HC Deb 01 December 1997 vol 302 cc58-82W
Mr. Stringer

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish a breakdown of the personnel of each fire brigade by ethnic origin, sex and grade. [17785]

Mr. George Howarth

[holding answer 27 November 1997]: The Central Fire Brigades Advisory Councils' Joint Committee on Equal Opportunities produces an annual report which includes statistical information on fire brigade personnel. The Committee's Fourth annual report was published on 22 October 1997 and circulated to all fire authorities and brigades. I am placing a copy in the Library. The report includes data on personnel employed by fire brigades, analysed by gender and ethnic origin.

The attached tables, based on recent statistical returns from fire brigades, provide a further breakdown, by rank, gender and ethnic origin, of uniformed personnel within the fire service for England and Wales for the year ending 31 March 1997. Copies of these have also been placed in the Library.

Wholetime men as of 31 March 1997
White
Rank CFO ACO DACO SDO DO I DO II DC III ADO STN O SUB O LDG FF FF
Cumbria 1 1 0 2 0 3 6 12 28 30 21 175
Derbyshire 1 2 0 0 3 1 5 12 37 49 70 275
Devon 1 2 0 3 0 10 0 19 52 69 53 327
Dorset 1 2 0 2 0 8 0 10 21 37 35 178
Durham 1 2 0 3 0 5 0 11 19 49 53 262
Essex 1 2 0 4 0 8 0 18 67 87 136 585
Gloucestershire 1 1 0 0 2 0 4 10 14 28 23 140
Hampshire 1 2 0 7 0 15 0 21 47 96 99 481
Hereford and Worcester 1 1 1 1 2 0 5 9 25 48 44 203
Hertfordshire 1 3 0 0 6 0 9 9 53 80 59 357
Humberside 1 3 0 0 8 0 11 19 41 71 77 470
Kent 1 3 0 8 0 6 7 25 70 97 143 574
Lancashire 1 1 2 4 2 12 1 23 87 110 101 619
Leicestershire 1 2 0 4 0 6 2 6 27 36 49 272
Lincoln 1 2 0 2 0 6 1 10 23 22 23 93
Norfolk 1 1 0 0 3 0 8 13 26 31 33 171
Northamptonshire 1 1 0 2 0 4 0 4 24 34 32 178
Northumberland 1 1 0 1 0 4 1 8 12 27 26 121
Nottinghamshire 1 3 0 2 0 9 0 12 36 81 85 356
Oxfordshire 1 2 0 0 3 3 3 8 29 26 25 117
Isles of Scilly 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 4
Shropshire 1 1 1 0 2 2 0 5 15 26 32 113
Somerset 1 1 0 1 1 2 4 6 17 24 18 95
Staffordshire 1 2 0 4 0 8 0 13 33 61 75 271
Suffolk 0 3 0 1 3 2 0 20 20 31 29 146
Surrey 1 2 0 3 0 7 0 19 41 91 82 470
East Sussex 1 2 0 3 2 4 0 14 30 50 68 255
West Sussex 1 2 0 1 2 2 8 12 33 42 61 222
Warwickshire 1 2 0 1 1 1 4 7 21 30 53 184
Isle of Wight 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 3 5 6 6 31
Wiltshire 1 1 0 1 1 5 1 12 19 24 25 17
North Yorkshire 1 2 0 0 5 2 5 16 23 36 50 219
Total 1997 38 72 5 68 66 159 118 482 1,251 1,891 2,160 10,104
Greater Manchester 1 5 0 7 7 5 31 53 183 210 169 1,487
Merseyside 1 3 0 5 1 9 9 23 120 182 166 959
Tyne and Wear 1 3 0 5 0 10 19 3 112 103 153 620
West Midlands1 1 4 0 8 5 9 8 32 211 214 201 1,302
South Yorkshire 1 3 0 4 0 2 4 16 74 111 118 548
West Yorkshire 1 4 0 4 0 17 0 30 143 179 237 1,106
London 1 7 2 11 13 51 9 106 445 489 559 3,951
Total 1997 7 29 2 44 26 103 80 263 1,288 1,488 1,603 9,973
Mid and West Wales 1 3 0 3 3 7 4 16 52 60 52 299
North Wales1 1 1 1 1 4 4 7 9 24 35 35 160
South Wales 1 3 0 6 2 10 0 21 77 113 97 597
Total 1997 3 7 1 10 9 21 11 46 153 208 184 1,056
Grand Total 1997 48 108 8 122 101 283 209 791 2,692 3,587 3,947 21,133
1 Includes DFCO.

