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Utica Volunteer Fire Department

Utica, MS · Hinds County. Utica Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 29 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.

29
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Utica Volunteer Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount well above the Mississippi average.

Top 50%
national personnel size
+93%
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.

B
PlainFireData Composite Score
64/100
Utica 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 B
29 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
29 personnel · 1 station

Utica Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Utica, MS (Hinds County), with 1 station and 29 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #11,255 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #11,255 of 22,440
  • MS personnel rank #128 of 316
  • 3.45 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 12 other listed departments in Hinds County

Utica Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department

29 Top 50% higher than 50% 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 25013 · Utica Volunteer Fire Department, MS 29 personnel · 1 station

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

  • PERS-SMALL 29
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-MID #11,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Waukee
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Waukee Fire Department, IA (+ 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
Utica, MS
FDID
25013

FEMA Grant History

$0
Cumulative funding (FY2018)
1
Awards
Year Award Amount
2018 EMW-2018-FF-00380 $0

Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)

Staffing vs the Mississippi average

How Utica Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Mississippi. In-state it ranks #128 of 316 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #11,255 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 93% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
63
MS departments
751

County roster fringe

Utica Volunteer Fire Department is 3.4% of Hinds County roster mass

The county lists 16 departments totaling 847 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 75% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

3.45 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 29 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Waukee Fire Department, IA (+0 personnel).

Nearby Departments

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Byram Volunteer Fire Department
Terry · volunteer
Clinton Fire Department
Clinton · career
Learned Volunteer Fire Department
Learned · volunteer
Maclean Volunteer Fire Department
Jackson · volunteer
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Nationwide volunteer peers near 29 personnel

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

Waukee Fire Department, IA 29 Mannington Volunteer Fire Department, KY 29 Green Lake-Brooklyn Fire Department, WI 29 Alto-Oak Grove Volunteer Fire Department, TN 29 Alexander Rural Fire Department, ND 29 Covelo Fire Protection District, CA 29 Folcroft Fire Company, PA 29 Hamel Volunteer Fire Department, MN 29

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Utica Volunteer Fire Department have?

Utica Volunteer Fire Department has 29 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 93% above the Mississippi average of 15 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #11,255 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within MS, it ranks #128 of 316 by personnel.

Does Utica Volunteer Fire Department provide EMS services?

Yes, Utica Volunteer Fire Department provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Utica Volunteer Fire Department operate?

Utica Volunteer Fire Department operates 1 fire station.

What type of fire department is Utica Volunteer Fire Department?

Utica Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Hinds County, MS. Volunteer departments rely on community members who serve without full-time compensation.

Has Utica Volunteer Fire Department received federal grants?

Yes, Utica Volunteer Fire Department has received 1 FEMA grant totaling $0 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2018 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2018.

How many fire departments are in Mississippi?

Mississippi has 751 fire departments with 11,222 total personnel. 37% are volunteer departments.

Related guides

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HIFLD/USFA registry extract, informational only, not a readiness rating.