Wholetime firefighters employed by the fire and rescue service

1) Specifically, we would like to know how many

a) wholetime firefighter,

b) retained firefighter,

c) fire control room,

d) support staff and

e) total staff there were employed in your Fire and Rescue Service, measured by headcount, on 31 March 2025 and 31 March 2026. 

(f) number of wholetime firefighters employed by your fire and rescue service as of 31 March 2025 and 31 March 2026 (headcount) that also work a retained contract and therefore could be described as 'wholetime-retained'. To clarify, we only request the number of wholetime firefighters with an additional retained contract - we are not asking whether it is with your own or another fire and rescue service.

We would appreciate a table for the respective years detailing the data in the following format: 

1) How many people were employed by the fire and rescue service (headcount) in the following roles on 31 March 2025:

Headcount

Wholetime 

Retained

Control

Support

Total 

Wholetime-retained

2) How many people were employed by the fire and rescue service (headcount) in the following roles on 31 March 2026:

Headcount

Wholetime 

Retained

Control

Support

Total 

Wholetime-retained

Please note this is the same criteria used for reporting to governments. 

1-2.

Headcounts for requested time periods: