Fire and Rescue Service Statistics, Scotland 2012-13

2. Main Points

Workforce

All data are stated as at 31 March 2013:

• The headcount for Fire and Rescue Services staff in Scotland totalled 8,964. This is a decrease in headcount of 0.8 % from 31 March 2012. (Table 3).
• Overall, 13 % of Scotland's Fire and Rescue Services workforce were female (Table 5).
• The largest age group of staff was aged between 40 and 49 years old and made up 42 % of Scotland's Fire and Rescue Services staff. The next largest age group was staff between 30 and 39 years old at 27 % (Table 7b).
• Of Scotland's Fire and Rescue Services staff 0.6 % were recorded as belonging to an ethnic minority group (Table 8).
• Overall 0.6 % of Scotland's Fire and Rescue Services staff had a disability (Table 9).

Attacks on Fire and Rescue Personnel

• In 2012-13, there were 80 incidents where attacks on Fire and Rescue Service personnel occurred and 4 personnel were injured. This is a decrease of 32 incidents from 2011-12 but an increase of 3 in the number of personnel injured. (Table 10).

Home Fire Safety Visits

• In 2012-13, there were 56,251 Home Fire Safety Visits performed by Scotland's Fire and Rescue Services - this is approximately 1 visit for every 45 dwellings in Scotland (Table 12a).

Non-Domestic Fire Safety

• In 2012-13, Scotland's Fire and Rescue Services completed 7,994 fire safety audits. This represents 6 % of known non-domestic premises in Scotland and took 40,728 hours. (Table 13a and 14a)
• In Scotland in 2012-13, the highest proportion of type of premises audited was care homes, with 71 % of known care homes were audited (Table 13a).
• Of the 764 premises that were found to be non-compliant with fire safety legislation on the initial visit, 43 were issued with enforcement notice and 22 with prohibition notices (Table 14a).
• There were 13 alterations notices in force at the end of 2012-13 (Table 16).