Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderSouthwest Jones Volunteer Fire Department
Moselle, MS · Jones County. Southwest Jones Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 34 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.
- 34
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Southwest Jones Volunteer Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount more than double the Mississippi average.
- Top 38%
- national personnel size
- +127%
- 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.
Southwest Jones Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Moselle, MS (Jones County), with 1 station and 34 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #8,505 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #8,505 of 22,440
- MS personnel rank #85 of 316
- 2.94 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 19 other listed departments in Jones County
Southwest Jones Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
34 Top 38% higher than 62% 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 34014 · Southwest Jones Volunteer Fire Department, MS 34 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 34
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #8,505
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Jamesville
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Jamesville Fire Department, NY (+ 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.
- Southwest Jones V… (this dept) 34
- High South Onondaga, NY 34
- Near Jamesville, NY 34
- Near Deersville Fire a…, OH 34
- Near Norwood Volunteer, WI 34
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Moselle, MS
- County
- Jones County
- FDID
- 34014
Staffing vs the Mississippi average
How Southwest Jones Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Mississippi. In-state it ranks #85 of 316 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #8,505 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
Jones County HIFLD mix around Southwest Jones Volunteer Fire Department
Jones County: 22 departments, 220 personnel (5 volunteer / 2 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 36% of departments. County / state rollup.
2.94 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 34 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Jamesville Fire Department, NY (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 34 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MS department.