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Every firefighter job in the U.S., checked daily

FireJobs is a job board for the fire service only. Each listing comes from a department's own hiring page or a city, county or federal job portal, is matched to the department it belongs to, and is checked again every night so a posting that closes disappears here the same day. Volunteer openings are listed alongside career and part-time positions and marked as such.

Right now the board holds 2,072 career and part-time positions and 600 volunteer openings at 1,653 departments in all 50 states. Members see the position title, the salary when the department publishes one, the closing date and the direct application link on every listing, and can set a weekly alert for their state. Anyone can read the department pages, the state pages and the hiring guides.

Most departments hire in waves: a civil-service list opens for two to four weeks, then closes for a year or more. Applying to several departments in the same window is the single biggest thing a first-time applicant can do, which is why the board is organised by state and by role rather than by posting date alone.

2,072
career & part-time openings
1,653
departments with a listing
50
states covered
135
new postings in the last 7 days
150
close in the next 14 days
Nightly
every link re-checked

Newest departments hiring

DepartmentLocationOpeningsPosted
WILMINGTON FIRE DEPARTMENTWILMINGTON, NC6Oct 20
Selma Fire DepartmentSELMA, CA3Oct 19
Spotsylvania County Department of Fire Rescue & Emergency ManagementSpotsylvania, VA2Oct 19
Dorchester County Fire RescueSaint George, SC2Oct 19
Roanoke Fire- EMSRoanoke, VA3Oct 19
Washington DNR Wildland Fire ManagementOlympia, WA11Oct 19
El Paso County Sheriff's Office, Wildland Fire DivisionColorado Springs, CO2Oct 19
Pine Level Volunteer Fire DepartmentPine Level, NC1Oct 19

Position titles, salary and application links are shown to members. Department names link to each department's openings.

Firefighter jobs, answered

How many firefighter jobs are open right now?
2,072 career and part-time firefighter positions are open on FireJobs today, plus 600 volunteer openings, across 1,653 departments in 50 states. The count updates every night as departments post and close positions.
Which states have the most firefighter jobs?
Today the most openings are in California (139), Texas (132), Washington (129), Florida (120) and Ohio (119). The state pages list every department hiring in each state, with the closing date on every posting.
Do I need EMT certification to apply?
At most career departments, yes, either before you apply or within the first year. The guide to becoming a firefighter covers the EMT, Firefighter I, written test and CPAT steps, with a page for each state's rules.
How do I find fire departments hiring near me?
Pick your state below for every department with an opening, or search by city above. Members can set a weekly email for their state so a two-week application window does not pass unnoticed.
What does a firefighter job pay?
Postings that publish pay range from the low $40,000s at small departments to more than $80,000 at large city departments, before paramedic pay and overtime. The salary pages compare departments within each state, and members see the figure on every listing that publishes one.

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Firefighter jobs by state

2,072 open career and part-time positions across the country, updated weekly.

Firefighter jobs by role

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