| Fire department | City | County | Career firefighters | Website |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Atlanta Fire Rescue Department | Atlanta | Fulton | 938 | Official site |
| Gwinnett County Department of Fire & Emergency Services | Lawrenceville | Gwinnett | 910 | Official site |
| DeKalb County Department of Fire & Rescue Services | Tucker | DeKalb | 890 | Official site |
| Cobb County Fire & Emergency Services | Marietta | Cobb | 605 | Official site |
| Macon-Bibb County Fire Department | Macon | Bibb | 410 | — |
| Columbus Department of Fire and EMS | Columbus | Muscogee | 374 | Official site |
| Henry County Fire Department | Mcdonough | Henry | 369 | Official site |
| Hall County Fire Services | Gainesville | Hall | 353 | Official site |
| Clayton County Fire & Emergency Services | Riverdale | Clayton | 351 | Official site |
| Augusta Fire Department | Augusta | Richmond | 335 | — |
| Savannah Fire & Emergency Services | Savannah | Chatham | 325 | Official site |
| Cherokee County Fire & Emergency Services | Canton | Cherokee | 303 | Official site |
| Coweta County Fire Department | Newnan | Coweta | 206 | Official site |
| Athens-Clarke County Fire & Emergency Services | Athens | Clarke | 184 | Official site |
| Albany Fire Department | Albany | Dougherty | 180 | Official site |
| Columbia County Fire Rescue | Martinez | Columbia | 174 | Official site |
| Douglas County Fire Department | Douglasville | Douglas | 170 | Official site |
| Paulding County Fire/ Rescue | Dallas | Paulding | 170 | Official site |
| Rome Fire Department | Rome | Floyd | 169 | Official site |
| City of South Fulton Fire and Rescue Department | Atlanta | Fulton | 166 | — |
| Fayette County Department of Fire & Emergency Services | Fayetteville | Fayette | 151 | Official site |
| Glynn County Fire Department | Brunswick | Glynn | 149 | Official site |
| Rockdale County Fire Department | Conyers | Rockdale | 146 | Official site |
| Forsyth County Fire Department | Cumming | Forsyth | 140 | Official site |
| Marietta Fire Department | Marietta | Cobb | 133 | Official site |
| Carroll County Fire Rescue | Carrollton | Carroll | 124 | Official site |
| Warner Robins Fire Department | Warner Robins | Houston | 122 | Official site |
| Roswell Fire Department | Alpharetta | Fulton | 120 | Official site |
| Sandy Springs Fire Department | Sandy Springs | Fulton | 116 | Official site |
| Fort Moore Fire & Emergency Services | Fort Moore | Chattahoochee | 114 | Official site |
| Burke County Emergency Management Agency | Waynesboro | Burke | 110 | — |
| Whitfield County Fire Department | Dalton | Whitfield | 108 | — |
| City of Valdosta Fire Department | Valdosta | Lowndes | 102 | Official site |
| Bartow County Fire Department | Cartersville | Bartow | 100 | Official site |
| Camden County Fire Rescue | Kingsland | Camden | 97 | Official site |
| East Point Fire Department | East Point | Fulton | 97 | — |
| Peachtree City Fire Department | Peachtree City | Fayette | 95 | Official site |
| Alpharetta Fire & Emergency Services | Alpharetta | Fulton | 93 | Official site |
| Barrow County Emergency Services | Winder | Barrow | 93 | Official site |
| Gainesville Fire Department | Gainesville | Hall | 93 | Official site |
| City of Dalton Fire Department | Dalton | Whitfield | 89 | Official site |
