Fire and Rescue Services
(asked on 19th June 2014) - View Source
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many firefighters there are per head of the population in (a) England and (b) Wales.
The latest numbers of full time equivalent whole-time, retained duty system and total firefighters per 10,000 head of population are shown in the table below.
2012-13 | Wholetime firefighters (full time equivalent) per 10,000 population | Retained Duty System Firefighters (full time equivalent) per 10,000 population | Total firefighter (full time equivalent) per 10,000 population |
England | 5.09 | 2.12 | 7.21 |
Wales | 4.94 | 4.63 | 9.57 |
Sources: ONS mid-2012 population estimates, DCLG 2012-13 Annual Returns, Wales 2012-13 Annual returns