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 12: Full-time Equivalent of Scottish Fire and Rescue Service Workforce by gender and type of staffing, as of 31 March 2014

Number Percentage
Female Male Total Female Male Total
Wholetime operational
Brigade Manager - 9 9 - 100 100
Area Manager - 28 28 - 100 100
Group Manager 3 112 115 3 97 100
Station Manager 2 134 136 1 99 100
Watch Manager 22 657 679 3 97 100
Crew Manager 26 634 660 4 96 100
Firefighter 106 2,268 2,374 4 96 100
Wholetime operational Sub -Total 159 3,842 4,001 4 96 100
Retained Duty System
Station Manager - - - - - -
Watch Manager 10 252 262 4 96 100
Crew Manager 18 472 489 4 96 100
Firefighter 133 1,781 1,914 7 93 100
Retained Duty System Sub-Total 161 2,504 2,665 6 94 100
Control
Group Manager 4 1 5 80 20 100
Station Manager 9 2 11 82 18 100
Watch Manager 46 6 52 88 12 100
Crew Manager 45 6 51 88 12 100
Control Operator 85 9 94 90 10 100
Control Sub-Total 189 24 213 89 11 100
Support Staff2
Service Manager 32 38 70 45 55 100
Team Leader 7 13 20 34 66 100
Professional 26 17 42 61 39 100
Specialist/Technical 39 217 256 15 85 100
Technical Support 120 80 200 60 40 100
Administration 198 26 224 88 12 100
Support Staff Sub-Total 421 391 811 52 48 100
All Staff (excluding volunteers) Total 929 6,761 7,690 12 88 100

Notes:

1 - The data may not summate to the total shown, due to the rounding of the data within subcategories

2 - Support staff sub-categories have changed compared to previous years. The new categories reflect those used in the new organisational structure brought about by the establishement of the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service on 1st April 2013. See Section 6.2.3 for further information.

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