| Ft. Stewart/Hunter AAF Fire & Emergency Services | Fort Stewart | Liberty | 86 | — |
| Effingham County Fire Rescue | Springfield | Effingham | 85 | Official site |
| Bryan County Fire Rescue | Pembroke | Bryan | 82 | — |
| Smyrna Fire Department | Smyrna | Cobb | 79 | Official site |
| Moody Air Force Base Fire Department | Valdosta | Lowndes | 78 | — |
| Spalding County Fire Department | Griffin | Spalding | 76 | Official site |
| Newton County Fire Service | Covington | Newton | 75 | Official site |
| Cartersville Fire Department | Cartersville | Bartow | 74 | Official site |
| Chatham Emergency Services | Savannah | Chatham | 74 | Official site |
| Pooler Fire-Rescue | Pooler | Chatham | 74 | Official site |
| College Park Fire Rescue | College Park | Fulton | 70 | Official site |
| Forest Park Fire Services | Forest Park | Clayton | 69 | — |
| Carrollton Fire Department | Carrollton | Carroll | 66 | Official site |
| Griffin Fire Rescue | Griffin | Spalding | 64 | Official site |
| Newnan Fire Department | Newnan | Coweta | 63 | — |
| Troup County Fire Department | Lagrange | Troup | 63 | — |
| Gilmer County Fire & Rescue | Ellijay | Gilmer | 62 | Official site |
| Dawson County Emergency Services - Fire/Rescue Division | Dawsonville | Dawson | 60 | Official site |
| Union City Fire Department | Union City | Fulton | 58 | Official site |
| Catoosa County Fire Department | Fort Oglethorpe | Catoosa | 57 | Official site |
| Lumpkin County Fire/EMS | Dahlonega | Lumpkin | 56 | Official site |
| Covington Fire Department | Covington | Newton | 54 | Official site |
| LaGrange Fire Department | Lagrange | Troup | 54 | Official site |
| Dobbins Air Reserve Base Fire Department | Marietta | Cobb | 53 | — |
| Kings Bay Fire & Emergency Services | Kings Bay | Camden | 53 | — |
| Waycross Fire Department | Waycross | Ware | 53 | Official site |
| 165th Airlift Wing Fire Department | Garden City | Chatham | 52 | — |
| Woodstock Fire Department | Woodstock | Cherokee | 51 | Official site |
| Americus Fire and Emergency Services | Americus | Sumter | 49 | Official site |
| Walton County Fire Rescue Department | Monroe | Walton | 49 | Official site |
| Fort Gordon Fire & Emergency Services | Fort Gordon | Richmond | 48 | — |
| Heard County Fire & Emergency Services | Franklin | Heard | 48 | Official site |
| Thomas County Fire & Rescue | Thomasville | Thomas | 48 | — |
| Gordon County Fire Rescue | Calhoun | Gordon | 47 | Official site |
| Hinesville Fire Department | Hinesville | Liberty | 47 | Official site |
| Walker County Emergency Services | Chickamauga | Walker | 46 | — |
| Bainbridge Public Safety | Bainbridge | Decatur | 45 | — |
| Statesboro Fire Department | Statesboro | Bulloch | 45 | Official site |
| Fairburn Fire Department | Fairburn | Fulton | 44 | Official site |
| Moultrie Fire Department | Moultrie | Colquitt | 44 | Official site |
| Thomasville Fire Rescue | Thomasville | Thomas | 43 | — |
| Banks County Fire & EMS | Homer | Banks | 42 | Official site |
| Brunswick Fire Department | Brunswick | Glynn | 40 | Official site |
| Butts County Fire Department | Jackson | Butts | 40 | — |
| City of Decatur Fire Department | Decatur | DeKalb | 40 | Official site |
| Marine Corps Logistic Base Fire Department | Albany | Dougherty | 40 | — |
| McDuffie County Fire Service | Thomson | McDuffie | 40 | — |
| Worth County Fire & Rescue | Sylvester | Worth | 40 | — |
| Perry GA Fire & Emergency Services Department | Perry | Houston | 39 | — |
| City of Fayetteville Fire Department | Fayetteville | Fayette | 38 | Official site |
| Loganville Fire Department | Loganville | Walton | 36 | Official site |
| City of Douglas Fire Department | Douglas | Coffee | 35 | — |
| Dublin Fire Department | Dublin | Laurens | 35 | — |
| City of Winder Fire Department | Winder | Barrow | 34 | Official site |
| Baldwin County Fire Rescue | Milledgeville | Baldwin | 33 | — |
| City of Hapeville Fire Department | Hapeville | Fulton | 33 | Official site |
| Morrow Fire Department | Morrow | Clayton | 33 | Official site |
| Murray County Fire Department | Chatsworth | Murray | 33 | — |
| Tifton/ Tift County Fire Department | Tifton | Tift | 33 | Official site |
| Lee County Fire Department | Leesburg | Lee | 30 | — |
| Riverdale Fire Services | Riverdale | Clayton | 30 | Official site |
| DPS Fire & Emergency Services | Fort Mcpherson | Fulton | 29 | — |
| Georgia Department of Corrections Fire Services | Atlanta | Fulton | 27 | — |
| Monroe County Emergency Services - Fire Department | Forsyth | Monroe | 26 | — |
| Saint Marys Fire Department | Saint Marys | Camden | 26 | — |
| City of Centerville Fire Department | Centerville | Houston | 24 | — |
| City of Cordele Fire Department | Cordele | Crisp | 24 | — |
| Kingsland Fire Rescue | Kingsland | Camden | 24 | Official site |
| Tift County Fire/Rescue | Tifton | Tift | 24 | — |
| Port Wentworth Fire Department | Port Wentworth | Chatham | 23 | Official site |
| Putnam County Fire Rescue | Eatonton | Putnam | 23 | Official site |
| Fitzgerald Fire Department | Fitzgerald | Ben Hill | 22 | — |
| Austell Fire Department | Austell | Cobb | 21 | Official site |
| Cedartown Fire Department | Cedartown | Polk | 21 | — |
| City of Monroe Fire Department | Monroe | Walton | 21 | Official site |
| Crisp County Fire Rescue | Cordele | Crisp | 21 | — |
| Grovetown Department of Public Safety | Grovetown | Columbia | 21 | Official site |
| Camilla Fire Department | Camilla | Mitchell | 20 | — |
| Houston County Fire Department | Warner Robins | Houston | 20 | — |
| Laurens County Fire Department | Dublin | Laurens | 20 | Official site |
| Liberty County Fire Services | Hinesville | Liberty | 20 | — |
| Garden City Fire Department | Garden City | Chatham | 19 | Official site |
| Thomaston Fire Department | Thomaston | Upson | 19 | — |
| Byron Fire Department | Byron | Peach | 18 | Official site |
| Decatur County Fire & Rescue | Bainbridge | Decatur | 17 | — |
| Elberton Fire Department | Elberton | Elbert | 17 | Official site |
| Rockmart Fire & Emergency Services | Rockmart | Polk | 17 | Official site |
| Adel Fire Department | Adel | Cook | 16 | — |
| Bremen Fire Rescue | Bremen | Haralson | 16 | Official site |
| City of Cairo Fire Department | Cairo | Grady | 16 | — |
| Dawson Fire Department | Dawson | Terrell | 16 | — |
| Sumter County Fire and Rescue | Americus | Sumter | 16 | — |
| West Point Fire Department | West Point | Troup | 16 | Official site |
| Bent Tree Volunteer Fire Department | Jasper | Pickens | 15 | Official site |
| City of Blakely Fire Department | Blakely | Early | 15 | — |
| Forsyth Fire Department | Forsyth | Monroe | 15 | — |
| Jasper County Fire Rescue | Monticello | Jasper | 15 | — |
| Jasper Fire Department | Jasper | Pickens | 15 | — |
