Fire and Rescue Services Statistics, Scotland 2011-12

Fire and Rescue Services Statistics, Scotland 2011-12


Table 3: Headcount of Fire and Rescue Service Workforce - 2009-10 to 2010-12 - Scotland

Number
Fire and Rescue Service Central(2) Dumfries and Galloway Fife Grampian Highlands and Islands Lothian and Borders Strathclyde Tayside Scotland
Wholetime operational(3)
2009-10 242 103 370 318 130 739 2,058 393 4,353
2010-11 236 102 360 314 129 736 1,948 381 4,206
2011-12 245 101 336 309 125 728 1,932 383 4,159
Retained Duty System
2009-10(1) 155 225 112 437 1,038 305 610 243 3,125
2010-11(1) 144 213 111 425 1,035 306 581 251 3,066
2011-12 143 204 112 407 1,033 288 626 239 3,052
Control
2009-10 18 17 23 29 20 29 77 21 234
2010-11 17 16 19 29 19 32 79 22 233
2011-12 17 15 21 31 19 33 76 22 234
Support Staff
2009-10 53 25 46 87 81 180 586 71 1,129
2010-11 48 19 41 88 79 167 603 69 1,114
2011-12 45 18 40 86 79 161 640 67 1,136
Volunteer(4)
2009-10 - 7 - 24 152 - 262 28 473
2010-11 - 6 - 16 133 - 256 26 437
2011-12 - 4 - 27 132 - 270 26 459
All Staff Total
2009-10 468 377 551 895 1,421 1,253 3,593 756 9,314
2010-11 445 356 531 872 1,395 1,241 3,467 749 9,056
2011-12 450 342 509 860 1,388 1,210 3,544 737 9,040
All Staff (excluding volunteers) Total
2009-10 468 370 551 871 1,269 1,253 3,331 728 8,841
2010-11 445 350 531 856 1,262 1,241 3,211 723 8,619
2011-12 450 338 509 833 1,256 1,210 3,274 711 8,581

Notes
(1) - Revisions have been made to RDS data for 2009-10 and 2010-11 which will affect all staff total, please see section 3.1
(2) - In 2010-11, the number of wholetime crew managers and fire fighters for Central FRS were misclassified . Please see section 6.2.2 for the revision.
(3) - In 2009-10 and 2010-11, wholetime operational staff includes non-uniform staff at the pay equivalent of Brigade Manager, Area Manager and Group Manager, in 2011-12 the majority will be reported in Support Staff, please see section 3.1
(4) - This also includes staff who are in Community Response Units (CRU)

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