On the strength of 106 professional fire fighters and fire officers the City of Huntington Fire Department provides quality life saving fire and emergency services to its citizens, workers, and visitors.

Established as a professional department in 1897, the City of Huntington Fire Department has a long rich heritage dating back to the 19th century.  The department provides nine fully staffed firefighting companies with a compliment of support staff and apparatus responding from six stations strategically located throughout the city of 51,475.  Additionally, since Huntington is located on the banks of the Ohio River and its tributaries, and is the river's largest port area, the department also is capable of water rescue and operations as well. The department is responsible for the fire protection of a myriad of diverse industries, schools, commercial businesses, transportation and residential structures and provides first responder emergency medical assistance.

The City of Huntington Fire Department holds a Class 2 rating from the Insurance Services Office (ISO) and was the first department in the State to achieve this status.