Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

Three Forks Volunteer Fire Department

Walnut, MS · Tippah County. Three Forks Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 15 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.

15
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Three Forks Volunteer 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.

D
PlainFireData Composite Score
21/100
Three Forks Volunteer Fire Department

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.

Staffing capacity D
15 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
15 personnel · 1 station

Three Forks Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Walnut, MS (Tippah 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 #20,527 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #20,527 of 22,440
  • MS personnel rank #293 of 316
  • 6.67 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 9 other listed departments in Tippah County

Three Forks Volunteer 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 70009 · Three Forks Volunteer Fire Department, MS 15 personnel · 1 station

PERS-MICRO · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-MICRO 15
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-LOWER #20,527
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Colvin Volunteer…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Colvin Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated, MN (+ 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.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Walnut, MS
FDID
70009

Staffing vs the Mississippi average

How Three Forks Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Mississippi. In-state it ranks #293 of 316 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #20,527 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 0% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
63
MS departments
751

County roster weight

Three Forks Volunteer Fire Department carries 27.3% of Tippah County HIFLD personnel

Among 10 listed departments (55 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 30% of the county count. County / state rollup.

6.67 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 15 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Colvin Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated, MN (+0 personnel).

No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).

Nationwide volunteer peers near 15 personnel

Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MS department.