Public Safety Department in Rockledge, Florida

Rockledge police and fire work as two divisions of one Rockledge Public Safety Department, headquartered at 1776 Jack Oates Boulevard, a merger the city dates to 2017.

The City of Rockledge says the Rockledge Police Department and the Rockledge Fire Department joined forces in 2017 and began operating as the Public Safety Department. One official holds the combined title of Public Safety Director and Chief of Police, while a deputy police chief and a fire chief oversee the day-to-day operations of the Police and Fire Divisions (City of Rockledge Public Safety Department). The department's general phone is 321-690-3988 and its fax 321-690-3996, both at the Jack Oates Boulevard headquarters in Rockledge.

Each division keeps its own contact line. The Police Division lists 321-690-3988 with 911 for emergencies (Rockledge Police Division), while the Fire Division lists 321-221-7540, Option 5, fax 321-204-6386, and an administrative office at extension 3501 of the same city number (Rockledge Fire Division). Both divisions give 1776 Jack Oates Boulevard as their physical address.

Last verified: October 21, 2026, once the Rockledge department page, both division pages and overviews, the station list, the records and alarm rules, the sharps program and the city FAQ had been fetched again.

The Rockledge Police Division is organized as the Chief's Office plus two bureaus, Operations and Support Services, with an authorized strength of 58 sworn officers, 28 civilian employees and 15 volunteers.

According to the Rockledge police overview, a commander leads the Operations Bureau, whose primary duties are patrol, traffic enforcement and investigations, and a lieutenant leads the Support Services Bureau, which handles training, communications, records, school resource officers and community relations (Rockledge police department overview).

The city's navigation for the Rockledge Police Division lists the community programs it runs, among them a K9 Unit, National Night Out, a Citizens' Public Safety Academy, a Police Athletic League, an Honor Guard and a prescription drug takeback box (City of Rockledge department navigation). The Fire Division FAQ points unused medicines to that takeback point at the Rockledge Public Safety Headquarters on Jack Oates Boulevard, not to a fire station (City of Rockledge FAQ, Fire Department).

Rockledge has three fire stations, one in each of the city's three response districts: Station 35 on Rockledge Boulevard, Station 36 on South Fiske Boulevard and Station 37 on Murrell Road.

Station addresses and dedication years come from the City of Rockledge fire station list, which also gives each station an honorary name. The Rockledge fire overview calls the division an all hazard emergency response organization that provides advanced life support (ALS) non-transport EMS, fire and hazardous materials response, with at least one ALS fire engine in every station and brush vehicles at two stations for the wildland urban interface (Rockledge fire department overview). Average staffing is three firefighters per engine, and shifts work 24 hours on and 24 hours off with a four-day break after the third on-duty shift.

The Rockledge fire overview reports 3980 calls for service in calendar year 2017, approximately 72% of them EMS in nature. The same overview puts the average response time at approximately three to four minutes after the assigned unit is placed in service, depending on the location of the call, and lists 41 employees in the department.

Emergencies in Rockledge go to 911, and non-emergency police calls go to 321-690-3988, where Rockledge communication officers screen, prioritize and dispatch every call for service.

The Rockledge Communications page places dispatch inside the police Support Services side and describes the communication officers, also called dispatchers, as the link between the public and officers in the field. Many of the thousands of calls they take each year are simple requests for directions, phone numbers or referrals, while most need an officer's response or other documented action; the job also covers radio, telephone, computer and teletype traffic, the enhanced 9-1-1 equipment and walk-in complaints (Rockledge police Communications). The Communications page also lists the city line 321-221-7540 with hours of Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

On medical calls, residents of Rockledge often see a fire engine arrive with or before the ambulance. The city FAQ explains that Brevard County uses a two-tiered system with cross-trained firefighters and paramedics, and that the city has more engines carrying EMTs and paramedics than there are ambulances, so a well placed engine usually reaches the scene first (Rockledge Fire Department FAQ). That matches the overview's description of Rockledge fire EMS as non-transport.

Copies of Rockledge public safety reports are requested from the Records Supervisor at 1776 Jack Oates Boulevard, in person, by mail, by phone, by online form or by fax.

The Rockledge records line is 321-690-3213, extension 3175, and the records page sets office hours of Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and a fax line of 321-690-3996. Copies cost $0.15 a page single-sided and $0.20 double-sided, a disc costs $1, and time beyond 30 minutes spent researching, copying or redacting is billed at $15 an hour in 15 minute increments. Payment is accepted in cash, by card with a 2.5% or $2.50 service fee, whichever is greater, or by check, cashier's check or money order to the City of Rockledge (Rockledge public safety records requests).

Crash reports follow a timing rule spelled out on the Rockledge records page: they are public record but confidential and exempt for the first 60 days after the crash, when only the parties, their lawyers and insurers, immediate family and other listed parties and government agencies may get them, using a Traffic Crash Affidavit and a copy of photo identification. Reports can also be bought and printed through the Florida Crash Portal.

Security alarms in Rockledge must be registered once, for a $25 fee, through the same Records Supervisor; the form and a copy of the city ordinance are available at the Public Safety Department on Jack Oates Boulevard. An alarm company that installs a system registers it, an owner who installs one registers it, and a registration stays good while the owner remains at that address but does not transfer to a new owner, tenant or address (Rockledge security alarm information).

Rockledge Fire runs a free household sharps exchange at Station 35 and helps residents install child car seats through the Public Safety Department at 321-221-7540, Option 4.

The sharps program is part of the Brevard County Solid Waste Management Household Sharps Collection Program, and Rockledge Fire Station 35 at 1800 Rockledge Blvd. is the designated collection site in the City of Rockledge. Each full approved container brought in is swapped for a new empty one; containers must be sealed, not overfilled and never improvised from coffee cans or bottles, and they must not be left unattended. Businesses and professionals fall under biomedical waste laws and cannot use the program (Rockledge household sharps collection program). The city FAQ adds that free sharps containers are available at Station 35 and confirms the car seat help (City of Rockledge FAQ).

The Rockledge Fire Division's mission statement is to provide comprehensive fire and emergency services to the community for the preservation of life, property and the environment, under the values of integrity, excellence and public service (Rockledge Fire mission). City navigation lists further Rockledge fire services and resources, including home safety, hurricane preparation, inspections, training for businesses, CPR, a ride along program, a guide called After the Fire and station tours (City of Rockledge navigation, Fire Division).

Rockledge Fire recruits for combined fire and EMS careers, and its recruiting page sets the typical firefighter week at 56 hours, worked in 24 hour shifts.

The Rockledge recruiting page describes firefighting as physically demanding, with heavy protective gear, work in atmospheres immediately dangerous to life and health, and pump and apparatus operation, and it notes that firefighters are often first on scene at sudden medical calls and vehicle crashes, where they apply basic and advanced life support (Rockledge Fire recruiting). The page invites applicants to call the Rockledge Fire administrative office at (321) 221-7540 for details. City job openings are covered in the Rockledge city jobs guide.