Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderTupelo Fire Department
Tupelo, MS · Lee County. Tupelo Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 7 stations and 87 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.
- 87
- Total personnel
- 7
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Tupelo Fire Department pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Mississippi average.
- Top 6%
- national personnel size
- +480%
- vs. Mississippi average
- 7
- stations
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.
Tupelo Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Tupelo, MS (Lee County), with 7 stations and 87 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,250 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #1,250 of 22,440
- MS personnel rank #11 of 316
- 8.05 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 12 other listed departments in Lee County
Tupelo Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
87 Top 6% higher than 94% 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 41011 · Tupelo Fire Department, MS 87 personnel · 7 stations
PERS-MID · STA-MULTI · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 87
- STA-MULTI 7 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #1,250
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Piermont
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Piermont Fire Department, NY (+ 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.
- Tupelo (this dept) 87
- High Great Neck Vigila…, NY 87
- Near Piermont, NY 87
- Near Sandy City, UT 87
- Near Green Township Fi…, OH 87
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Tupelo, MS
- County
- Lee County
- FDID
- 41011
Staffing vs the Mississippi average
How Tupelo Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Mississippi. In-state it ranks #11 of 316 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,250 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 7
- State fire deaths/yr
- 63
- MS departments
- 751
County roster weight
Tupelo Fire Department carries 37.3% of Lee County HIFLD personnel
Among 13 listed departments (233 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 38% of the county count. County / state rollup.
8.05 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (7 stations / 87 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Piermont Fire Department, NY (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 87 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MS department.