District #3 VFD - Personnel

District #3 is staffed by all volunteers. Our dedicated volunteers respond to between 450 and 550 call for emergency assistance each year. We are the busiest Volunteer Fire Department in the County. Our department chief was the founding member in 1975.

All firefighters that have joined the department since 1990 are required to pass the Mississippi Volunteer Firefighter Certification Program.  A number of our members have completed the Certified Volunteer FF II program offered by the Mississippi State Fire Academy.

We subdivided our district into four areas of coverage. Our Standard Operation Guidelines have all personnel respond to structure fires with personnel from the response area covering all other calls. The two closest Engines respond on the first page along with all the Tankers on structure fires.

Name

Title

Years

Bill McCord

FIRE CHIEF

27

Steve Coburn

Captain - New Hope Station

18

Bobby Barksdale

Captain -New Hope Station

12

Jimmy Austin

Capt./Chief Medical Officer -Rural Hill Station

20

Sylvester Harris

Captain - Concord Road Station

11

Wayne Doyle

Captain - Rural Hill Station

20

Gene Hoppers

Captain - Hwy. 182 Station

 

Willie Robinson

Captain - Concord Road Station

11

Neal Austin

Training Officer

13

Tim Groman

Fire Prevention and Life Safety Coordinator

8

Lowndes County Mississippi Fire Service