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Publication - Statistics

Fire and Rescue Services Statistics, Scotland 2011-12

Published
21 August 2012
ISBN
9781780459738

Fire and Rescue Services Statistics, Scotland 2011-12

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Table 7b: Percentage of Fire and Rescue Services Workforce by type of staffing within
age ranges as of 31 March 2012 - Fire and Rescue Service

Percentage
Age range(2) Central Dumfries and Galloway Fife Grampian Highlands and Islands Lothian and Borders Strathclyde Tayside Scotland
Wholetime operational
Under 30 14.3 5.9 5.4 12.0 3.2 7.7 10.2 7.8 9.2
30-39 31.0 31.7 34.2 32.4 25.6 31.2 31.9 39.7 32.5
40-49 50.2 44.6 53.0 46.6 63.2 49.3 46.7 45.7 48.2
50 and over 4.5 17.8 7.4 9.1 8.0 11.8 11.1 6.8 10.1
Total Wholetime Operational 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Retained Duty System
Under 30 14.7 8.8 20.5 15.7 12.5 11.8 18.2 14.6 14.4
30-39 24.5 28.4 25.0 24.6 27.4 20.5 27.2 28.9 26.3
40-49 42.7 43.6 41.1 41.0 41.3 43.4 36.3 40.6 40.6
50 and over 18.2 19.1 13.4 18.7 18.8 24.3 18.4 15.9 18.8
Total Retained Duty system 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Control
Under 30 5.9 - - 12.9 - - 9.2 9.1 6.0
30-39 29.4 40.0 14.3 38.7 21.1 9.1 23.7 27.3 24.4
40-49 41.2 26.7 33.3 32.3 36.8 63.6 32.9 31.8 37.6
50 and over 23.5 33.3 52.4 16.1 42.1 27.3 34.2 31.8 32.1
Total Control 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Support Staff
Under 30 8.9 16.7 17.5 9.3 11.4 8.1 9.8 4.5 9.7
30-39 22.2 16.7 22.5 17.4 22.8 16.8 22.5 7.5 20.3
40-49 26.7 50.0 32.5 29.1 25.3 28.0 31.7 37.3 31.0
50 and over 42.2 16.7 27.5 44.2 40.5 47.2 35.9 50.7 39.0
Total Support Staff 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Volunteer(1)
Under 30 - 50.0 - 81.5 9.8 - 10.4 11.5 14.8
30-39 - - - 7.4 31.1 - 21.5 23.1 23.3
40-49 - 25.0 - 7.4 31.1 - 46.7 30.8 38.8
50 and over - 25.0 - 3.7 28.0 - 21.5 34.6 23.1
Total Volunteer - 100.0 - 100.0 100.0 - 100.0 100.0 100.0
All Staff
Under 30 13.6 8.5 9.4 15.7 11.2 8.5 11.5 9.9 11.2
30-39 28.0 28.9 30.5 26.6 27.2 26.1 28.4 32.3 28.2
40-49 45.1 43.3 47.9 40.5 41.4 45.5 41.9 42.3 42.7
50 and over 13.3 19.3 12.2 17.2 20.2 19.9 18.2 15.5 17.9
Total All Staff 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
All Staff (excluding volunteers)
Under 30 13.6 8.0 9.4 13.6 11.3 8.5 11.6 9.8 11.0
30-39 28.0 29.3 30.5 27.3 26.8 26.1 29.0 32.6 28.4
40-49 45.1 43.5 47.9 41.5 42.4 45.5 41.5 42.8 42.9
50 and over 13.3 19.2 12.2 17.6 19.4 19.9 17.9 14.8 17.6
Total All Staff (excluding volunteers) 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Notes
Percentage calculated on headcount figures
(1) - this also includes staff who are in Community Response Units (CRU)
(2) - Retirement age varies depending on type of staffing, please refer to paragraph 6.3.9

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