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 7b: Headcount of Scottish Fire and Rescue Service Retained Duty System (RDS) Workforce by Role 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 Watch Manager Crew Manager Firefighter Total
SCOTLAND TOTAL 278 535 2,127 2,940
Local Authority Area (total) 278 535 2,127 2,940
Aberdeen City (LA) 1 2 5 8
Aberdeenshire 29 65 203 297
Angus 7 19 73 99
Argyll and Bute 17 24 146 187
Clackmannanshire 2 4 15 21
Dumfries and Galloway (LA) 17 34 147 198
Dundee City 1 3 10 14
East Ayrshire 9 10 58 77
East Dunbartonshire - - - -
East Lothian 5 9 38 52
East Renfrewshire - - - -
Edinburgh, City of (LA) 1 2 9 12
Eilean Siar 13 25 94 132
Falkirk 5 10 50 65
Fife (LA) 11 19 81 111
Glasgow, City of (LA) - 1 1 2
Highland 55 115 394 564
Inverclyde 3 4 35 42
Midlothian 1 2 7 10
Moray 9 22 73 104
North Ayrshire 9 15 70 94
North Lanarkshire 3 3 22 28
Orkney Islands 12 22 79 113
Perth and Kinross 10 25 105 140
Renfrewshire 1 2 11 14
Scottish Borders 13 25 96 134
Shetland Islands 13 29 92 134
South Ayrshire 5 9 40 54
South Lanarkshire 9 8 67 84
Stirling 9 15 50 74
West Dunbartonshire 2 1 15 18
West Lothian 6 11 41 58
Local Senior Officer Area (total) - - - -
Service Delivery Area (total) - - - -
National - - - -

Note

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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