FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – APPLICATION REFERENCE 2014-29

Thank you for your application under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 ("the Act") in which you asked for the number of employees within Humberside Fire and Rescue Service.

The request is:

Freedom of information request – number of staff employed by fire and rescue services

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.

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 2013 and on 31 March 2014.

We would appreciatea 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 2013:

Headcount
Wholetime
Retained
Control
Support
Total

2) How many people were employed by the fire and rescue service (headcount) in the following roles on 31 March 2014:

Headcount
Wholetime
Retained
Control
Support
Total

Please note this is the same criteria used for reporting to government. We would prefer to receive this information in electronic form, either by e-mail to preferably as tables in Word or Excel format.

The response is:

How many people were employed by the fire and rescue service (headcount) in the following roles on 31 March 2013:

Headcount
Wholetime / 581
Retained / 320
Control / 31
Support / 262
Total / 1194

2) How many people were employed by the fire and rescue service (headcount) in the following roles on 31 March 2014:

Headcount
Wholetime / 559
Retained / 287
Control / 33
Support / 270
Total / 1149

If you are unhappy with the handling of your request, you have the right to ask for an internal review. A request for an internal review should be made within 2 months of the date of this email. If you are not happy with the outcome of the internal review, you have the right to apply direct to the Information Commissioner. The address is: Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF.