| Fire department | City | County | Career firefighters | Website |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fire Department City of New York (FDNY) | Brooklyn | Kings | 10,482 | Official site |
| Buffalo Fire Department | Buffalo | Erie | 735 | — |
| Rochester Fire Department | Rochester | Monroe | 483 | Official site |
| Yonkers Fire Department | Yonkers | Westchester | 450 | Official site |
| Syracuse Fire Department | Syracuse | Onondaga | 391 | — |
| Albany Department of Fire and Emergency Services | Albany | Albany | 260 | Official site |
| New Rochelle Fire Department | New Rochelle | Westchester | 161 | — |
| White Plains Fire Department | White Plains | Westchester | 158 | Official site |
| City of Mount Vernon Fire Department | Mount Vernon | Westchester | 143 | Official site |
| Niagara Falls Fire Department | Niagara Falls | Niagara | 134 | — |
| Utica Fire Department | Utica | Oneida | 132 | Official site |
| City of Schenectady Fire Department | Schenectady | Schenectady | 120 | Official site |
| Troy Fire Department | Troy | Rensselaer | 119 | Official site |
| Binghamton Fire Bureau | Binghamton | Broome | 117 | Official site |
| Mastic Fire Department | Mastic | Suffolk | 86 | Official site |
| Arlington Fire District | Poughkeepsie | Dutchess | 85 | Official site |
| Eastchester Fire District | Eastchester | Westchester | 79 | Official site |
| Ridge Road Fire District | Rochester | Monroe | 78 | Official site |
| Gates Fire District | Rochester | Monroe | 77 | Official site |
| Rome Fire Department | Rome | Oneida | 77 | — |
| Auburn NY Fire Department | Auburn | Cayuga | 74 | Official site |
| Henrietta Fire District | West Henrietta | Monroe | 72 | Official site |
| Watertown Fire Department | Watertown | Jefferson | 72 | Official site |
| Fort Drum Fire and Emergency Services | Fort Drum | Jefferson | 70 | — |
| Ithaca Fire Department | Ithaca | Tompkins | 67 | Official site |
| Ginna Station Fire Rescue | Ontario | Wayne | 60 | — |
| Poughkeepsie Fire Department | Poughkeepsie | Dutchess | 60 | — |
| Croton Falls Fire Department | Croton Falls | Westchester | 56 | Official site |
| Elmira Fire Department | Elmira | Chemung | 56 | Official site |
| Nassau County Office of the Fire Marshal | Westbury | Nassau | 56 | Official site |
| Saratoga Springs Fire Department | Saratoga Springs | Saratoga | 56 | — |
| Jamestown Fire Department | Jamestown | Chautauqua | 55 | — |
| North Greece Fire District 2 | Rochester | Monroe | 55 | Official site |
| 914th Fire Emergency Services | Niagara Falls Ars | Niagara | 54 | — |
| Kingston Fire Department | Kingston | Ulster | 53 | — |
| Newburgh Fire Department | Newburgh | Orange | 53 | Official site |
| City of Lockport Fire Department | Lockport | Niagara | 50 | — |
| Lackawanna Fire Department | Lackawanna | Erie | 50 | Official site |
| Rochdale Fire Company | Poughkeepsie | Dutchess | 50 | Official site |
| Oswego Fire Department | Oswego | Oswego | 48 | Official site |
| Scarsdale Fire Department | Scarsdale | Westchester | 46 | Official site |
| West Point Fire & Emergency Services Division | West Point | Orange | 43 | — |
| Buffalo Niagara International Airport Fire Department | Cheektowaga | Erie | 41 | — |
| City of Olean Fire Department | Olean | Cattaraugus | 39 | Official site |
| Fulton Fire Department | Fulton | Oswego | 39 | — |
| North Tonawanda Fire Department | North Tonawanda | Niagara | 39 | Official site |
| Glens Falls Fire Department | Glens Falls | Warren | 38 | — |
| Irondequoit Fire District | Rochester | Monroe | 38 | Official site |