From the rank of CFO to SDO there is a total of 1 from the ethnic minorities: there is 1 "Asian" SDO in the West Midlands Fire Service.

Black
Rank DO II DO III ADO STN O SUB O LDG FF FF
Avon 0 0 1 1 0 1 3
Bedfordshire 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
Berkshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Buckinghamshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Cambridgeshire 0 0 1 0 0 1 3
Cheshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Cleveland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cornwall 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cumbria 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Derbyshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Devon 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Dorset 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Durham 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Essex 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Gloucestershire 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Hampshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Hereford and Worcester 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Hertfordshire 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Humberside 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Black
Rank DO II DO III ADO STN O SUB O LDG FF FF
Kent 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Lancashire 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Leicestershire 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Lincoln 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Norfolk 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Northamptonshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northumberland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nottinghamshire 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Oxfordshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Isles of Scilly 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shropshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Somerset 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Staffordshire 0 0 0 0 1 0 5
Suffolk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Surrey 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
East Sussex 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
West Sussex 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Warwickshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Isle of Wight 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wiltshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
North Yorkshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 1997 0 0 2 3 2 4 44
Greater Manchester 0 0 1 1 0 0 9
Merseyside 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Tyne and Wear 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
West Midlands1 0 0 0 0 0 6 27
South Yorkshire 0 0 0 0 1 0 6
West Yorkshire 0 0 1 0 0 1 6
London11 0 0 1 2 5 7 132
Total 1997 0 0 3 3 6 14 184
Mid and West Wales 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
North Wales1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
South Wales 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Total 1997 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Grand total 1997 0 0 5 6 8 18 231
1 Includes DFCO. From the rank of CFO to SDO there is a total of 1 from the ethnic minorities: There is 1 "Asian" SDO in the West Midlands Fire Service.

Asian
Rank DO II DO III ADO STN O SUB O LDG FF FF
Avon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bedfordshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Berkshire 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Buckinghamshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cambridgeshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cheshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cleveland 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Cornwall 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cumbria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Derbyshire 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
Devon 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Dorset 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Durham 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Essex 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gloucestershire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hampshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hereford and Worcester 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hertfordshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Humberside 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kent 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Lancashire 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Leicestershire 0 0 0 0 1 1 3
Lincoln 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Norfolk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northamptonshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northumberland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Asian
Rank DO II DO III ADO STN O SUB O LDG FF FF
Nottinghamshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Oxfordshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Isles of Scilly 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shropshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Somerset 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Staffordshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Suffolk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Surrey 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
East Sussex 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
West Sussex 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Warwickshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Isle of Wight 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wiltshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
North Yorkshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 1997 0 0 1 1 3 1 15
Greater Manchester 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Merseyside 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Tyne and Wear 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
West Midlands1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4
South Yorkshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
West Yorkshire 0 0 0 0 1 0 4
London1 0 0 0 0 0 2 17
Total 1997 0 0 0 0 1 3 28
Mid and West Wales 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
North Wales1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
South Wales 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Total 1997 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Grand total 1997 0 0 1 1 4 4 44
1 Includes DFCO. From the rank of CFO to SDO there is a total of one from the ethnic minorities: There is one "Asian" SDO in the West Midlands Fire Service.

