Cocoa Fire Department

The City of Cocoa Fire Department runs three stations: Station 1 at 1740 Dixon Blvd., Station 2 at 300 Brunson Blvd. and Station 3 at 3505 SR 524 (Fire Station 1 page; Fire Station 2 page; Fire Station 3 page).

The Station 1 page lists 911 next to the station number (Fire Station 1 page). Fire administration shares the Dixon Boulevard address with Station 1 and keeps weekday office hours of 7:30 am to 4:30 pm at (321) 639-7613 (City of Cocoa Fire Department page). Station 3 carries the 32926 ZIP code on its Cocoa facility page, while Stations 1 and 2 are listed in 32922 (Fire Station 3 page; Fire Station 1 page).

Cocoa Fire Rescue is a city department with 43 full-time firefighters and no volunteer firefighters, according to the City of Cocoa fire FAQ (City of Cocoa fire FAQ).

The Fire Department section of the City of Cocoa website is organized into Career Opportunities, Fire Inspection and Prevention, Forms, Fire Stations, Emergency Management and Department History pages, the department's own grouping of its work (City of Cocoa Fire Department page). Its popular links point to a Fire Inspection Request, Emergency Activation Levels, Brevard County and City of Cocoa emergency alerts, Department Statistics and a Presentation Request Form for groups that want a fire safety talk (City of Cocoa Fire Department page).

Emergency management sits inside the Cocoa Fire Department section, and the department page links out to the Brevard County Office of Emergency Management, Florida Emergency Management and the American Red Cross among its site links (City of Cocoa Fire Department page). For alerts, the department page links to City of Cocoa Emergency Alerts and Brevard County Emergency Alerts (City of Cocoa Fire Department page).

For land outside the city, the City of Cocoa annexation FAQ lists responsive police and fire services among the benefits of annexing into Cocoa (City of Cocoa annexation FAQ). The same FAQ gives the 2015 Brevard County Municipal Service Taxing Units millage, covering Fire Control, Law Enforcement, and Road and Bridge, as 2.2999 combined; that is a 2015 rate, and the FAQ names no later year (City of Cocoa annexation FAQ).

Cocoa Fire Rescue answers every request for medical assistance inside the city and is equipped to give medical services until a county ambulance arrives (City of Cocoa fire FAQ).

The City of Cocoa FAQ explains that in most cases the fire truck can reach the scene minutes before the ambulance, which is why an engine shows up on a Cocoa medical call (City of Cocoa fire FAQ). Ambulance transport comes from a county ambulance, and the FAQ says a patient who is transported in an ambulance receives a bill from BCFR (City of Cocoa fire FAQ).

Calling 911 in Cocoa does not create a bill from the city. The FAQ answers that question directly: Cocoa Fire Rescue Department will never send a bill for a 911 call, and the only bill comes from BCFR when an ambulance transport happens (City of Cocoa fire FAQ).

A Cocoa business on commercial property gets its fire inspection through the Business Tax Receipt process, and the inspection is scheduled only after Planning and Zoning approves the application (City of Cocoa Business Tax Receipt Applications page).

The City of Cocoa Business Tax Receipt checklist tells commercial applicants to submit a site plan showing the exits, exit signs and fire extinguishers, and to schedule the fire inspection after Planning and Zoning approval (City of Cocoa Business Tax Receipt checklist). The applications page says a fire inspection will not be scheduled before that approval and points applicants to the Cocoa Fire Rescue Pre-Inspection Checklist (City of Cocoa Business Tax Receipt Applications page).

Fire is one of several reviews in the Cocoa sequence: intake for completeness, Planning and Zoning review, Fire Department review, environmental review where required, and the Building Official's signature as the last approval (City of Cocoa Business Tax Receipt Applications page). The city says the whole review can take a minimum of 10 days to 21 days (City of Cocoa Business Tax Receipt Applications page). The checklist lists the Building Department at 65 Stone Street with phone (321) 433-8501 for questions (City of Cocoa Business Tax Receipt checklist). The Business Tax Receipts guide covers the rest of the license process.

Yes to tours and possibly to ride-alongs, but no to burning trash: the City of Cocoa says open burning of any type is not allowed inside the city limits (City of Cocoa fire FAQ).

Cocoa Fire Rescue gives tours at all 3 Cocoa fire stations, and the FAQ says the crews are happy to show off the stations, engines, trucks and squad; tours are arranged by calling 321-639-7613 (City of Cocoa fire FAQ). For ride-alongs, the FAQ asks people to contact the Fire Department to discuss eligibility (City of Cocoa fire FAQ).

Anyone who wants a presentation from the department can start with the Presentation Request Form listed among the Fire Department's popular links (City of Cocoa Fire Department page).

A Cocoa firefighter must already be state certified as a firefighter/EMT or firefighter/paramedic, and applications go through the City of Cocoa Human Resources online system (City of Cocoa fire FAQ; City of Cocoa Employment Opportunities page).

The firefighter certificate the City of Cocoa fire FAQ requires is issued by the state, not by Cocoa (City of Cocoa fire FAQ). Florida Statutes 633.408 says the state division it names issues a firefighter certificate of compliance to a person who completes the Minimum Standards Course and passes the Minimum Standards Course certification within 12 months after completing the required courses, and holds the qualifications in section 633.412 (Florida Statutes 633.408).

The City of Cocoa no longer accepts paper applications. Applicants create an account in the NEOGOV Applicant System, build an online application that can be reused for more than one opening, and apply through the open positions list; the application must be in the system by 11:59 p.m. (EST) on the closing date in the job announcement (City of Cocoa Employment Opportunities page). The Cocoa page also warns that applications may be rejected if incomplete and that "See Resume" is not accepted in place of a work history (City of Cocoa Employment Opportunities page).

Last verified: October 21, 2026, by re-reading the City of Cocoa Fire Department page, its fire FAQ, the three fire station facility pages, the Business Tax Receipt applications page and checklist, the city's Employment Opportunities page and Florida Statutes 633.408.