Cabot Fire Department

Cabot Fire Department transitioned from an all-volunteer operation to a full career department in 1994, growing steadily since to serve the city of Cabot and surrounding Lonoke County, Arkansas. The department is guided by core values of integrity, respect, service, and courage, and today operates out of four staffed stations with a combined roster of 46 full-time and 6 part-time firefighters under Fire Chief Chad W. Moore.

Beyond structural firefighting, Cabot Fire Department fields the only dive team in Lonoke County, a unit it has run since 2004 under dual sponsorship with Lonoke County OES, handling underwater search, rescue, and recovery calls across the county. The department also runs community-facing programs including child safety seat inspections, a storm shelter registration program, and fire prevention education, and in 2025 opened a four-story training tower with two live-fire burn rooms to support in-house recruit and continuing education.

The Insurance Services Office rated Cabot's fire protection a 2/2X in 2024, reflecting the department's investment in staffing, apparatus, and water supply in the three decades since its transition to a career department.

Firefighter openings are handled through the City of Cabot's general employment portal. Unlike most city positions, Firefighter (and Patrol Officer) applications can be submitted even when no opening is currently posted, and applicants can subscribe to email/text alerts for future postings.