Fire Brigades
45 England
3 Wales
8 Scotland
1 Northern Ireland
Total = 57
Number of Stations
Wholetime = 673
Retained = 1,196
Mixed = 128
Volunteers = 77
Number of Personnel
Wholetime = 37,596
Retained = 18,827
Control = 1,852

N.B. Estimated number of W/T personnel on duty for calls = 6,000

Retained Personnel - 15,355 equivalent 24hr units


Total Uniformed Personnel = 58,275

Non-Uniformed Personnel = 9,675

Total Cost £2.2 Billion

Cost per head of Population = £43 p.a.

Number of Pumps = 2,953

Total Fire Appliances = 4,311

Total Calls = 1,036,812

False Alarms = 436,690

Source: CIPFA Statistics 2007