| Plattsburgh Fire Department | Plattsburgh | Clinton | 38 | — |
| Brighton Fire District | Rochester | Monroe | 37 | Official site |
| City of Batavia Fire Department | Batavia | Genesee | 37 | Official site |
| Hartsdale Fire District | Hartsdale | Westchester | 37 | Official site |
| Cortland Fire Department | Cortland | Cortland | 36 | Official site |
| Johnson City Fire Department | Johnson City | Broome | 36 | Official site |
| DeWitt Fire District | Dewitt | Onondaga | 35 | Official site |
| Amsterdam Fire Department | Amsterdam | Montgomery | 33 | — |
| Auburn Correctional Facility | Auburn | Cayuga | 33 | — |
| Cohoes Fire Department | Cohoes | Albany | 33 | Official site |
| Brookhaven National Laboratory Fire Department | Upton | Suffolk | 30 | Official site |
| City Of Oneonta Fire Department | Oneonta | Otsego | 30 | Official site |
| Greenville Fire District | Scarsdale | Westchester | 30 | Official site |
| Jewett Fire Department | Jewett | Greene | 30 | — |
| Stratton Air National Guard Base Fire Department | Glenville | Schenectady | 30 | — |
| Gloversville Fire Department | Gloversville | Fulton | 29 | Official site |
| Middletown Fire Department | Middletown | Orange | 29 | Official site |
| Ogdensburg Fire Department | Ogdensburg | Saint Lawrence | 29 | Official site |
| City of Tonawanda Fire Department | Tonawanda | Erie | 28 | — |
| Barnard Fire District | Rochester | Monroe | 27 | Official site |
| Fairview Fire District | Poughkeepsie | Dutchess | 27 | Official site |
| Fishers Fire District | Fishers | Ontario | 27 | Official site |
| Albany International Airport Fire Department | Albany | Albany | 26 | — |
| Lake Mohegan Fire Department | Mohegan Lake | Westchester | 26 | — |
| Corning Fire Department | Corning | Steuben | 25 | Official site |
| Dunkirk New York Fire Department | Dunkirk | Chautauqua | 25 | Official site |
| Johnstown Fire Department | Johnstown | Fulton | 25 | — |
| Oneida Fire Department | Oneida | Madison | 25 | Official site |
| Watervliet Fire Department | Watervliet | Albany | 25 | Official site |
| Ellisburg Volunteer Fire Department | Ellisburg | Jefferson | 24 | — |
| Endicott Fire Department | Endicott | Broome | 24 | Official site |
| Peekskill Fire Department | Peekskill | Westchester | 24 | — |
| Hornell Fire Department | Hornell | Steuben | 23 | Official site |
| Saint Paul Boulevard Fire Department | Rochester | Monroe | 22 | Official site |
| City of Rye Fire Department | Rye | Westchester | 21 | Official site |
| Medina Fire Department | Medina | Orleans | 21 | — |
| Altona Correctional Facility | Altona | Clinton | 20 | — |
| Geneva Fire Department | Geneva | Ontario | 20 | — |
| Salamanca Fire Department | Salamanca | Cattaraugus | 20 | — |
| City of Canandaigua | Canandaigua | Ontario | 19 | Official site |
| Niskayuna Fire District No. 1 | Niskayuna | Schenectady | 19 | Official site |
| Long Beach Fire Department | Long Beach | Nassau | 18 | — |
| NYS OMRDD Staten Island DDSO Safety Department | Staten Island | Richmond | 18 | — |
| Town of Brookhaven Division of Fire Prevention | Farmingville | Suffolk | 18 | — |
| City of Norwich Fire Department | Norwich | Chenango | 17 | — |
| Herkimer Fire Department | Herkimer | Herkimer | 17 | — |
| Pelham Manor Fire Department | Pelham | Westchester | 17 | Official site |
| Bath VA Fire Department | Bath | Steuben | 16 | — |
| Franklin D Roosevelt VA Hospital Fire Department | Montrose | Westchester | 16 | — |
| Ilion Fire Department | Ilion | Herkimer | 16 | Official site |
| Larchmont Fire Department | Larchmont | Westchester | 16 | Official site |
