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General Information

As of 5/17/2023, The County Fire will be switching to Full MSWIN System soon, and all radio traffic will be on MSWIN. The Analog system will still be in use for Paging and for a backup system

Indianola PD and FD will still be using their NXDN Digital system until further notice

Inverness PD, Moorhead PD, and Sunflower PD are on the same MSWIN talk groups as the Sunflower County SO. Drew PD is on the same talk groups as Ruleville PD.

As of 6/18/23, The County Fire has now switched to the full MSWIN system. The conventional system will be used as a backup system

If you have any questions, contact me at SunflowerCountyFireBuff@gmail.com

Fire/EMR/EMA

Sunflower County fire and emergency services are provided by several fire departments which are largely volunteer companies, emergency medical responders and the county emergency management agency. The county is divided into eight geographic districts for the purpose of fire protection, and that model is carried over into emergency medical response. Many of the county's volunteers fill multiple roles based on the need, whether it be firefighting operations, emergency medical, or roles with the emergency management office when unusual emergencies arise.

Fire and Emergency Services are coordinated by the Emergency Management Director who has the dual responsibility of being the County Fire Coordinator. Two deputy director/coordinators support the operational and planning aspects of countywide efforts, along with a County Training Officer and County Chaplain.

Fire Districts

District	Department	Square Miles
1	Indianola FD & VFD	117
2	Inverness	109
3	Moorhead	68
4	Sunflower	67
6	Ruleville	89
7	Drew	78
8	Parchman	99
9	Linn-Steiner-Roundaway	79

Apparatus Table

Dist.	Sta.	Address	City	Engine	Tanker	Rescue	Utility	Brush
1	Indianola Station 1	201 Main St	Indianola	E2 E14
1	Indianola Station 2	1012 Garrard Ave	Indianola	E1 E151
2	Inverness Fire Station	606 E Grand Ave	Inverness	E251 E252	T261			B291
3	Moorhead Fire Station	801 Johnny Russell Dr	Moorhead	E351 E352
4	Sunflower Fire Station	230 Torrey St	Sunflower	E451 E452
6	Ruleville Fire Station	114 S Chester	Ruleville	E651 E652 E653	T661			B691
7	Drew Fire Station	275 S Third	Drew	E751 E752
8	Parchman Fire Station	MS State Penitentiary	Parchman	E851
9	LSR Fire Station	800 Hwy 442	Shaw	E951 E952	T961

Fire Task Forces

Fire Task Forces are primarily manpower pools. The current manpower pools are drawn from firefighters and emergency medical responders who are dual-rostered as Emergency Management volunteers. Consideration is being given to developing a standardized apparatus response model to go with the Task Forces.

• South Task Force - Districts 1 through 4
• North Task Force - Districts 6 through 9

Sunflower County Emergency Medical Response

Emergency Medical Response crews utilize Company callsigns, although they are not uniformly used. EMR/Rescue callsigns track their FD District numbering. Sunflower County Emergency Medical Response provides a variety of prehospital trauma and medical response.

• Rescue 1 - Indianola
• Rescue 2 - Inverness
• Rescue 3 - Moorhead
• Rescue 4 - Sunflower
• Rescue 6 - Ruleville
• Rescue 7 - Drew
• Rescue 9 - Linn-Steiner-Roundaway

District Pager Tone Out

Usage	Tone A	Tone B
District 1 & Rescue 1	349.0	410.8
District 2 & Rescue 2	349.0	433.7
District 3 & Rescue 3	1062.5	843.7
District 4 & Rescue 4	687.5	906.2
District 6 & Rescue 6	437.5	375.0
District 7 & Rescue 7	687.5	1125.0
District 8	500.0	1062.5
District 9 & Rescue 9	600.9	756.8
Countywide Fire Officers	468.7	437.5
North Task Force	1743.0	1312.5
South Task Force	1312.5	1743.0
Emergency Management	906.2	843.7
County All Call	1500	1125
Indianola FD	650.7	607.5

Call Signs

Countywide Call Signs

• EM1 - EMA Director/Fire Coordinator
• EM2 - EMA Deputy Director/Deputy Fire Coordinator
• EM3 - EMA Deputy Director/Deputy Fire Coordinator
• EM4 - Training Officer
• EM5 - Chaplain

Fire District Call Signs

X = District Number

• x01 - District Fire Chief
• x02-x03 - District Asst Chief(s)
• x04-x06 - Captain(s)
• x07-x09 - Lieutenant(s)
• x10-x49 - Firefighters
• x51-x59 - Engines
• x61-x69 - Tankers
• x71-x79 - Rescues
• x81-x89 - Utility
• x91-x99 - Brush

City of Indianola

Indianola Fire Department

Indianola Fire Department maintains and uses a VHF Kenwood NXDN system. The Indianola Fire Department is a combination department supported by the Indianola Volunteer Fire Department, a non-profit corporation of volunteer firefighters.

Indianola Police Department

Indianola Police Department maintains and uses a VHF Kenwood NXDN system

Codes and Signals

Plain language is used by Fire/Rescue/EMR Aside from the common 10 codes (10-4 for the message received, etc.)

Sunflower SO and the municipal police departments it dispatches primarily use plain language, but some 10 codes are used.

Indianola PD utilizes a different 10-Code system.

Trunked Radio Systems

Public Safety / Services

• Mississippi Department of Corrections
• Mississippi Wireless Integrated Network (MSWIN)

Business / Utility / Private

• Entergy 2D16
• Leflore Communications (Indianola)

Live Audio Feeds

• Indianola Fire
• Sunflower County Fire

Wiki Articles

• Mississippi State Agencies

External Links

Sunflower County Emergency Services Facebook Pages

• Sunflower County Emergency Management Facebook Page
• Sunflower County Emergency Medical Response Facebook Page
• Inverness Volunteer Fire Department Facebook Page
• Ruleville Volunteer Fire Department Facebook Page
• Sunflower County Fire Buff Facebook Page

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