| Fire department | City | County | Career firefighters | Website |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Fire Department | Philadelphia | Philadelphia | 2,085 | Official site |
| Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire | Pittsburgh | Allegheny | 640 | Official site |
| Erie Fire Department | Erie | Erie | 150 | — |
| Allentown Fire Department | Allentown | Lehigh | 143 | Official site |
| City of Scranton Bureau of Fire | Scranton | Lackawanna | 139 | Official site |
| Reading PA Department of Fire & Rescue Services | Reading | Berks | 138 | Official site |
| City of Bethlehem Fire Department | Bethlehem | Northampton | 104 | Official site |
| Harrisburg Bureau of Fire | Harrisburg | Dauphin | 96 | Official site |
| Lancaster City Bureau of Fire | Lancaster | Lancaster | 89 | — |
| Wilkes-Barre City Fire Department | Wilkes Barre | Luzerne | 66 | Official site |
| City of Chester Bureau of Fire | Chester | Delaware | 62 | Official site |
| Upper Darby Township Fire Department | Upper Darby | Delaware | 60 | Official site |
| York City Department of Fire/ Rescue Services | York | York | 59 | Official site |
| Altoona Fire Department 1 | Altoona | Blair | 56 | Official site |
| Allegheny County Airport Authority Fire Rescue | Coraopolis | Allegheny | 51 | Official site |
| City of Easton Fire Department | Easton | Northampton | 50 | Official site |
| DLA Installation Management at Susquehanna Fire Department | New Cumberland | York | 42 | — |
| City of Johnstown Fire Department | Johnstown | Cambria | 41 | — |
| Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Willow Grove | Nas Jrb Willow Grove | Montgomery | 41 | — |
| Williamsport Bureau of Fire | Williamsport | Lycoming | 37 | Official site |
| City of McKeesport Bureau of Fire | Mckeesport | Allegheny | 36 | Official site |
| Hanover Area Fire & Rescue | Hanover | York | 31 | Official site |
| Exeter Township Volunteer Fire Department | Reading | Berks | 30 | Official site |
| Kingston Fire Department | Kingston | Luzerne | 30 | Official site |
| North Strabane Township Fire Department | Canonsburg | Washington | 30 | Official site |
| Plains Township Fire Department | Plains | Luzerne | 30 | Official site |
| York Area United Fire and Rescue | York | York | 30 | Official site |
| City of New Castle Fire Department | New Castle | Lawrence | 29 | Official site |
| Swarthmore Fire & Protective Association | Swarthmore | Delaware | 29 | Official site |
| Wilkinsburg Fire Department | Wilkinsburg | Allegheny | 29 | — |
| Bradford Fire Department | Bradford | McKean | 26 | — |
| Concordville Fire & Protective Association | Glen Mills | Delaware | 25 | Official site |
| Manchester Township Department of Fire Services | York | York | 25 | Official site |
| Martindale Volunteer Fire Company | Ephrata | Lancaster | 25 | — |
| Chambersburg Fire Department | Chambersburg | Franklin | 24 | Official site |
| East Whiteland Township Department of Fire and Emergency Services | Malvern | Chester | 24 | Official site |
| Letterkenny Fire Department | Chambersburg | Franklin | 24 | — |
| Lower Merion Township Fire Department | Ardmore | Montgomery | 24 | Official site |
| Tobyhanna Army Depot, Fire & Emergency Services | Tobyhanna | Monroe | 24 | — |
| City of Warren Fire Department | Warren | Warren | 23 | Official site |
| Norristown Fire Department | Norristown | Montgomery | 23 | Official site |
