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Fire Services


3139 Highway 468 West ¨ Pearl, MS 39208

 

Name/Title

Contact Information

Name/Title

Contact Information

Kent Grizzard,

Manager, Forest Protection and Information

301 North Lamar St,

Suite 300

Jackson, MS 39201

(601) 359-2841 office

(601) 359-1349 fax

(601) 927-1590 cell

kgrizzard@mfc.state.ms.us 

Dennis Dauterive,

Fire Chief

(601) 420-6001 office

(601) 420-6003 fax

(662) 417-7495 cell

ddauterive@mfc.state.ms.us

Billy Dorsey,

Equipment Repair Supervisor

(601) 420-6030 office

(601) 420-6015 fax

bdorsery@mfc.state.ms.us 

Sharon Gibson,

Administrative Assistant

(601) 420-6004 office

(601) 420-6003 fax

sgibson@mfc.state.ms.us

Southern Regional Fire

Training Center

Bob Ponder,

MFC Property/ Fleet Management

(601) 420-6013 office

(601) 420-6015 fax

(601) 278-1344 cell

rponder@mfc.state.ms.us

Vince Smith,

Hazard Mitigation

101 North Court Street

Ellisville, MS 39437

(601) 517-9669 cell

vsmith@mfc.state.ms.us

Bobbie Willis,

Plans and Support

14941Hwy 16 West

P.O. Box 429

Philadelphia, MS 39350

(601) 656-9247 fax

(601) 575-5699 cell bwillis@mfc.state.ms.us 

Leslie "Opie" Blackwell,

Firewise Coordinator

14941 Hwy 16 West

P.O. Box 429

Philadelphia, MS 39350

(601) 540-3358 cell

lblackwell@mfc.state.ms.us 

Ben Vanderford,

ARRA Hazard Mitigation Program Coordinator

3139 Hwy 468W

Pearl, MS 39208

(601) 213-8315

bvanderford@mfc.state.ms.us

 

 

 

 

Aviation


7446 Old Canton Road ¨ Madison, MS 39110

Phone: (601) 898-1134 ¨ Fax: (601) 898-1135 

Name/Title

Contact Information

Name/Title

Contact Information

Stan Burks,

Chief Pilot

(601) 606-0270 cell

sburks@mfc.state.ms.us 

Gus Dear,

Pilot

(601) 953-8937 cell

gdear@mfc.state.ms.us 

Andy Complement,

Pilot

P.O. Box 430

Wiggins, MS 39577

(601) 928-2986 office

(601) 928-3174 fax

(601) 590-2260 cell

ccomplement@mfc.state.ms.us 

Matt Couch,

Pilot

(601) 566-0037 cell

mcouch@mfc.state.ms.us

John Jones,

Aircraft Mechanic

(601) 882-5080 pager

jjones@mfc.state.ms.us 

   

 

Communications


Phone: (601) 420-6020 ¨ Fax: (601) 420-6015

Greg Bourque,

Lead Communication Technician

(601) 942-9930 cell

gbourque@mfc.state.ms.us 

Billy Warner,

Communication Technician

(601) 842-2366 cell

bwarner@mfc.state.ms.us 

 

FEPP/VFA


Phone: (601) 420-6018 ¨ Fax: (601) 420-6019

Name/Title

Contact Information

Name/Title

Contact Information

Sandra Snell,

FEPP/VFA Coordinator

(601) 420-6016 office

(601) 668-8499 cell

ssnell@mfc.state.ms.us 

Martha Moore,

Administrative Assistant

(601) 420-6017 office

mmoore@mfc.state.ms.us 

Robert Bender,

Equipment Repair Supervisor

rbender@mfc.state.ms.us

Danny Loftin,

Equipment Repair Supervisor

(601) 765-9653 cell

dloftin@mfc.state.ms.us 

Johnny Keys,

Equipment Repair Supervisor

(601) 517-5242 cell

jkeys@mfc.state.ms.us 

   

 

Fire Law (Arson) Enforcement


Name/Title

Contact Information

Name/Title

Contact Information

Scott Miles,

Chief Fire Investigator

Southeast & Southwest Districts

P.O. Box 430

Wiggins, MS 39577

(601) 928-5261 office

(601) 928-8499 cell

smiles@mfc.state.ms.us 

Ritchie Atkinson,

Fire Investigator

Capital and South Central Districts

 

(601) 517-0704 office

(662) 289-2627 fax

ratkinson@mfc.state.ms.us

 

Brandon Hendry,

Fire Investigator

Southeast & Southwest Districts

 

P.O. Box 430

Wiggins, MS 39577

(601) 928-5261 office

(662) 617-4417 cell

bhendry@mfc.state.ms.us 

Matt Steed,

Fire Investigator 

Northeast, East Central & Northwest Districts

 

P.O. Box 576

Kosciusko, MS 39090

(662) 289-2627 office

(662) 617-4418 cell

msteed@mfc.state.ms.us 

 

Photo Credits: Photos by Jeff Ware.  Taken at Tombigbee State Park, Fall 2008.

 

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