Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderSam Dale Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue
Daleville, MS · Lauderdale County. Sam Dale Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 20 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.
- 20
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Sam Dale Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue pairs modest national personnel with a headcount above the Mississippi average.
- 21st 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.
Sam Dale Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue is a Volunteer department serving Daleville, MS (Lauderdale 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 #17,622 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #17,622 of 22,440
- MS personnel rank #247 of 316
- 5.00 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 22 other listed departments in Lauderdale County
Sam Dale Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
20 Top 79% higher than 21% 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 38016 · Sam Dale Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue, MS 20 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 20
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #17,622
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Glenmont Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Glenmont Volunteer Fire Department, OH (+ 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.
- Sam Dale Voluntee… (this dept) 20
- High Conrad Volunteer, IA 20
- Near Glenmont Volunteer, OH 20
- Near Lone Wolf Volunte…, OK 20
- Near Browning Volunteer, MT 20
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Daleville, MS
- County
- Lauderdale County
- FDID
- 38016
Staffing vs the Mississippi average
How Sam Dale Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue's personnel count compares to the typical department in Mississippi. In-state it ranks #247 of 316 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #17,622 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
Sam Dale Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue is 4.7% of Lauderdale County roster mass
The county lists 26 departments totaling 422 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 92% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
5.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 20 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Glenmont Volunteer Fire Department, OH (+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.