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 13: Headcount and percentage of Scottish Fire and Rescue Service Workforce by type of staffing and age range, as of 31 March 2014

Number
Age range(2) Wholetime operational Retained Duty System Control Support Staff Volunteer (1) All Staff All Staff (excluding volunteers)
Under 20 - 13 - - 29 42 13
20-29 302 438 12 69 32 853 821
30-39 1,254 691 46 174 58 2,223 2,165
40-44 888 540 34 142 63 1,667 1,604
45-49 1,024 635 42 153 89 1,943 1,854
50-54 486 370 52 160 48 1,116 1,068
55-65 47 253 37 248 38 623 585
66 and over - - - 15 2 17 15
Scotland 4,001 2,940 223 961 359 8,484 8,125
Percentage
Age range(2) Wholetime operational Retained Duty System Control Support Staff Volunteer (1) All Staff All Staff (excluding volunteers)
Under 20 - - - - 8 - -
20-29 8 15 5 7 9 10 10
30-39 31 24 21 18 16 26 27
40-44 22 18 15 15 18 20 20
45-49 26 22 19 16 25 23 23
50-54 12 13 23 17 13 13 13
55-65 1 9 17 26 11 7 7
66 and over - - - 2 1 - -
Scotland 100 100 100 100 100 100 100

Notes

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

(2) - Retirement age varies depending on type of staffing, please refer to section 6.4

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