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 November 4, 2026. Rebuilt weekly from FireJobs listing data.

#	Department	Career firefighters	Stations	Open now
1	Fire Department City of New York (FDNY) · Brooklyn, NY	10,482	218	2
2	Columbus Division of Fire · Columbus, OH	1,650	34	1
3	Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department · Fairfax, VA	1,356	39	1
4	Jacksonville Fire and Rescue · Jacksonville, FL	1,268	51	1
5	Orange County Fire Authority · Irvine, CA	1,152	79	1
6	Orange County Fire Rescue Department · Winter Park, FL	1,150	42	2
7	Seattle Fire Department · Seattle, WA	1,013	35	1
8	City of Atlanta Fire Rescue Department · Atlanta, GA	938	37	1
9	Fort Worth Fire Department · Fort Worth, TX	904	42	1
10	Saint Louis Fire Department · Saint Louis, MO	711	32	1
11	Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service Department · Birmingham, AL	707	32	1
12	Pasco County Fire Rescue · Land O' Lakes, FL	601	27	1
13	Shreveport Fire Department · Shreveport, LA	600	22	2
14	Toledo Fire Department · Toledo, OH	575	18	1
15	Orlando Fire Department · Orlando, FL	564	17	1
16	Sacramento Fire Department · Sacramento, CA	539	23	3
17	Broward Sheriff's Office Department of Fire Rescue · Fort Lauderdale, FL	534	16	1
18	Sarasota County Fire Department · Sarasota, FL	532	23	1
19	Frederick County Division of Fire and Rescue Services · Frederick, MD	516	30	1
20	Providence Fire Department · Providence, RI	503	14	1
21	Greensboro Fire Department · Greensboro, NC	441	21	1
22	Colorado Springs Fire Department · Colorado Springs, CO	427	21	1
23	Montgomery Fire/Rescue · Montgomery, AL	391	16	3
24	Long Beach Fire Department · Long Beach, CA	380	23	2
25	Henry County Fire Department · McDonough, GA	369	16	2
26	Irving Fire Department · Irving, TX	368	12	1
27	Horry County Fire Rescue · Conway, SC	364	39	1
28	Alameda County Fire Department · Dublin, CA	350	29	1
29	Fayetteville Fire/Emergency Management Department · Fayetteville, NC	345	17	1
30	Clackamas County Fire District 1 · Milwaukie, OR	327	25	1
31	Saint Petersburg Fire & Rescue Station · St Petersburg, FL	324	13	2
32	Salt Lake City Fire Department · Salt Lake City, UT	323	14	1
33	Jackson Fire Department · Jackson, MS	320	21	1
34	Tacoma Fire Department · Tacoma, WA	315	18	1
35	Cherokee County Fire & Emergency Services · Canton, GA	303	21	1
36	Hialeah Fire Department · Hialeah, FL	284	8	1
37	Federal Fire Department Hawaii · Honolulu, HI	253	14	1
38	Prince William County Department of Fire & Rescue · Prince William, VA	250	17	1
39	Beaumont Fire/ Rescue Services · Beaumont, TX	235	12	1
40	Lake County Fire Rescue · Tavares, FL	234	27	1
41	Suffolk Fire Department · Suffolk, VA	220	9	3
42	St. Tammany Fire Protection District No. 1 · Slidell, LA	202	9	2
43	Peoria Fire Department · Peoria, IL	201	12	1
44	Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District · Reno, NV	184	15	5
45	Columbia County Fire Rescue · Martinez, GA	174	15	1
46	Coral Springs-Parkland Fire Department · Coral Springs, FL	164	8	1
47	Spokane Valley Fire Department · Spokane Valley, WA	162	11	1
48	Odessa Fire Department · Odessa, TX	161	8	2
49	Mendocino National Forest Fire Service, USDA- · Willows, CA	160	1	1
50	Independence Fire Department · Independence, MO	160	10	1

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

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