Other
Rank DO II DO III ADO STN O SUB O LDGFF FF
Avon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bedfordshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Berkshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Buckinghamshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cambridgeshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Cheshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Cleveland 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Cornwall 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Cumbria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Derbyshire 0 0 0 0 0 1 5
Devon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dorset 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Durham 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Essex 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gloucestershire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hampshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Hereford and Worcester 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hertfordshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Humberside 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kent 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lancashire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Leicestershire 2 0 2 8 4 11 41
Lincoln 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Norfolk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northamptonshire 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
Northumberland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nottinghamshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Oxfordshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Isles of Scilly 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shropshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Somerset 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Staffordshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Suffolk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Other
Rank DO II DO III ADO STN O SUB O LDG FF FF
Surrey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
East Sussex 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
West Sussex 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Warwickshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Isle of Wight 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wiltshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
North Yorkshire 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Total 1997 2 1 4 9 4 13 64
Greater Manchester 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Merseyside 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Tyne and Wear 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
West Midlands1 0 0 0 0 0 0 13
South Yorkshire 0 0 0 0 2 0 3
West Yorkshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
London1 0 0 2 3 3 4 55
Total 1997 0 0 2 3 5 4 76
Mid and West Wales 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
North Wales1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
South Wales 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 1997 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Grand total 1997 2 1 6 12 9 17 140
1 Includes DFCO. From the rank of CFO to SDO there is a total of 1 from the ethnic minorities: There is 1 "Asian" SDO in the West Midlands Fire Service.

Wholetime women as of 31 March 1997
White
Rank CFO ACO DACO SDO DO I DO II DO III ADO STNO SUBO LOG FF FF
Avon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
Bedfordshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
Berkshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Buckinghamshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
Cambridgeshire 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5
Cheshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Cleveland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cornwall 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cumbria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Derbyshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7
Devon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Dorset 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Durham 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Essex 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gloucestershire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Hampshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Hereford and Worcester 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
Hertfordshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Humberside 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Kent 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lancashire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
Leicestershire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Lincoln 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Norfolk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Northamptonshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
Northumberland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nottinghamshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Oxfordshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Isles of Scilly 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shropshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Somerset 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Staffordshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9
Suffolk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Surrey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
East Sussex 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
West Sussex 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
Warwickshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
Isle of Wight 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

Wholetime women as of 31 March 1997
White
Rank CFO ACO DACO SDO DO I DO II DO III ADO STN 0 SUB 0 LDG FF FF
Wiltshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
North Yorkshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
Total 1997 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 119
Greater Manchester 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Merseyside 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Tyne and Wear 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
West Midlands 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 6
South Yorkshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
West Yorkshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
London 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 43
Total 1997 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 3 2 59
Mid and West Wales 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
North Wales 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
South Wales 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Total 1997 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
Grand total 1997 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 4 5 4 184

There are no women from ethnic minorities above the rank of firefighter.

Black
Rank LDG FF FF
Avon 0 0
Bedfordshire 0 0
Berkshire 0 0
Buckinghamshire 0 0
Cambridgeshire 0 0
Cheshire 0 0
Cleveland 0 0
Cornwall 0 0
Cumbria 0 0
Derbyshire 0 0
Devon 0 0
Dorset 0 0
Durham 0 0
Essex 0 0
Gloucestershire 0 1
Hampshire 0 0
Hereford and Worcester 0 0
Hertforshire 0 0
Humberside 0 0
Kent 0 0
Lancashire 0 0
Leicestershire 0 0
Lincoln 0 0
Norfolk 0 0
Northamptonshire 0 0
Northumberland 0 0
Nottinghamshire 0 0
Oxfordshire 0 0
Isles of Scilly 0 0
Shropshire 0 0
Somerset 0 0
Staffordshire 0 0
Suffolk 0 0
Surrey 0 0
East Sussex 0 0
West Sussex 0 0
Warwickshire 0 0
Isle of Wight 0 0
Wiltshire 0 0
North Yorkshire 0 0
Total 1997 0 1
Greater Manchester 0 0
Merseyside 0 0
Tyne and Wear 0 0

Black
Rank LDG FF FF
West Midlands 0 1
South Yorkshire 0 0
West Yorkshire 0 0
London 0 7
Total 1997 0 8
Mid and West Wales 0 0
North Wales 0 0
South Wales 0 0
Total 1997 0 0
Grand Total 0 9

There are no women from ethnic minorities above the rank of firefighter.

