Escambia County Fire-Rescue

Escambia County Fire-Rescue proudly operates as a combination fire service, utilizing the talents and diversities of volunteer and career fire fighting personnel. Career firefighters operate ten (10) engine companies throughout Escambia County, Monday through Friday between the hours of 7:00 A.M. and 4:00 P.M. Fire fighting and other emergency services are provided by an all volunteer force during any other time. (Click here to view a map of all Escambia County volunteer fire districts.) All personnel are dedicated to protecting the lives, property, and environment within Escambia County and respond daily to the emergency and non-emergency needs of Escambia County’s residents and visitors.

Escambia County Fire-Rescue is a dynamic organization, one that strives to prepare for the many types of emergency and non-emergency services that area citizens have come to expect from its fire service. Escambia County’s firefighters are constantly training to hone their skills in fire suppression techniques, hazardous materials response, vehicle extrication, and emergency medical first response. In addition, our firefighters take great pride in providing fire prevention lectures and activities, public education programs, and other non-emergency services to the citizens of Escambia County.

Escambia County’s firefighters respond from sixteen (16) main fire stations and several substations strategically located throughout the County. Our personnel maintain and operate more than one hundred (100) pieces of fire fighting apparatus, staff vehicles, and special response units. Pumpers, ladder trucks, water tankers, rescue trucks, air supply units, brush trucks, boats, and wave runners are all part of the required arsenal needed to provide the wide variety of services needed by Escambia County’s residents and businesses.