WE ARE AN ALL VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT LOCATED IN ARKABUTLA MISSISSIPPI. OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT COVERS AN AREA OF 49 MILES; CONSISTING OF APPROXIMATELY 780 HOMES (INFORMATION FROM 2002 CENSUS). THE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT CONSISTS OF TWO FIRE STATIONS AT THIS TIME. THE MAIN FIRE HOUSE IS LOCATED IN THE ARKABUTLA COMMUNITY LOCATED AT 8225 ARKABUTLA ROAD. THIS FIRE STATION WAS ESTABLISHED ON FEB.24 1975.THE SECOND IS LOCATED IN THE COTTONVILLE COMMUNITY LOCATED AT 13247 ARKABUTLA ROAD. THIS STATION WAS PUT IN SERVICE AFTER MUCH COMMUNITY GROWTH IN 1998. ARKABUTLA GROWTH RATE HAS BEEN 24%. AREA POPULATION WAS APPROXIMATELY 4796 IN 2001.
STATION 1 STATION 2
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS AN ALL VOLUNTEER DEPARTMENT CONSISTING OF DEDICATED COMMUNITY MEMBERS. WE ALSO HAVE JUNIOR FIREFIGHTERS. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT PRIDES ITSELF IN THE TRAINING AND PREPARATIONS THAT IT REQUIRES. ARKABUTLA FIRE DEPARTMENT IS A NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION. MOST OPERATION COSTS ARE DONATED OR RAISED THROUGH SEVERAL FUNDRAISING EVENTS. THERE IS A YEARLY OPEN HOUSE WITH A FOOD SALE, WE MANAGE THE CONCESSION STAND AT THE TRADE DAYS (large outdoor flea market in Tate county) ON ONE OF THE THREE WEEKENDS THAT IT RUNS, AND WE ALSO RAISE FUNDS WITH THE ARTS AND CRAFT FAIR AT ARKABUTLA LAKE ON LABOR DAY WEEKEND.