HC Deb 13 May 1975 vol 892 cc88-9W
Mrs. Winifred Ewing

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many fire officers in each grade above that of station officer are currently employed by brigades to be taken into the Grampian and Highland Regions.

Mr. William Ross

The numbers of officers or ranks above that of station officer in the North-Eastern Fire Brigade and the Northern Fire Brigade—which covers Orkney, Shetland and the Western Isles as well as the Highland Region—are as follows:

North-Eastern Northern
Assistant Divisional Officers 10 4
Divisional Officer (Grade III) 1
Divisional Officer (Grade II) 3 4
Divisional Officer (Grade I) 2 1*
Assistant Firemaster 1
Firemaster 1 1
* Deputy Firemaster.