• Firehouse of Hope Gala

    We were honored to host the inaugural Firehouse of Hope Gala at the Grand Bohemian Hotel on September 28. The honoree of the event was the Dunn Companies, longtime supporters of the Firehouse Shelter that have provided financial and volunteer Support.
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  • Amazon Wish List

    The Firehouse Shelter depends on in-kind donations to fill our clothing and toiletries closet. Please consider shopping our list and fulfilling a need today!
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  • Buy A Brick

    Honor a loved one by purchasing a brick in their name, and help feed the homeless with one click.
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The Firehouse Shelter

Firehouse Ministries serves more chronically homeless men than any agency in the state of Alabama. Founded in 1983, we operate the broadest, most comprehensive continuum of services for those experiencing homelessness in Birmingham and surrounding areas. We offer four daily meals, street outreach, employment readiness workshops, literacy skills, life training skills, and a clothing closet to approximately 5,000 of our city’s chronically homeless individuals annually. Firehouse Ministries provides housing for homeless men throughout the city of Birmingham, including permanent supportive housing to men with serious mental illness. Additionally, we offer a day program wherein any person can come to the shelter for a meal, a shower, and clean clothing. Firehouse is the only shelter in Alabama and one of only eight in the country funded by the CDC to offer a medical respite program for homeless men who aren’t sick enough to be hospitalized but too sick to live on the street.

Recent News


Medical Respite Care Program Video

Watch our new video highlighting our Medical Respite Program  Read More >

Firehouse Fall Newsletter 2023

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Get in Touch

Firehouse Ministries

626 2nd Ave N

Birmingham, AL 35203

Phone: (205) 252-9571

Fax: (205) 403-5800

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