Thank you for your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. I can confirm that Essex County Fire & Rescue Service does hold this information.
Please see below the answer to your request.
Initial Request:
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) whole-time 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 2018 and 31 March 2019.
Final Response:
Please see table below
|
31 March 2018 |
31 March 2019 |
|
|
Wholetime |
612 |
630 |
|
Retained |
508 |
500 |
|
Control |
35 |
35 |
|
Support |
316 |
289 |
|
Total |
1471 |
1454 |