| Peters Township Fire Department | Mcmurray | Washington | 23 | Official site |
| City of Coatesville Fire Department | Coatesville | Chester | 22 | Official site |
| Eureka Fire Rescue EMS | Tarentum | Allegheny | 22 | Official site |
| Fort Indiantown Gap Fire Department | Annville | Lebanon | 21 | — |
| Hazleton Fire Department | Hazleton | Luzerne | 21 | — |
| Lebanon Fire Department | Lebanon | Lebanon | 21 | Official site |
| Longwood Fire Company | Kennett Square | Chester | 21 | Official site |
| Washington City Bureau of Fire | Washington | Washington | 21 | — |
| Newtown Square Fire Company | Newtown Square | Delaware | 20 | Official site |
| Reade Volunteer Fire Department | Blandburg | Cambria | 20 | — |
| Swedeland Volunteer Fire Company | King Of Prussia | Montgomery | 20 | Official site |
| Swissvale Fire Department | Pittsburgh | Allegheny | 20 | Official site |
| West Grove Fire Company | West Grove | Chester | 20 | Official site |
| City of Butler - Bureau of Fire | Butler | Butler | 19 | Official site |
| Meadville Fire Department | Meadville | Crawford | 18 | Official site |
| Sharon Fire Department | Sharon | Mercer | 18 | Official site |
| Mount Lebanon Fire Department | Pittsburgh | Allegheny | 17 | Official site |
| Berwyn Fire Company | Berwyn | Chester | 16 | Official site |
| Oil City Fire Department | Oil City | Venango | 16 | Official site |
| Township of Spring Fire/Rescue Service | West Lawn | Berks | 16 | Official site |
| Coatesville Department of Veterans Affairs | Coatesville | Chester | 15 | — |
| Perry Hi-Way Hose Company | Erie | Erie | 15 | Official site |
| Birdsboro-Union Fire Department | Birdsboro | Berks | 14 | Official site |
| Harrisburg International Airport Fire Department | Middletown | Dauphin | 14 | — |
| Phoenixville Fire Department | Phoenixville | Chester | 14 | Official site |
| Borough of Dunmore - Fire Department | Dunmore | Lackawanna | 13 | — |
| City of Uniontown Bureau of Fire | Uniontown | Fayette | 13 | Official site |
| Pottstown Fire Department | Pottstown | Montgomery | 13 | — |
| VA Butler Healthcare Fire & Emergency Services | Butler | Butler | 13 | — |
| Aliquippa Bureau of Fire | Aliquippa | Beaver | 12 | Official site |
| Carlisle Barracks Fire Department | Carlisle | Cumberland | 12 | — |
| Goshen Fire Company | West Chester | Chester | 12 | Official site |
| Kirwan Heights Volunteer Fire Department | Bridgeville | Allegheny | 12 | Official site |
| Williamsport Regional Airport | Montoursville | Lycoming | 12 | — |
| Beaver Falls Fire Department | Beaver Falls | Beaver | 10 | — |
| Horsham Fire Company #1 | Horsham | Montgomery | 10 | Official site |
| Loyalsock Volunteer Fire Company #1 | Willamsport | Lycoming | 10 | — |
| Millcreek Township Fire Department | Erie | Erie | 10 | Official site |
| Nanticoke City Fire Department | Nanticoke | Luzerne | 10 | — |
| Bryn Athyn Fire Company | Bryn Athyn | Montgomery | 9 | Official site |
| Corry Fire Department (Stanford Hose Company) | Corry | Erie | 9 | Official site |
| Greenville Fire Department | Greenville | Mercer | 9 | Official site |
| Newtown Emergency Services Department | Newtown | Bucks | 9 | Official site |
| Primor Secane Westbrook Park Fire Department | Secane | Delaware | 9 | — |
| South Strabane Fire Department | Washington | Washington | 9 | Official site |
| Wyomissing Fire Department | Wyomissing | Berks | 9 | Official site |