| Pelham Fire Department | Pelham | Westchester | 16 | — |
| Castle Point VA Hospital Fire Department | Wappingers Falls | Dutchess | 15 | — |
| Little Falls Fire Department | Little Falls | Herkimer | 15 | — |
| Scotia Village Fire Department | Scotia | Schenectady | 15 | Official site |
| Veterans Affairs Fire Department | Northport | Suffolk | 15 | — |
| Elmira/Corning Regional Airport Fire Department | Horseheads | Chemung | 14 | — |
| LaGrange Fire District | Poughkeepsie | Dutchess | 14 | Official site |
| Mamaroneck Fire Department | Larchmont | Westchester | 14 | Official site |
| Village of Kenmore Fire Department | Kenmore | Erie | 14 | Official site |
| Beacon Fire Department | Beacon | Dutchess | 13 | Official site |
| Fayetteville Fire Department | Fayetteville | Onondaga | 13 | Official site |
| Lake Shore Fire District | Rochester | Monroe | 13 | Official site |
| Long Island Mac Arthur Airport Fire Department | Ronkonkoma | Suffolk | 13 | — |
| Watervliet Arsenal Fire & Emergency Service | Watervliet | Albany | 13 | — |
| 174 Fighter Wing Fire Department | Syracuse | Onondaga | 12 | — |
| Holland Volunteer Fire Department | Suffolk | Oswego | 12 | — |
| Rensselaer Fire Department | Rensselaer | Rensselaer | 12 | — |
| Village of Manlius Fire Department | Manlius | Onondaga | 12 | Official site |
| Big Flats Fire Department | Big Flats | Chemung | 10 | Official site |
| Fredonia Fire Department | Fredonia | Chautauqua | 10 | — |
| Fairview Fire District | White Plains | Westchester | 9 | — |
| Massena Volunteer Fire Department | Massena | Saint Lawrence | 9 | Official site |
| Veterans Administration Fire Department Canandaigua | Canandaigua | Ontario | 9 | — |
| Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport | Ithaca | Tompkins | 8 | — |
| Vigilant Engine & Hook & Ladder Company, Inc. | Great Neck | Nassau | 7 | Official site |
| Cutchogue Fire Department | Cutchogue | Suffolk | 6 | Official site |
| Lake Placid Volunteer Fire Department | Lake Placid | Essex | 6 | — |
| Village of Green Island Fire Department | Green Island | Albany | 6 | — |
| Saranac Lake Volunteer Fire Department | Saranac Lake | Franklin | 5 | Official site |
| Shaker Road Loudonville Fire Department, Inc. | Loudonville | Albany | 5 | Official site |
| Chautauqua County Airport | Jamestown | Chautauqua | 4 | Official site |
| Monticello Fire Department | Monticello | Sullivan | 4 | — |
| Potsdam Fire Department | Potsdam | Saint Lawrence | 4 | Official site |
| West Elmira Fire Volunteer Department, Inc. | Elmira | Chemung | 4 | — |
| Carthage Volunteer Fire Department | Carthage | Jefferson | 3 | — |
| Latham Fire Department | Latham | Albany | 3 | — |
| Melville Volunteer Fire Department | Melville | Suffolk | 3 | — |
| Pleasant Valley Fire District | Pleasant Valley | Dutchess | 3 | — |
| Clifton Park Fire Department | Halfmoon | Saratoga | 2 | Official site |
| Lyons Fire Department | Lyons | Wayne | 2 | Official site |
| New Hackensack Fire Department | Wappingers Falls | Dutchess | 2 | Official site |
| Richmond Fire Department | Honeoye | Ontario | 2 | Official site |
| Rocky Point Fire Department | Shoreham | Suffolk | 2 | Official site |
| Watertown Fire Department | Watertown | Jefferson | 2 | — |
| Dundee Fire Department | Dundee | Yates | 1 | Official site |
| Honeoye Falls Fire Department | Honeoye Falls | Monroe | 1 | — |
| Pompey Hill Fire Department | Pompey | Onondaga | 1 | — |
| Sing Sing Correctional Facility | Ossining | Westchester | 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.