The Official Un-official Homepage of the Senatobia Fire Dept.




SFD - A FIVE STAR DEPARTMENT
Established - 1951

 ORGANIZATION

The Senatobia Fire Department holds among the lowest fire insurance ratings in the state among municipalities its size, and even among many that are significantly larger.  They proudly provide fire protection to in excess of ten thousand citizens in and around the City of Senatobia and also proved rescue services to all 404 square miles of Tate County.  The fire department operates under the original charter that was formed in 1951 with only seven men.

 MEN

Almost sixty years later, they now have 34 firemen, 15 of whom are full time.  15 of these 34 men have been in the department 10 or more years, and the department has a combined total of over 320 years of fire and rescue experience.

 EQUIPMENT

The fire department has ten trucks:  three pumpers, two rescues, one aerial ladder, one brush truck, one hazmat suburban, one personnel vehicle, and a chief's vehicle.  The department's equipment is among the latest technology available to the fire service.  In addition to a new Pierce/Kenworth rescue truck, the department has also added its third set of Hurst-Jaws of Life rescue tools, and a large assortment of rope rescue and collapse rescue equipment.

 STATIONS

The SFD operates three stations.  Station 1 on Front St. downtown, Station 2 on Scott St. in the industrial park, and Station 3 on Hwy. 4 West near the Westwood subdivision.  Stations 2 and 3 are manned 24 hours a day.  Station 1 downtown is manned during days only.

 TRAINING

All full-time men are required to be NFPA 1001 professionally certified within one year of employment, and all volunteers are required to earn Mississippi Level I or Level II volunteer certification.  Training is held on the third Monday of each month in addition to numerous Mississippi Fire Academy field classes hosted at the department.

Click here for more information on individual members' training.