Fire Brigades
46 England
3 Wales
8 Scotland
1 Northern Ireland
Total = 58
Number of Stations
Wholetime = 679
Retained = 1,100
Mixed = 128
Volunteers = 141
Number of Personnel
Wholetime = 38,600
Retained = 18,196
Control = 1,644
Volunteers = 1,266

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

Retained Personnel - 15,355 equivalent 24hr units


Total Uniformed Personnel = 59,704

Non-Uniformed Personnel = 6,988

Total Cost £1.5 Billion of which Retained cost £70m

Cost per head of Population = £33 p.a.

Cost of Wholetime Pump = £800,000 p.a.

Cost of Retained Pump = £80,000 p.a.

Number of Pumps = 3,044

Total Fire Appliances = 4,069

Total Calls = 1,130,000

False Alarms = 388,780

Source: CIPFA Statistics 2001