I can confirm that Essex County Fire & Rescue Service does hold this information.
Please find the response to your request below..
Initial request:.
Could I please submit a freedom of information request as follows:.
What percentage of your WM(A) fire safety officers were automatically promoted as Station Officers (WM(B)) during your recent Role to Rank process?.
Final response:.
The Rank to Role process moved our Service from a rank based structure to a role based system, following the National Joint Council 2005 agreement..
Although ECFRS moved from Rank to Role for pay purposes only, it continued to maintain a rank based structure. The role maps for Watch Managers A and B were the same, as they were for Station Managers A and B. The move from one system to another was not treated as a promotion process..
Further info can be found here:.
http://news.essex-fire.gov.uk/2017/02/20/programme-2020-rank-to-role-questions-and-answers/.
http://news.essex-fire.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Rank-to-Role-Feb-2017.pdf