Largest Fire Departments Hiring Right Now

Career departments with at least one paid opening listed on FireJobs today, largest first by career firefighter headcount. Big departments run big academy classes and hire on a schedule, so an opening here usually means dozens of seats, not one.

Updated September 21, 2026. Rebuilt weekly from FireJobs listing data.

#	Department	Career firefighters	Stations	Open now
1	Houston Fire Department · Houston, TX	3,948	93	1
2	Los Angeles County Fire Department · Los Angeles, CA	3,550	171	1
3	Baltimore City Fire Department · Baltimore, MD	1,625	38	3
4	Palm Beach County Fire Rescue · West Palm Beach, FL	1,400	51	1
5	Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department · Fairfax, VA	1,356	39	2
6	Orange County Fire Rescue Department · Winter Park, FL	1,150	42	3
7	City of Atlanta Fire Rescue Department · Atlanta, GA	938	37	1
8	DeKalb County Department of Fire & Rescue Services · Tucker, GA	890	26	1
9	Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service Department · Birmingham, AL	707	32	1
10	Shreveport Fire Department · Shreveport, LA	600	22	5
11	Toledo Fire Department · Toledo, OH	575	18	1
12	Mobile Fire-Rescue Department · Mobile, AL	455	20	1
13	City of Saint Paul Fire Department · Saint Paul, MN	433	15	1
14	Chattanooga Fire Department · Chattanooga, TN	404	20	1
15	City of Winston-Salem Fire Department · Winston Salem, NC	377	20	1
16	Huntsville Fire & Rescue · Huntsville, AL	375	19	1
17	Columbus Department of Fire and EMS · Columbus, GA	374	14	1
18	Henry County Fire Department · McDonough, GA	369	16	2
19	Akron Fire Department · Akron, OH	360	13	1
20	Fayetteville Fire/Emergency Management Department · Fayetteville, NC	345	17	1
21	West Metro Fire Rescue · Lakewood, CO	340	18	1
22	Saint Petersburg Fire & Rescue Station · St Petersburg, FL	324	13	3
23	Salt Lake City Fire Department · Salt Lake City, UT	323	14	1
24	Garland Fire Department · Garland, TX	264	12	1
25	Shasta Trinity National Forest · Redding, CA	250	23	1
26	Warwick Fire Department · Warwick, RI	213	1	1
27	Cape Coral Fire Department · Cape Coral, FL	210	11	1
28	St. Tammany Fire Protection District No. 1 · Slidell, LA	202	9	1
29	City of Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety - Fire Division · Sunnyvale, CA	195	6	2
30	Lansing Fire Department · Lansing, MI	190	6	1
31	Ouachita Parish Fire Protection District #1 · West Monroe, LA	189	16	1
32	Bakersfield Fire Department · Bakersfield, CA	186	14	1
33	City of Camden Fire Department · Camden, NJ	184	6	1
34	Monroe Fire Department · Monroe, LA	182	10	1
35	Columbia County Fire Rescue · Martinez, GA	174	15	2
36	Dallas Fort Worth International Airport Fire Services · DFW Airport, TX	170	5	1
37	Independence Fire Department · Independence, MO	160	10	1
38	Refinery Terminal Fire Company · Corpus Christi, TX	157	8	2
39	Rockdale County Fire Department · Conyers, GA	146	9	1
40	Renton Regional Fire Authority · Renton, WA	143	7	1
41	City of Bellingham Fire Department · Bellingham, WA	138	8	1
42	Georgetown Fire Department · Georgetown, TX	138	6	1
43	Rogers Fire Department · Rogers, AR	136	8	1
44	East Hartford Fire Department · East Hartford, CT	132	5	1
45	City of St. Joseph Fire Department · Saint Joseph, MO	131	9	1
46	Idaho Falls Fire Department · Idaho Falls, ID	130	5	1
47	Wilson County Emergency Management Agency · Lebanon, TN	130	12	1
48	Villages Public Safety Department · The Villages, FL	128	8	2
49	Eastside Fire & Rescue · Issaquah, WA	120	15	1
50	Fayetteville Fire Department · Fayetteville, AR	119	7	1

Headcounts are from the national fire department registry. All open positions.

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