Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

West Jackson County Volunteer Fire Department

Biloxi, MS · Jackson County. West Jackson County Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 37 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.

37
Total personnel
2
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

West Jackson County Volunteer Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount more than double the Mississippi average.

Top 32%
national personnel size
+147%
vs. Mississippi average
2
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.

D
PlainFireData Composite Score
33/100
West Jackson County 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
18.5 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
37 personnel · 2 stations

West Jackson County Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Biloxi, MS (Jackson County), with 2 stations and 37 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #7,172 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #7,172 of 22,440
  • MS personnel rank #70 of 316
  • 5.41 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 20 other listed departments in Jackson County

West Jackson County Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

37 Top 32% higher than 68% 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 30019 · West Jackson County Volunteer Fire Department, MS 37 personnel · 2 stations

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

  • PERS-SMALL 37
  • STA-FEW 2 stations
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UPPER #7,172
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Cumberland Volunt…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Cumberland Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Squad, 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.

Department Profile

Type
MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
Location
Biloxi, MS
FDID
30019

Staffing vs the Mississippi average

How West Jackson County Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Mississippi. In-state it ranks #70 of 316 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #7,172 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 147% above the state average
Stations
2
State fire deaths/yr
63
MS departments
751

County roster geometry

Jackson County HIFLD mix around West Jackson County Volunteer Fire Department

Jackson County: 25 departments, 367 personnel (7 volunteer / 4 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 80% of departments. County / state rollup.

5.41 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 37 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Cumberland Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Squad, OH (+0 personnel).

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

Nationwide volunteer peers near 37 personnel

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