| Lowndes County Fire and Rescue | Valdosta | Lowndes | 15 | Official site |
| Pickens County Fire-Rescue | Jasper | Pickens | 15 | Official site |
| Remerton Fire Department | Remerton | Lowndes | 15 | Official site |
| Union County Fire Department | Blairsville | Union | 15 | — |
| Ware County Fire/Rescue | Waycross | Ware | 15 | Official site |
| City of Sylvester Fire Department | Sylvester | Worth | 14 | — |
| Cornelia Fire Department | Cornelia | Habersham | 14 | Official site |
| Big Canoe Fire Department | Japser | Pickens | 13 | Official site |
| City of Social Circle Fire Department | Social Circle | Walton | 13 | Official site |
| Fort Valley Fire Department | Fort Valley | Peach | 13 | — |
| Jesup Fire Department | Jesup | Wayne | 13 | — |
| Swainsboro Fire Department | Swainsboro | Emanuel | 13 | Official site |
| Chatsworth Fire Department | Chatsworth | Murray | 12 | — |
| West Jackson Fire Department | Braselton | Jackson | 12 | Official site |
| Alma Bacon County Fire Department | Alma | Bacon | 11 | — |
| Cuthbert Fire Department | Cuthbert | Randolph | 11 | — |
| Peach County Fire Department | Fort Valley | Peach | 11 | — |
| Washington Fire Department | Washington | Wilkes | 11 | — |
| Waynesboro Fire Department | Waynesboro | Burke | 11 | — |
| Donalsonville Fire Rescue | Donalsonville | Seminole | 10 | — |
| Jackson Fire Department | Jackson | Butts | 10 | Official site |
| Morgan County Fire Department | Madison | Morgan | 10 | Official site |
| Richmond Hill Fire Department | Richmond Hill | Bryan | 10 | Official site |
| Eastman Fire Department | Eastman | Dodge | 9 | — |
| Hazlehurst/ Jeff Davis County Fire-Rescue | Hazlehurst | Jeff Davis | 9 | — |
| Millen Fire Department | Millen | Jenkins | 9 | — |
| Nicholson Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. | Nicholson | Jackson | 9 | Official site |
| Pelham Fire Department | Pelham | Mitchell | 9 | — |
| Rincon Fire Department | Rincon | Effingham | 9 | Official site |
| Thomson Fire Department | Thomson | McDuffie | 9 | — |
| Cochran Fire Department | Cochran | Bleckley | 8 | Official site |
| Coffee County Fire Department | Douglas | Coffee | 8 | — |
| Columbus Airport Department of Public Safety | Columbus | Muscogee | 8 | — |
| Fairfield Plantation Fire Rescue | Villa Rica | Carroll | 8 | Official site |
| Jekyll Island Fire Department and EMS | Jekyll Island | Glynn | 8 | Official site |
| Manchester Fire Department | Manchester | Meriwether | 8 | Official site |
| Rabun County Fire Department | Clayton | Rabun | 8 | — |
| Sylvania Fire Rescue | Sylvania | Screven | 8 | — |
| Bulloch County Fire Department | Statesboro | Bulloch | 7 | — |
| City of Baldwin Fire Department | Baldwin | Habersham | 7 | Official site |
| Hartwell Fire Department | Hartwell | Hart | 7 | — |
| Hephzibah Fire-Rescue | Hephzibah | Richmond | 7 | — |
| Sandersville Fire Department | Sandersville | Washington | 7 | Official site |
| Screven County Fire Department | Sylvania | Screven | 7 | Official site |
| City of Lookout Mountain Fire Department | Lookout Mountain | Walker | 6 | — |
| City of Clarkesville Fire Department | Clarksville | Habersham | 5 | Official site |
| LaFayette Fire Department | Lafayette | Walker | 5 | Official site |
| Summerville Fire Department | Summerville | Chattooga | 5 | — |
