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Reddit Fire Department

A community for those serving their community. Home to all things fire and rescue.

169k subscribers525 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. ~1% by known bots)434 authors / mosince 2009

r/Firefighting has 169k members (+14% over the last 12 months). It gets about 525 posts a month from 434 people. Top topics: Firefighting Careers, Firefighting Training & Careers and Wildland Firefighting.

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Size and growth

How r/Firefighting has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+14%in 12 months · +2.6% in 3 months · +0.6% in 1 month
Oct 2026169k
Growing169k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
r/Firefighting

Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−28%vs Sep 2025 · −9.0% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026525
QuieterPeaked at 1.2k in Jan 2025
Sep 2026: incl. ~1% by known botsData through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/Firefighting

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Firefighting Careers13%
  2. Firefighting Training & Careers5.0%
  3. Wildland Firefighting1.7%
  4. Building Fires and Incidents1.1%
  5. Firefighting and EMS0.8%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Apple
  2. FEMA
  3. CBC
  4. ChatGPT
  5. CBS News

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