Staff Pay and Grading Structure – Fire service
Details for 30 September 2019
Role – This shows the role titles / pay grades.
Salary Range – This details the basic salary range for each role/grade exckuding allowances
Establishment – This is the number of established posts approved within the Service’s 2019/2020 budget.
Strength – This reflects the number of full time equivalent (FTE) people within each grade
Vacancy – This reflects true vacancies in established posts
Headcount – This indicates the actual number of people within the role
Comments – This details any additional comments applicable to the role (see download for comments)
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Corporate management board
(salaries inclusive of continuous duty system allowance)
| Role | Salary Range (£) | Establishment | Strength | Vacancy | Headcount |
| Chief Fire Officer | 118, 973 – 131, 213 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 |
| Deputy Chief Fire Officer | 96, 941 – 106, 733 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 |
| NY Fire Locally Determined Area Manager Head of Section | 70, 392 – 79, 092 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 |
| NY Fire Locally Determined Support Head of Section | 53, 496 – 60, 109 | 2.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 |
| Totals | 6.00 | 5.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 | |
Uniformed non rider
Uniformed managers in specialist roles who are not attached to operational fire stations. They provide operational cover in accordance with their duty system rota.
| Role | Salary Range (£) | Establishment | Strength | Vacancy | Headcount |
| Group Manager B | 46, 254 – 51, 275 | 9.00 | 9.00 | 0.00 | 9.00 |
| Station Manager B | 40,161 – 44, 297 | 16.00 | 16.00 | 0.00 | 16.00 |
| Watch Manager B | 35, 275 – 38, 611 | 21.00 | 20.00 | 0.00 | 20.00 |
| Crew Manager | 33, 101 – 34, 528 | 11.00 | 8.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| Totals | 57.00 | 53.00 | 0.00 | 53.00 | |
Uniformed rider
Uniformed personnel attached to operational fire stations and who work either to a shift, day crewing or operational staffing reserve duty system.
| Role | Salary Range (£) | Establishment | Strength | Vacancy | Headcount |
| Watch Manager B | 35, 275 – 38, 611 | 9.00 | 8.00 | 1.00 | 8.00 |
| Watch Manager A | 35, 275 – 36, 255 | 23.00 | 23.00 | 2.00 | 23.00 |
| Crew Manager | 33, 101 – 34, 528 | 45.00 | 50.00 | 0.00 | 50.00 |
| Firefighter | 23, 366 – 31, 144 | 165.00 | 160.79 | 9.00 | 162.00 |
| Totals | 242.00 | 241.79 | 12.00 | 243.00 | |
Uniformed non rider
Uniformed personnel who provide on-call availability to retained duty system fire stations.
| Role | Salary Range (£) | Establishment | Strength | Vacancy | Headcount |
| Retained Watch Manager B | 1, 764 – 3, 861 | 25.00 | 18.25 | 6.75 | 21.00 |
| Retained Watch Manager A | 1, 764 – 3, 626 | 7.00 | 5.25 | 1.75 | 7.00 |
| Retained Crew Manager | 1, 655 – 3, 453 | 64.00 | 59.75 | 4.25 | 72.00 |
| Retained Firefighter | 1, 168 – 3, 114 | 284.00 | 198.25 | 85.75 | 232.00 |
| Totals | 380.00 | 281.50 | 98.50 | 332.00 | |
Control
Staff working in the Service’s control room who handle emergency calls
| Role | Salary Range (£) | Establishment | Strength | Vacancy | Headcount |
| Station Manager B (Control) | 38, 153 – 42, 082 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 |
| Watch Manager B (Control) | 33, 511 – 36, 680 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 |
| Crew Manger (Control) | 31, 446 – 32, 802 | 7.00 | 7.00 | 1.00 | 8.00 |
| Firefighter (Control) | 22, 198 – 29, 587 | 7.20 | 6.71 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| Totals | 17.20 | 16.71 | 1.00 | 19.00 | |
Non uniformed
Non uniformed support staff working at various locations throughout the County.
| Role | Salary Range (£) | Establishment | Strength | Vacancy | Headcount |
| Grade 14 | 43, 662 – 45, 591 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 |
| Grade 13 | 40, 760 – 42, 683 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Grade 12 | 37, 849 – 39, 782 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| Grade 11 | 34, 788 – 36, 876 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 |
| Grade 10 | 32, 029 – 33, 799 | 3.00 | 2.00 | 1.00 | 2.00 |
| Grade 9 | 29, 636 – 31,371 | 13.68 | 12.68 | 2.18 | 13.00 |
| Grade 8 | 26, 999 – 28, 785 | 11.00 | 10.00 | 4.00 | 10.00 |
| Grade 7 | 24, 313 – 26, 317 | 12.00 | 11.50 | 0.00 | 13.00 |
| Grade 6 | 22, 911 – 23, 836 | 13.00 | 10.61 | 1.00 | 13.00 |
| Grade 5 | 21, 589 – 22, 462 | 4.00 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
| Grade 4 | 20,344 – 21, 166 | 2.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Grade 3 | 19, 171 – 19, 945 | 12.33 | 10.30 | 1.14 | 16.00 |
| Grade 2 | 18, 065 – 18, 795 | 4.31 | 4.31 | 1.00 | 5.00 |
| Totals | 84.32 | 74.40 | 11.32 | 85.00 | |