Palm Bay Fire Rescue — Palm Bay, Florida

Palm Bay Fire Rescue lists eight fire stations, numbered 1 through 7 and 9, with addresses from Station 1 on Port Malabar Boulevard NE to Station 9 on Mara Loma Boulevard SE (City of Palm Bay Fire Rescue).

The City of Palm Bay department page says Palm Bay Fire Rescue consists of eight fire stations that cover the city 24/7 with fire and medical services (City of Palm Bay). The same page warns that a station may not be staffed at all times because crews leave on calls, and it tells residents to call 911 rather than phone or walk into a Palm Bay station during an emergency. The station list skips the number 8, so the highest number in service, Station 9, does not mean nine stations.

The oldest location on the Palm Bay list is Station 2 on Malabar Road SE, which opened in 1982, while Station 1 traces back to a Palm Bay Road station that opened in 1967 before the current Port Malabar Boulevard NE location opened in October 2012 (City of Palm Bay). Station 5 moved to Foundation Park Drive SE in December 2020 from a San Filippo location that had opened in 1998, and Station 6 on DeGroodt Road SW opened in February 2014.

One city page is out of date. The Palm Bay facility directory entry for Fire Station 2, at 150 Malabar Rd, phone (321) 409-6373, still says Palm Bay Fire-Rescue consists of six fire stations (City of Palm Bay facility directory). The department page, which lists each station by number, is the more current Palm Bay source and is the one this page follows.

Non-emergency business goes to Palm Bay Fire Rescue Headquarters at 899 Carlyle Avenue SE, phone (321) 409-6300, open Monday to Friday from 7:30 am to 4:00 pm (City of Palm Bay Fire Rescue).

Emergencies always go to 911. For everything else, the Palm Bay Fire Rescue page publishes separate lines for fire records, annual inspections, fire drills and station tours, and it warns that a station may not be staffed at all times because of emergency responses and assignments (City of Palm Bay). Last verified: October 12, 2026, on the City of Palm Bay Fire Rescue department website.

The department sits inside the city's Fire Rescue and Emergency Management department, and the emergency preparedness line, (321) 952-3488, appears on the same Palm Bay Fire Rescue phone list (City of Palm Bay). The general City of Palm Bay switchboard at 120 Malabar Road, (321) 952-3400, handles other city business. For emergency alerts, the City of Palm Bay uses AlertBrevard to send emergency notifications by phone, email, text and social media (City of Palm Bay news).

Palm Bay added Fire Station 7 at 2144 Palm Bay Road NE, opened in April 2026, and Station 9 on Mara Loma Boulevard in the southeast, after placing a temporary Squad 9 unit in service in September 2024 (City of Palm Bay Fire Rescue).

Station 7 has a long Palm Bay back story. The city asked the Florida Senate for state money for a future Fire Station No. 7 in a local funding request dated 11/24/2021, describing a site at the northeastern-most boundary of the city limits that borders Melbourne and West Melbourne (Florida Senate request S1678). Fire Station 7 replaces the former Fire Station 1, which was demolished in January 2022 with funding from a FY 2020-2021 Community Development Block Grant (City of Palm Bay news, March 30, 2026).

Ground was broken on Friday, September 13, 2024, on the same Palm Bay Road property as the old Station 1, known as The Rock to those who served the east side of the city, and the station was planned to house Ladder 7, Squad 7 and a brush truck (Palm Bay Fire Rescue newsletter, October 2024). The construction contract went to W & J Construction Corp. of Rockledge at the August 1, 2024, Regular Council Meeting, and the total estimated cost for the construction of Fire Station 7 is $7,472,460 (City of Palm Bay). The city set the ribbon cutting for April 14 at 2144 Palm Bay Road and called Station 7 the prototype for future Palm Bay fire stations.

The far south end of Palm Bay got coverage in steps. Squad 9, a peak hour advanced life support unit, went into service on September 23, 2024, because of rising call volume in the far south end of the city, with temporary housing at Sunrise Elementary School on Babcock Street SE (Palm Bay Fire Rescue newsletter, October 2024). On January 2, as reported in the February 2025 Mayor's Message, the Palm Bay City Council approved the purchase of a modular and relocatable fire station for Station 9 for $1,539,051, a structure to house seven firefighters with a fire engine, squad vehicle and high water and brush rescue vehicle, built to withstand 175 mph winds (City of Palm Bay Mayor's Message, February 2025). The department page now lists Station 9 at 1683 SE Mara Loma Blvd. as open.

