Fire and Rescue Service Statistics, Scotland 2012-13

Statistical bulletin providing statistics on Scotland Fire and Rescue Services workforce, stations, equipment, fire safety and attacks on Fire and Rescue Service personnel at incidents.


Table 5: Headcount and Percentages of Fire and Rescue Services Workforce by gender and type of staffing as of 31 March 2013 - Scotland

  Number Percentage
Female Male Total Female Male Total
Wholetime operational
Brigade Manager 1 13 14 7.1 92.9 100.0
Area Manager - 35 35 - 100.0 100.0
Group Manager 3 146 149 2.0 98.0 100.0
Station Manager 3 133 136 2.2 97.8 100.0
Watch Manager 19 661 680 2.8 97.2 100.0
Crew Manager 24 634 658 3.6 96.4 100.0
Firefighter 108 2,371 2,479 4.4 95.6 100.0
Wholetime operational Sub -Total 158 3,993 4,151 3.8 96.2 100.0
Retained Duty System
Station Manager - - - - - -
Watch Manager 6 261 267 2.2 97.8 100.0
Crew Manager 15 493 508 3.0 97.0 100.0
Firefighter 152 2,149 2,301 6.6 93.4 100.0
Retained Duty System Sub-Total 173 2,903 3,076 5.6 94.4 100.0
Control
Group Manager 3 1 4 75.0 25.0 100.0
Station Manager 6 2 8 75.0 25.0 100.0
Watch Manager 44 6 50 88.0 12.0 100.0
Crew Manager 42 4 46 91.3 8.7 100.0
Control Operator 108 18 126 85.7 14.3 100.0
Control Sub-Total 203 31 234 86.8 13.2 100.0
Support Staff
Brigade Manager equivalent 3 6 9 33.3 66.7 100.0
Area Manager equivalent 6 10 16 37.5 62.5 100.0
Group Manager equivalent 19 21 40 47.5 52.5 100.0
Community Fire Safety 30 35 65 46.2 53.8 100.0
Other 546 410 956 57.1 42.9 100.0
Support Staff Sub-Total 604 482 1,086 55.6 44.4 100.0
Volunteer (1)
Station Manager - - - - - -
Watch Manager 2 33 35 5.7 94.3 100.0
Crew Manager 2 38 40 5.0 95.0 100.0
Firefighter 48 294 342 14.0 86.0 100.0
Volunteer Sub-Total 52 365 417 12.5 87.5 100.0
             
All Staff Total 1,190 7,774 8,964 13.3 86.7 100.0
All Staff (excluding volunteers) Total 1,138 7,409 8,547 13.3 86.7 100.0

Notes

(1) - This also includes staff who are in Community Response Units (CRU)

Table 5a: Percentage of Fire and Rescue Services workforce by gender within each type of staffing as of 31 March 2013 - Fire and Rescue Service

  Percentage
Wholetime operational Retained Duty System Control Support Staff Volunteer (1) All Staff All Staff (excluding volunteers)
Fire and Rescue Service Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male
Central 3.8 96.2 3.1 96.9 64.7 35.3 63.0 37.0 - - 11.7 88.3 11.7 88.3
Dumfries and Galloway 8.0 92.0 7.5 92.5 100.0 0.0 64.7 35.3 20.0 80.0 14.8 85.2 14.8 85.2
Fife 3.8 96.2 5.2 94.8 81.0 19.0 60.6 39.4 - - 10.9 89.1 10.9 89.1
Grampian 3.7 96.3 5.4 94.6 80.0 20.0 50.6 49.4 28.6 71.4 12.5 87.5 12.0 88.0
Highlands and Islands 2.9 97.1 7.4 92.6 89.5 10.5 51.9 48.1 6.5 93.5 10.6 89.4 10.9 89.1
Lothian and Borders 5.8 94.2 5.7 94.3 93.8 6.3 57.5 42.5 - - 14.7 85.3 14.7 85.3
Strathclyde 2.5 97.5 4.1 95.9 90.0 10.0 55.4 44.6 12.4 87.6 14.9 85.1 15.1 84.9
Tayside 5.9 94.1 3.1 96.9 85.0 15.0 53.7 46.3 16.0 84.0 10.9 89.1 10.7 89.3
Scotland 3.8 96.2 5.6 94.4 86.8 13.2 55.6 44.4 12.5 87.5 13.3 86.7 13.3 86.7

Table 5b: Percentage of Fire and Rescue Services Workforce by type of staffing within each gender as of 31 March 2013 - Scotland

  Number Percentage
Type of Staff Female Male Total Female Male
Wholetime operational 158 3,993 4,151 13.3 51.4
Retained Duty System 173 2,903 3,076 14.5 37.3
Control 203 31 234 17.1 0.4
Support Staff 604 482 1,086 50.8 6.2
Volunteer (1) 52 365 417 4.4 4.7
All Staff Total 1,190 7,774 8,964 100.0 100.0

Notes

Percentage calculated on headcount figures

(1) - this also includes staff who are in Community Response Units (CRU)

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