Asian
Rank LDG FF FF
Avon 0 0
Bedfordshire 0 0
Berkshire 0 0
Buckinghamshire 0 0
Cambridgeshire 0 0
Cheshire 0 0
Cleveland 0 0
Cornwall 0 0
Cumbria 0 0
Derbyshire 0 0
Devon 0 0
Dorset 0 0
Durham 0 0
Essex 0 0
Gloucestershire 0 0
Hampshire 0 0
Hereford and Worcester 0 0
Hertfordshire 0 0
Humberside 0 0
Kent 0 0
Lancashire 0 0
Leicestershire 0 0
Lincoln 0 0
Norfolk 0 0
Northamptonshire 0 0
Northumberland 0 0

Asian
Rank LDGFF FF
Nottinghamshire 0 0
Oxfordshire 0 0
Isles of Scilly 0 0
Shropshire 0 0
Somerset 0 0
Staffordshire 0 0
Suffolk 0 0
Surrey 0 0
East Sussex 0 0
West Sussex 0 0
Warwickshire 0 0
Isle of Wight 0 0
Wiltshire 0 0
North Yorkshire 0 0
Total 1997 0 0
Greater Manchester 0 0
Merseyside 0 0
Tyne and Wear 0 0
West Midlands 0 0
South Yorkshire 0 0
West Yorkshire 0 0
London 0 1
Total 1997 0 1
Mid and West Wales 0 0
North Wales 0 0
South Wales 0 0
Total 1997 0 0
Grand Total 1997 0 1

There are no women from ethnic minorities above the rank of firefighter.

Other
Rank LDG FF FF
Avon 0 0
Bedfordshire 0 0
Berkshire 0 0
Buckinghamshire 0 0
Cheshire 0 0
Cleveland 0 0
Cornwall 0 0
Cumbria 0 0
Derbyshire 0 0
Devon 0 0
Dorset 0 0
Durham 0 0
Essex 0 0
Gloucestershire 0 0
Hampshire 0 0
Hereford and Worcester 0 0
Hertfordshire 0 0
Humberside 0 0
Kent 0 0
Lancashire 0 0
Leicestershire 0 0
Lincoln 0 0
Norfolk 0 0
Northamptonshire 0 0
Northumberland 0 0
Nottinghamshire 0 0
Oxfordshire 0 0
Isles of Scilly 0 0
Shropshire 0 0
Somerset 0 0
Staffordshire 0 0

Other
Rank LDG FF FF
Suffolk 0 0
Surrey 0 0
East Sussex 0 0
West Sussex 0 0
Warwickshire 0 0
Isle of Wight 0 0
Wiltshire 0 0
North Yorkshire 0 0
Total 1997 0 0
Greater Manchester 0 0
Merseyside 0 0
Tyne and Wear 0 0
West Midlands 0 0
South Yorkshire 0 0
West Yorkshire 0 0
London 0 4
Total 1997 0 4
Mid and West Wales 0 0
North Wales 0 0
South Wales 0 0
Total 1997 0 0
Grand Total 0 4

There are no women from ethnic minorities above the rank of firefighter.

Retained women as of 31 March 1997
White
Rank ADO STN O SUB O LDG FF FF
Avon 0 0 0 0 2
Bedfordshire 0 0 0 0 4
Berkshire 0 0 0 0 4
Buckinghamshire 0 0 0 0 14
Cambridgeshire 0 0 0 1 5
Cheshire 0 0 0 0 6
Cleveland 0 0 0 0 1
Cornwall 0 0 0 0 2
Cumbria 0 0 0 0 3
Derbyshire 0 0 0 0 2
Devon 0 0 0 0 7
Dorset 0 0 0 0 2
Durham 0 0 0 0 2
Essex 0 0 0 1 3
Gloucestershire 0 0 0 0 6
Hampshire 0 0 0 0 8
Hereford and Worcester 0 0 0 0 6
Hertfordshire 0 0 0 1 1
Humberside 0 0 0 1 2
Kent 0 0 0 0 5
Lancashire 0 0 0 0 6
Leicestershire 0 0 0 1 1
Lincolnshire 0 0 0 0 12
Norfolk 0 0 0 0 6
Northamptonshire 0 0 0 0 4
Northumberland 0 0 0 0 3
Nottinghamshire 0 0 0 0 4
Oxfordshire 0 0 0 0 11
Isles of Scilly 0 0 0 0 0
Shropshire 0 0 0 0 5
Somerset 0 0 0 0 2
Staffordshire 0 0 0 0 6
Suffolk 0 0 0 0 5
Surrey 0 0 0 0 0
East Sussex 0 0 0 0 4

