Firehouse Subs

Firehouse Subs's Florida stores average -0.44 high-priority violations per routine inspection relative to their county baseline (95% interval -0.52 to -0.36), below the county baseline. Rank 5 of 6 sandwich brands, counted from furthest below the baseline.

-0.44vs county baseline, 95% interval -0.52 to -0.36

0.74 vs 1.18raw high-priority violations per routine inspection vs the baseline its stores face

169stores in 39 counties, 527 routine inspections, FY2023-24 to FY2025-26

The food: where these dishes come from

Firehouse Subs is known for submarine sandwich. The stories are about the dishes, not the brand, and live on PlateTales.

By fiscal year

Relative to the county baseline, first visits of routine inspections. Open circle and * = fiscal year in progress (data as of 2026-11-09). Hover a point for n.

Most-cited violation codes

Citations per 100 routine inspections, Firehouse Subs vs all Florida inspections, FY2023-24 to FY2025-26 (n = 527). Descriptions are DBPR's.
Code	DBPR description	Firehouse Subs	Florida	Ratio
22	Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean	40.8	43.6	0.94x
31	Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed	36.1	42.0	0.86x
53	Food management certification valid / Employee training verification	33.6	21.1	1.59x
14	Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located	32.8	46.9	0.70x
03	Food Out of Temperature	27.3	35.0	0.78x

Outcomes

19.9% vs 19.6%routine inspections that needed a callback visit, vs all Florida (raw)

0.38% vs 1.01%routine inspections ending in an emergency order recommendation, vs all Florida (raw)

100%of 163 stores with 2+ inspections score below their county baseline after shrinkage toward the brand mean

Emergency closures

No Firehouse Subs store appears in DBPR's weekly closure extracts (2025-12-29 to 2026-11-06).

Other sandwich brands

Ranked sandwich brands, FY2023-24 to FY2025-26.
Rank	Brand	vs county	95% interval	Stores
1	Arby's	-0.54	-0.62 to -0.45	148
2	Subway	-0.53	-0.56 to -0.49	970
3	Jimmy John's	-0.47	-0.58 to -0.36	146
4	Jersey Mike's	-0.46	-0.53 to -0.38	248
5	Firehouse Subs	-0.44	-0.52 to -0.36	169
6	Charleys Philly Steaks	-0.03	-0.16 to +0.12	107

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Firehouse Subs elsewhere

Firehouse Subs franchise costs and FDD: FranchiseLens Where Firehouse Subs locates: PlazaLens

Store-level matching: a store counts for Firehouse Subs when its DBPR business name matches the reviewed aliases in InspectLens's brand list. Co-branded units (for example KFC with Taco Bell) are not counted for either brand.