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 October 9, 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	Houston Fire Department · Houston, TX	3,948	93	1
3	Los Angeles County Fire Department · Los Angeles, CA	3,550	171	1
4	Baltimore City Fire Department · Baltimore, MD	1,625	38	2
5	Jacksonville Fire and Rescue · Jacksonville, FL	1,268	51	1
6	Orange County Fire Rescue Department · Winter Park, FL	1,150	42	1
7	Honolulu Fire Department · Honolulu, HI	1,090	45	1
8	Oklahoma City Fire Department · Oklahoma City, OK	1,023	38	1
9	City of Atlanta Fire Rescue Department · Atlanta, GA	938	37	1
10	DeKalb County Department of Fire & Rescue Services · Tucker, GA	890	26	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	5
14	Sacramento Fire Department · Sacramento, CA	539	23	2
15	Kern County Fire Department · Bakersfield, CA	535	47	1
16	Broward Sheriff's Office Department of Fire Rescue · Fort Lauderdale, FL	534	16	1
17	Frederick County Division of Fire and Rescue Services · Frederick, MD	516	30	1
18	Mobile Fire-Rescue Department · Mobile, AL	455	20	1
19	Little Rock Fire Department · Little Rock, AR	433	22	1
20	Colorado Springs Fire Department · Colorado Springs, CO	427	21	1
21	Montgomery Fire/Rescue · Montgomery, AL	391	16	3
22	Long Beach Fire Department · Long Beach, CA	380	23	1
23	Huntsville Fire & Rescue · Huntsville, AL	375	19	1
24	Columbus Department of Fire and EMS · Columbus, GA	374	14	1
25	Henry County Fire Department · McDonough, GA	369	16	1
26	Horry County Fire Rescue · Conway, SC	364	39	1
27	Alameda County Fire Department · Dublin, CA	350	29	2
28	West Metro Fire Rescue · Lakewood, CO	340	18	1
29	Saint Petersburg Fire & Rescue Station · St Petersburg, FL	324	13	1
30	Cherokee County Fire & Emergency Services · Canton, GA	303	21	1
31	Reno Fire Department · Reno, NV	290	14	2
32	South Snohomish County Fire and Rescue Regional Fire Authority · Everett, WA	290	15	1
33	City of Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety · Kalamazoo, MI	268	6	1
34	Roanoke Fire- EMS · Roanoke, VA	259	11	1
35	Lake County Fire Rescue · Tavares, FL	234	27	1
36	Cape Coral Fire Department · Cape Coral, FL	210	11	1
37	St. Tammany Fire Protection District No. 1 · Slidell, LA	202	9	1
38	Ouachita Parish Fire Protection District #1 · West Monroe, LA	189	16	1
39	Roanoke County Fire and Rescue Department · Roanoke, VA	184	13	1
40	Monroe Fire Department · Monroe, LA	182	10	1
41	Columbia County Fire Rescue · Martinez, GA	174	15	1
42	Dallas Fort Worth International Airport Fire Services · DFW Airport, TX	170	5	1
43	Spokane Valley Fire Department · Spokane Valley, WA	162	11	1
44	Colorado Division of Fire Prevention & Control · Lakewood, CO	160	1	1
45	White Plains Fire Department · White Plains, NY	158	6	1
46	Carmel Fire Department · Carmel, IN	155	6	1
47	Torrance Fire Department · Torrance, CA	144	6	1
48	Westminster Fire Department · Westminster, CO	140	6	1
49	Rogers Fire Department · Rogers, AR	136	8	1
50	City of St. Joseph Fire Department · Saint Joseph, MO	131	9	1

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

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