Retained women as of 31 March 1997
White
Rank ADO STN O SUB O LDG FF FF
West Sussex 0 0 0 0 4
Warwickshire 0 0 0 0 2
Isle of Wight 0 0 0 1 1
Wiltshire 0 0 0 0 4
North Yorkshire 0 0 0 0 4
Total 1997 0 0 0 6 169
Greater Manchester 0 0 0 1 0
Mersey side1 0 0 0 0 0
Tyne and Wear 0 0 0 0 0
West Midlands 0 0 0 0 1
South Yorkshire 0 0 0 0 0
West Yorkshire 0 0 0 0 2
London1 0 0 0 0 0
Total 1997 0 0 0 1 3
Mid and West Wales 0 0 0 0 6
North Wales 0 0 0 0 7
South Wales 0 0 0 0 3
Total 1997 0 0 0 0 16
Grand total 0 0 0 7 188
1 No retained service. There are no women from ethnic minorities above the rank of firefighter.
Black
Rank Number
Avon 0
Bedfordshire 0
Berkshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Cheshire 0
Cleveland 0
Cornwall 0
Cumbria 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 1
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Hereford and Worcester 0
Hertfordshire 0
Humberside 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Northumberland 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Isles of Scilly 0
Shropshire 0
Somerset 0
Staffordshire 0
Suffolk 0
Surrey 0
East Sussex 0
West Sussex 0
Warwickshire 0

Black
Rank Number
Isle of Wight 0
Wiltshire 0
North Yorkshire 0
Total 1997 1
Greater Manchester 0
Merseyside1 0
Tyne and Wear 0
West Midlands 0
South Yorkshire 0
West Yorkshire 0
London1 0
Total 1997 0
Mid and West Wales 1
North Wales 0
South Wales 0
Total 1997 1
Grand total 1997 2
1 No retained service. There are no women from ethnic minorities above the rank of firefighter.
Asian
Rank Number
Avon 0
Bedfordshire 0
Berkshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Cheshire 0
Cleveland 0
Cornwall 0
Cumbria 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Hereford and Worcester 0
Hertfordshire 0
Humberside 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Northumberland 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Isles of Scilly 0
Shropshire 0
Somerset 0
Staffordshire 0
Suffolk 0
Surrey 0
East Sussex 0
West Sussex 0
Warwickshire 0
Isle of Wight 0
Wiltshire 0
North Yorkshire 0
Total 1997 0

Asian
Rank Number
Greater Manchester 0
Merseyside1 0
Tyne and Wear 0
West Midlands 0
South Yorkshire 0
West Yorkshire 0
London1 0
Total 1997 0
Mid and West Wales 0
North Wales 0
South Wales 0
Total 1997 0
Grand total 1997 0
1 No retained service. There are no women from ethnic minorities above the rank of firefighter.

Other
Rank Number
Avon 0
Bedfordshire 0
Berkshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Cheshire 0
Cleveland 0
Cornwall 0
Cumbria 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Hereford and Worcester 0
Hertfordshire 0
Humberside 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Northumberland 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Isles of Scilly 0
Shropshire 0
Somerset 0
Staffordshire 0
Suffolk 0
Surrey 0
East Sussex 0
West Sussex 0
Warwickshire 0
Isle of Wight 0
Wiltshire 0
North Yorkshire 0
Total 1997 0
Greater Manchester 0
Merseyside1 0
Tyne and Wear 0
West Midlands 0
South Yorkshire 0

Other
Rank Number
West Yorkshire 0
London1 0
Total 1997 0
Mid and West Wales 0
North Wales 0
South Wales 0
Total 1997 0
Grand total 1997 0
1 No retained service. There are no women from ethnic minorities above the rank of firefighter.