| Thunderbolt Fire Department | Thunderbolt | Chatham | 5 | Official site |
| Wrens Fire Department | Wrens | Jefferson | 5 | — |
| Ashburn Fire & Emergency Services | Ashburn | Turner | 4 | — |
| City of Aragon Fire Department | Aragon | Polk | 4 | — |
| City of Ellijay Fire Department | Ellijay | Gilmer | 4 | Official site |
| City of Louisville Fire Department | Louisville | Jefferson | 4 | — |
| Demorest Fire Department | Demorest | Habersham | 4 | — |
| Elbert County Fire Department | Elberton | Elbert | 4 | Official site |
| Fort Oglethorpe Fire & Rescue | Fort Oglethorpe | Catoosa | 4 | Official site |
| Hawkinsville Fire Department | Hawkinsville | Pulaski | 4 | — |
| Mc Rae Fire Department | Mc Rae | Telfair | 4 | — |
| Montezuma Fire & Emergency Services | Montezuma | Macon | 4 | — |
| Ocilla Fire Department | Ocilla | Irwin | 4 | — |
| Rossville Fire Department | Rossville | Walker | 4 | — |
| Turner County Fire Rescue | Ashburn | Turner | 4 | — |
| White County Fire Department | Cleveland | White | 4 | — |
| East Dublin Fire Department | East Dublin | Laurens | 3 | — |
| Hart County Fire Department | Hartwell | Hart | 3 | — |
| Jefferson Fire Department-Station 1 | Jefferson | Jackson | 3 | Official site |
| Telfair County Fire Department | Mc Rae | Telfair | 3 | — |
| Wrightsville Fire Department | Wrightsville | Johnson | 3 | — |
| Charlton County Fire Rescue | Folkston | Charlton | 2 | Official site |
| Grady County Volunteer Fire Department | Cairo | Grady | 2 | Official site |
| Madison Fire/Rescue | Madison | Morgan | 2 | Official site |
| Webster County Fire-EMS | Preston | Webster | 2 | — |
| Allentown Volunteer Fire Department | Allentown | Wilkinson | 1 | — |
| Blackshear Volunteer Fire Department | Blackshear | Pierce | 1 | Official site |
| City of Tallapoosa Fire Department | Tallapoosa | Haralson | 1 | Official site |
| Claxton Volunteer Fire Department | Claxton | Evans | 1 | — |
| Eton Fire Department | Chatsworth | Murray | 1 | — |
| Flovilla Fire Department | Flovilla | Butts | 1 | — |
| Georgia State Prison Fire Department | Reidsville | Tattnall | 1 | — |
| Hahira Fire Department | Hahira | Lowndes | 1 | — |
| Harlem Fire Department | Harlem | Columbia | 1 | — |
| Helen Fire & Rescue | Helen | White | 1 | Official site |
| Isle of Hope Volunteer Fire Department | Savannah | Chatham | 1 | — |
| Jones County Fire Department | Gray | Jones | 1 | — |
| Lincoln County Department of Public Safety - Fire/Rescue | Lincolnton | Lincoln | 1 | Official site |
| Meriwether County Fire Department | Greenville | Meriwether | 1 | — |
| Monticello Fire Department | Monticello | Jasper | 1 | Official site |
| Nashville Fire Department | Nasvhille | Berrien | 1 | — |
| New Salem Fire and Rescue | Rising Fawn | Dade | 1 | — |
| Pulaski County Fire Department | Hawkinsville | Pulaski | 1 | — |
| Randolph Company Fire and Rescue | Cuthbert | Randolph | 1 | — |
| Stone Mountain Park Fire Department | Stone Mountain | DeKalb | 1 | — |
| Taliaferro County Fire Department | Crawfordville | Taliaferro | 1 | — |
| Terrell County Fire Department | Dawson | Terrell | 1 | — |
| Towns County Fire & Rescue | Hiawassee | Towns | 1 | — |
Largest first by career firefighters, as each employer reports it to its federal registry.
Source: U.S. Fire Administration (FEMA), National Fire Department Registry. Data captured September 30, 2026.