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Publication - Statistics

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

Published
24 February 2015
ISBN
9781785441349

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.

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Table 7: Headcount of Scottish Fire and Rescue Service Workforce by type of staffing and Area of Responsibility, as of 31 March 2014

Please see the "Notes - workforce" tab for information on the Area of Responsibility breakdown in this table.

Area of Responsibility Wholetime Operational Retained Duty system (RDS) Control Support Volunteer All Staff Total All Staff (excluding volunteers) Total
SCOTLAND TOTAL 4,001 2,940 223 961 359 8,484 8,125
Local Authority Area (total) 3,392 2,940 - - 359 6,691 6,332
Aberdeen City (LA) 174 8 - - - 182 182
Aberdeenshire 23 297 - - - 320 320
Angus 35 99 - - - 134 134
Argyll and Bute 58 187 - - 203 448 245
Clackmannanshire 43 21 - - - 64 64
Dumfries and Galloway (LA) 69 198 - - 4 271 267
Dundee City 215 14 - - - 229 229
East Ayrshire 59 77 - - - 136 136
East Dunbartonshire 74 - - - - 74 74
East Lothian 29 52 - - - 81 81
East Renfrewshire 59 - - - - 59 59
Edinburgh, City of (LA) 370 12 - - - 382 382
Eilean Siar - 132 - - - 132 132
Falkirk 96 65 - - - 161 161
Fife (LA) 289 111 - - - 400 400
Glasgow, City of (LA) 560 2 - - - 562 562
Highland 81 564 - - 72 717 645
Inverclyde 78 42 - - - 120 120
Midlothian 35 10 - - - 45 45
Moray 20 104 - - 32 156 124
North Ayrshire 76 94 - - 21 191 170
North Lanarkshire 188 28 - - - 216 216
Orkney Islands - 113 - - - 113 113
Perth and Kinross 88 140 - - 25 253 228
Renfrewshire 116 14 - - - 130 130
Scottish Borders 75 134 - - - 209 209
Shetland Islands - 134 - - - 134 134
South Ayrshire 65 54 - - - 119 119
South Lanarkshire 190 84 - - 2 276 274
Stirling 62 74 - - - 136 136
West Dunbartonshire 80 18 - - - 98 98
West Lothian 85 58 - - - 143 143
Local Senior Officer Area (total) 285 - - - - 285 285
Argyll and Bute, East Dunbartonshire and West Dunbartonshire 23 - - - - 23 23
Aberdeen City (LSO) 15 - - - - 15 15
Aberdeenshire and Moray 22 - - - - 22 22
Dumfries and Galloway (LSO) 16 - - - - 16 16
Dundee, Angus, Perth and Kinross 11 - - - - 11 11
East Lothian, Midlothian and the Scottish Borders 21 - - - - 21 21
East Renfrewshire, Renfrewshire and Inverclyde 12 - - - - 12 12
East Ayrshire, North Ayrshire and South Ayrshire 23 - - - - 23 23
Edinburgh, City of (LSO) 26 - - - - 26 26
Falkirk and West Lothian 13 - - - - 13 13
Fife (LSO) 21 - - - - 21 21
Glasgow, City of (LSO) 28 - - - - 28 28
Highlands 13 - - - - 13 13
North Lanarkshire 14 - - - - 14 14
South Lanarkshire 10 - - - - 10 10
Stirling and Clackmannanshire 8 - - - - 8 8
Western Isles, Orkney and Shetland Islands 9 - - - - 9 9
Service Delivery Area (total) 268 - - 724 - 992 992
SDA EAST 80 - - 175 - 255 255
SDA NORTH 77 - - 133 - 210 210
SDA WEST 111 - - 416 - 527 527
National 56 - 223 237 - 516 516

Notes

1 - The abbreviations (LA) and (LSO) have been used in the table to distinguish between Local Authority and Local Senior Officer Areas which have the same name, for example Aberdeen City.

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