- Request
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We are collecting information about the number of staff employed by fire and rescue services. Below is the information we would like to obtain from you under the Freedom of Information Act.
1. Specifically, we would like to know how many
(a) wholetime firefighter
(b) retained firefighter
(c) fire control room
(d) support staff
(e) total staff
there were employed in your Fire and Rescue Service, measured by headcount, on 31 March 2020 and 31 March 2021.
2. We also request the (f) number of wholetime firefighters employed by your fire and rescue service as of 31 March 2020 and 31 March 2021 (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.
Please note this is the same criteria used for reporting to governments.
- Decision
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1. How many people were employed by the fire and rescue service (headcount) in the following roles on 31 March 2020:
Headcount wholetime firefighter 185 retained firefighter 421 fire control room 18 support staff 59 Total staff 683 Wholetime-retained 14 (employed by Lincolnshire only) 2. How many people were employed by the fire and rescue service (headcount) in the following roles on 31 March 2021:
Headcount wholetime firefighter 184 retained firefighter 453 fire control room 20 support staff 63 Total staff 720 Wholetime-retained 34 (employed by Lincolnshire only) - Reference number
- 1777717
- Date request received
- 09 June 2021
- Date of decision
- 02 July 2021