Scottish Fire and Rescue Service Fire Safety and Organisational Statistics, Scotland, 2013-14

Statistical bulletin providing information on the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service. Topics covered include Home Fire Safety Visits, stations, equipment, workforce and attacks on personnel at incidents.


Table 9: Headcount and Percentage of Fire and Rescue Service Workforce by gender and type of staffing, as of 31 March 2010 to 2014, Scotland

Number
Wholetime operational Retained Duty System Control Support Staff Volunteer (1) All Staff All Staff (excluding volunteers)
Year Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male
2010 149 4,204 153 2,910 203 31 658 471 65 408 1,228 8,024 1,163 7,616
2011 146 4,055 160 2,879 199 34 650 464 63 374 1,218 7,806 1,155 7,432
2012 148 4,011 182 2,870 202 32 649 487 59 400 1,240 7,800 1,181 7,400
2013 158 3,993 173 2,903 203 31 604 482 52 365 1,190 7,774 1,138 7,409
2014 159 3,842 178 2,762 199 24 545 416 52 307 1,133 7,351 1,081 7,044
Change 2013 to 2014
Number 1 -151 5 -141 -4 -7 -59 -66 - -58 -57 -423 -57 -365
Percentage 1 -4 3 -5 -2 -23 -10 -14 - -16 -5 -5 -5 -5
Change 2010 to 2014
Number 10 -362 25 -148 -4 -7 -113 -55 -13 -101 -95 -673 -82 -572
Percentage 7 -9 16 -5 -2 -23 -17 -12 -20 -25 -8 -8 -7 -8
Percentage
Wholetime operational Retained Duty System Control Support Staff Volunteer (1) All Staff All Staff (excluding volunteers)
Year Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male
2010 3 97 5 95 87 13 58 42 14 86 13 87 13 87
2011 4 97 5 95 85 15 58 42 14 86 14 87 14 87
2012 4 96 6 94 86 14 57 43 13 87 14 86 14 86
2013 4 96 6 94 87 13 56 44 13 88 13 87 13 87
2014 4 96 6 94 89 11 57 43 14 86 13 87 13 87

Notes

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

(2) - In some cases percentages add to over 100 due to rounding e.g. 3.5 and 96.5 round to 4 and 97 respectively.

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