West Jackson County Fire Department

Overview

Mission

The following are the purposes for which this organization has been organized: the purpose of the organization is to protect life and property in every capacity of the departments training and abilities; and the suppression of all forms of fire that may occur in the area bounded as follows; beginning at the intersection of interstate 10 and the western boundary of jackson county and following the western boundary of jackson county in a northerly direction to the northwest corner of section 3, township 7 south, and range 9 west, thence easterly along the northern boundary of sections 3, 2 and 1 of township 7 south, and range 9 west, and section 1 and 6 of township 7 south, and range 8 west to the northeast corner of section 6, township 7 south, and range 8 west; thence in a southerly direction along the eastern boundary of section 6 and 7, township 7 south, and range 8 west to the northern right-of-way of interstate 10; thence in an easterly direction along the northern right-of-way of

Operating model

Revenue model

Grant-funded. 99% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.

Distribution model

Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

• Financial Efficiency: 37
• Transparency & Controls: 82
• Accountability: 64
• Sustainability: 69
• Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Details

• Where the money goes: 38.1% of revenue deployed · 48.1% of spending went to programs
• Governance: 50 of 5 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
• Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $73K in reported program spending
• Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 2 people listed
• Consistency: 18 of 19 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
• Schedules: 3 filed schedules
• Filing history: 5 filing years from 2019 to 2024
• Contacts: How to reach this organization
• Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
• People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

• Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 38/100.
• Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 48/100.
• High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 6 not reported.
• Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Independent members within voting members did not reconcile in the filed values.
• Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 55/100.