
- 6.67 stations per 100 personnel
- 12 other listed departments in Lee County
Richmond Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
15 Top 91% higher than 9% 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 41013 · Richmond Fire Department, MS 15 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MICRO · STA-1 · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MICRO 15
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-LOWER #20,442
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Waterville Volunt…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Waterville Volunteer Fire Company, PA (+ 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.
- Richmond (this dept) 15
- High Mylo, ND 15
- Near Waterville Volunt…, PA 15
- Near Unityville Volunt…, PA 15
- Near Havana Fire Prote…, ND 15
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Tupelo, MS
- County
- Lee County
- FDID
- 41013
Staffing vs the Mississippi average
How Richmond Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Mississippi. In-state it ranks #291 of 316 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #20,442 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
Richmond Fire Department is 6.4% of Lee County roster mass
The county lists 13 departments totaling 233 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 69% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
6.67 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 15 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Waterville Volunteer Fire Company, PA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 15 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MS department.