Staffing grew alongside the buildings. The same February 2025 Palm Bay message reported that Palm Bay Fire Rescue had graduated 24 new hires, the largest class in its history, in preparation for the two new stations (City of Palm Bay).

Beyond 911 response, Palm Bay Fire Rescue checks smoke detectors for older and disabled residents, takes used sharps at two stations, runs annual fire inspections and books station tours and safety talks (City of Palm Bay Fire Rescue).

Smoke alarms come first on the Palm Bay list. Palm Bay Fire Rescue will check the smoke detector batteries of any elderly or disabled citizen of Palm Bay free of charge, through (321) 726-2663 or FDInspections@palmbayfl.gov, and the department says a smoke alarm installed before May 2002 needs to be replaced (City of Palm Bay).

Sharps disposal is limited to three places in Palm Bay. Palm Bay Fire Stations 1 and 4, at 1201 Port Malabar Blvd NE and 1200 San Filippo Dr. SE, and Brevard County Station 83 at 5148 Minton Rd NW are the only designated spots in Palm Bay for sharps disposal under Brevard County's Sharps Program (City of Palm Bay). Sharps must arrive in the official sharps storage container and may not be left unattended. Palm Bay Fire Rescue does not accept medicines for disposal; the department points instead to FDA home disposal guidance and DEA take-back days.

Palm Bay Fire Rescue publishes an annual fire inspections line, (321) 726-2663, and the department page carries a link to pay fire inspection fees (City of Palm Bay Fire Rescue). Wildfire is a Palm Bay concern too: the department links to Florida wildfire conditions and burn bans by county and publishes the toll-free wildland fire and arson hotline, (800) 342-5869, run through the Florida Forestry Arson Alert program, where callers may stay anonymous.

Palm Bay Fire Rescue is a city department, while Brevard County Fire Rescue, headquartered at 1040 South Florida Ave. in Rockledge, lists five of its own numbered stations at Palm Bay addresses (Brevard County Fire Rescue).

The Brevard County station list shows Station 83 at 5148 Minton Road and Station 88 at 175 Medplex Parkway, both in Palm Bay (Brevard County Fire Rescue). It also lists county Station 84 at 1201 Port Malabar Blvd NE, Station 85 at 150 Malabar Road and Station 89 at 2051 Degroodt Avenue SW, matching the City of Palm Bay addresses for its Stations 1 and 2, and the 2051 address the city gives for Station 6 as DeGroodt Road SW (City of Palm Bay). A Palm Bay address can therefore carry two station numbers, one city and one county.

County Station 83 on Minton Road also appears on the Palm Bay Fire Rescue page as one of the three sharps drop-off points in the city (City of Palm Bay). Brevard County Fire Rescue, led by Fire Chief James Stables, publishes its own department phone, (321) 633-2056 (Brevard County Fire Rescue).

Growth in Palm Bay is paid for partly through impact fees on new homes. Resolution 2024-31 sets the Palm Bay fire impact fee for a single family dwelling at $697.56 in FY 2024-25, rising in phases to $930.00 in FY 2027-28 (City of Palm Bay Resolution 2024-31).

A Palm Bay Fire Rescue applicant needs a Florida Firefighter Certificate of Compliance, a current Florida EMT license, Basic Life Support certification and a Class E Florida driver license, and must sign a one-year tobacco-free affidavit (City of Palm Bay Fire Rescue).

Palm Bay Fire Rescue conducts candidate testing periodically and posts testing announcements on the City of Palm Bay human resources site (City of Palm Bay). The certificate of compliance comes from the Florida State Fire Marshal, Bureau of Fire Standards and Training, and the EMT license from the Florida Department of Health. Applicants must be United States citizens or permanent residents, pass a background investigation and complete a firefighter physical examination.

Hiring in Palm Bay has been heavy as stations opened. Command staff and the training division interviewed and tested more than 70 candidates in the fall of 2024, with a target of starting 26 new hires on October 21, 2024 (Palm Bay Fire Rescue newsletter, October 2024).