Fire Services: Manpower

Mrs. Spelman
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many fire stations in each fire and rescue authority area were staffed in (a) whole and (b) part by retained fire fighters in the latest period for which figures are available.

Mr. Khan
The number of fire stations in England by type of staffing system is set out as follows.

As at 31 March 2008 there were 774 fire stations staffed wholly by retained duty firefighters in England. Stations with the Day-crew, Nucleus and ‘Wholetime-other duty’ system staffing typically use both whole-time and retained firefighters.

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|Type of fire station       |Number|
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|Whole-time 2:2:4 shift     |551   |
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|Day-crew                   |97    |
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|Wholetime-other duty system|14    |
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|Nucleus                    |3     |
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|Retained duty system       |774   |
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|Total                      |1,439 |
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