| Lower Burrell Volunteer Fire Company #3 | Lower Burrell | Westmoreland | 8 | — |
| MMP&W Volunteer Fire and Ambulance Company | Mercersburg | Franklin | 8 | Official site |
| Titusville Fire Department | Titusville | Crawford | 8 | Official site |
| Andrew Mitchell Hose Company #1 | Carbondale | Lackawanna | 7 | — |
| Blue Ridge Mountain Volunteer Fire & Rescue Squad,Inc | Blue Ridge Summit | Franklin | 7 | — |
| City of Carbondale Fire Department | Carbondale | Lackawanna | 7 | — |
| Dormont Fire Department | Pittsburgh | Allegheny | 7 | Official site |
| Franklin Fire Department | Franklin | Venango | 7 | Official site |
| Montgomery Township Department of Fire Services | North Wales | Montgomery | 7 | Official site |
| Pittston City Fire Department | Pittston | Luzerne | 7 | — |
| Whitpain Township Fire Department | Blue Bell | Montgomery | 7 | — |
| Wilson Boro Fire Department | Easton | Northampton | 7 | Official site |
| Hanover Township Fire Department | Hanover Township | Luzerne | 6 | Official site |
| Ambridge Fire Department | Ambridge | Beaver | 5 | — |
| Arnold Palmer Regional Airport | Latrobe | Westmoreland | 5 | — |
| Marion Volunteer Fire Company | Chambersburg | Franklin | 5 | Official site |
| Radnor Fire Company | Wayne | Delaware | 5 | Official site |
| Waynesboro Volunteer Fire Department | Waynesboro | Franklin | 5 | Official site |
| Carlisle Fire & Rescue | Carlisle | Cumberland | 4 | — |
| Centre Square Fire Company | Blue Bell | Montgomery | 4 | Official site |
| Connellsville Fire Department | Connellsville | Fayette | 4 | — |
| Dauphin County Hazardous Materials Response Team | Steelton | Dauphin | 4 | Official site |
| Essington Fire Company | Essington | Delaware | 4 | — |
| Farrell Fire Department | Farrell | Mercer | 4 | — |
| Forty Fort Fire Department | Forty Fort | Luzerne | 4 | Official site |
| Pittston Township Volunteer Fire Department | Pittston Township | Luzerne | 4 | — |
| Pleasant Hill Volunteer Fire Company | Hanover | York | 4 | — |
| South Williamsport Fire Department | S Williamsport | Lycoming | 4 | Official site |
| Western Berks Fire Department | Wernersville | Berks | 4 | Official site |
| York Township Goodwill Fire Company #1 | York | York | 4 | Official site |
| Columbia Hose Hook and Ladder Company, No. 1 of Bellevue Pennsylvania | Pittsburgh | Allegheny | 3 | — |
| Cumru Township Fire Department | Mohnton | Berks | 3 | Official site |
| Eastside Fire Rescue | Lock Haven | Clinton | 3 | — |
| Edwardsville Fire Department | Edwardsville | Luzerne | 3 | Official site |
| Gladwyne Fire Company | Gladwyne | Montgomery | 3 | Official site |
| Hanover Volunteer Fire Department | Burgettstown | Washington | 3 | — |
| Hermitage Volunteer Fire Department | Hermitage | Mercer | 3 | Official site |
| Jeannette Fire Department | Jeannette | Westmoreland | 3 | — |
| Jenkins Township Volunteer Hose Company | Pittston | Luzerne | 3 | — |
| Larksville Volunteer Fire Company NO #1 | Larksville | Luzerne | 3 | — |
| Media Fire Hook & Ladder Company # 1 | Media | Delaware | 3 | — |
| Merion Fire Company of Ardmore | Ardmore | Montgomery | 3 | Official site |
| Newport Township Fire Department | Nanticoke | Luzerne | 3 | — |
| Paoli Fire Company | Paoli | Chester | 3 | Official site |
| Union Fire Company No. 1 | Oxford | Chester | 3 | Official site |
| Westwood Fire Company | Coatesville | Chester | 3 | Official site |
