The Administrative Services Division oversees the purchase of uniforms, supplies, fire equipment and other things needed to keep the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department in operation.  In addition, the division is responsible for maintenance and upkeep of all fire and rescue apparatus, as well as the department's 56 fire stations.

Since 2003, Administrative Services has overseen the replacement or remodeling of more than 20 fire stations, construction of four new fire stations and basic repairs or improvements to several others.  Plans are underway to renovate another half dozen fire stations and build four others, three of which will replace existing stations. When that work is completed, the fire department will have spent more than $28 million on new fire stations since 2003.

Administrative Services has also spent more than $23 million replacing Fire and Rescue apparatus since 2003.  The apparatus includes new fire boats, fire trucks, rescue vehicles, ladder trucks, tankers and other apparatus.  The division's efforts to purchase better quality equipment have resulted in reducing repair costs and turn around time.

The division is responsible for ongoing maintenance of Fire and Rescue Department vehicles and fire stations.  In 2004, the division acquired a 38,000-square-foot Tactical Support Facility  used to provide vehicle maintenance, test pumpers and store firefighting supplies such as foam, hose, hot sticks and generators.

The division oversees the expenditure of about $8 million a year for such items as fire hoses, nozzles, uniforms, protective gear, foam and other necessary day-to-day supplies to keep the city's firehouses operating. The division has 17 employees and is under the direction of Chief Larry A. Peterson.