| Alpha Fire Company | State College | Centre | 2 | Official site |
| Boothwyn Fire Company 1 | Upper Chichester | Delaware | 2 | Official site |
| Emmaus Fire Department | Emmaus | Lehigh | 2 | Official site |
| Kimberton Fire Company | Kimberton | Chester | 2 | Official site |
| Norriton Fire Engine Company | East Norriton | Montgomery | 2 | Official site |
| Plymouth Fire Company No. 1 | Conshohocken | Montgomery | 2 | Official site |
| Reliance Fire Company of West York | York | York | 2 | Official site |
| Saint Thomas Township Fire & Rescue | Saint Thomas | Franklin | 2 | Official site |
| Sayre Fire Department | Sayre | Bradford | 2 | Official site |
| South Mountain Restoration Center Fire Department | South Mountain | Franklin | 2 | — |
| Union Fire Company No.1 | Carlisle | Cumberland | 2 | Official site |
| West Hills Regional Fire Department, Inc. | Johnstown | Cambria | 2 | Official site |
| Yoe Fire Department | Yoe | York | 2 | Official site |
| Amity Fire Company | Douglasville | Berks | 1 | Official site |
| Barren Hill Volunteer Fire Company | Lafayette Hill | Montgomery | 1 | Official site |
| Brighton Township Volunteer Fire Department | Beaver | Beaver | 1 | Official site |
| Butler Township Volunteer Fire District | Butler | Butler | 1 | Official site |
| Charleroi Fire Department | Charleroi | Washington | 1 | — |
| Conshohocken Fire Company #2 | Conshohocken | Montgomery | 1 | Official site |
| DuBoistown Fire Department | Duboistown | Lycoming | 1 | — |
| Ellwood City Volunteer Fire Department | Ellwood City | Lawrence | 1 | — |
| Elm Hill Hose Company #3 | Plymouth | Luzerne | 1 | — |
| Fallowfield Township Volunteer Fire Company | Charleroi | Washington | 1 | — |
| Goodwill Hose Company # 2 | Plymouth | Luzerne | 1 | — |
| Hampden Township Fire Company | Mechanicsburg | Cumberland | 1 | Official site |
| Harmonville Fire Company # 1 | Plymouth Meeting | Montgomery | 1 | Official site |
| Jefferson Fire Company 1 | Jeffersonville | Montgomery | 1 | Official site |
| Kuhl Hose Company, Inc. | Erie | Erie | 1 | Official site |
| McDonald Volunteer Fire Depart | Mcdonald | Washington | 1 | Official site |
| Metal Township Fire & Ambulance Company | Fannettsburg | Franklin | 1 | Official site |
| Moon Township Volunteer Fire Company | Moon Township | Allegheny | 1 | — |
| Mount Pleasant Fire Department | Hickory | Washington | 1 | — |
| New Hope Eagle Fire Company | New Hope | Bucks | 1 | Official site |
| Palmer Municipal Fire Department | Palmer | Northampton | 1 | Official site |
| Penn Hills Bureau of Fire | Pittsburgh | Allegheny | 1 | Official site |
| Pleasant Hall Volunteer Fire Company | Pleasant Hall | Franklin | 1 | Official site |
| Seven Springs Volunteer Fire Department | Champion | Fayette | 1 | — |
| South Middleton Township Fire Company | Boiling Springs | Cumberland | 1 | Official site |
| Spring Mill Fire Company No 1 | Conshohocken | Montgomery | 1 | — |
| Torrance State Hospital Fire Department | Torrance | Westmoreland | 1 | — |
| Washington Hose & Steam Fire Engine Company 1 | Conshohocken | Montgomery | 1 | Official site |
| West Hazleton Fire Department | West Hazleton | Luzerne | 1 | Official site |
| West Manchester Township Fire Department | York | York | 1 | Official site |
| Whitehall Fire Department | Whitehall | Lehigh | 1 | Official site |
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.