Retained men as of 31 March 1997
White
Rank ADO STN O SUB O LOG FF FF
Avon 0 8 14 32 157
Bedfordshire 0 8 8 16 101
Berkshire 0 0 13 28 119
Buckinghamshire 0 1 13 36 149
Cambridgeshire 0 0 31 75 228
Cheshire 0 0 9 34 142
Cleveland 0 0 6 12 66
Cornwall 0 24 31 47 313
Cumbria 0 7 43 72 429
Derbyshire 0 0 27 64 293
Devon 0 14 68 111 470
Dorset 0 9 24 67 236
Durham 0 2 14 30 108
Essex 0 10 33 73 342
Gloucestershire 0 7 25 48 195
Hampshire 0 0 49 112 537
Hereford and Worcester 0 0 25 55 250
Hertfordshire 0 0 22 42 189
Humberside 0 0 21 49 221
Kent 0 0 42 105 584
Lancashire 0 6 32 57 285
Leicestershire 0 3 16 35 152
Lincolnshire 0 0 34 80 314
Norfolk 0 6 38 84 299
Northamptonshire 0 0 17 34 135
Northumberland 0 0 13 28 132
Nottinghamshire 0 0 21 60 232
Oxfordshire 0 4 23 51 182
Isles of Scilly 1 1 1 6 25
Shropshire 0 5 22 50 194
Somerset 0 20 15 46 293
Staffordshire 0 0 17 61 260
Suffolk 0 0 36 79 303
Surrey 0 3 9 18 103
East Sussex 0 0 13 44 182
West Sussex 0 15 19 75 238
Warwickshire 0 0 13 34 146
Isle of Wight 0 9 13 25 114
Wiltshire 0 4 19 60 229
North Yorkshire 0 4 26 66 271
Sub total 1 170 915 2,101 9,218
Greater Manchester 0 0 4 8 42
Merseyside1 0 0 0 0 0
Tyne and Wear 0 0 2 4 16
West Midlands 0 0 1 2 9
South Yorkshire 0 2 5 9 51
West Yorkshire 0 4 11 26 137
London11 0 0 0 0 0
Sub total 0 6 23 49 255

Retained men as of 31 March 1997
White
Rank ADO STN O SUB O LDG FF FF
Mid and West Wales 0 5 51 98 484
North Wales 0 21 44 90 392
South Wales 0 3 29 70 292
Sub total 0 29 124 258 1,168
Grand total 1997 1 205 1,062 2,408 10,641
1 No retained service. From the rank of ADO to Sub O there are a total of two from ethnic minorities: There is one "black" Stn O in the Dorset Fire Service. There is one "other" SubO in the Northamptonshire Fire Service.
Black
Rank LDG FF FF
Avon 0 0
Bedfordshire 0 0
Berkshire 1 0
Buckinghamshire 0 1
Cambridgeshire 0 0
Cheshire 0 0
Cleveland 0 0
Cornwall 0 0
Cumbria 0 0
Derbyshire 0 0
Devon 0 1
Dorset 0 0
Durham 0 0
Essex 0 0
Gloucestershire 0 0
Hampshire 0 0
Hereford and Worcester 0 1
Hertfordshire 0 1
Humberside 0 0
Kent 0 0
Lancashire 0 1
Leicestershire 0 0
Lincolnshire 0 0
Norfolk 0 0
Northamptonshire 0 0
Northumberland 0 0
Nottinghamshire 0 2
Oxfordshire 0 1
Isles of Scilly 0 0
Shropshire 0 0
Somerset 0 0
Staffordshire 0 3
Suffolk 0 0
Surrey 0 0
East Sussex 0 0
West Sussex 0 1
Warwickshire 0 2
Isle of Wight 0 0
Wiltshire 0 2
North Yorkshire 0 1
Sub total 1 17
Greater Manchester 0 1
Merseyside1 0 0
Tyne and Wear 0 0
West Midlands 0 0
South Yorkshire 0 0
West Yorkshire 0 0
London1 0 0
Sub total 0 1

Black
Rank LDG FF FF
Mid and West Wales 0 0
North Wales 0 0
South Wales 0 0
Sub total 0 0
Grand total 1997 1 18
1 No Retained Service. From the rank of ADO to Sub O there are a total of two from ethnic minorities: There is one "Black" Stn O in the Dorset Fire Service. There is one "Other" Sub O in the Northamptonshire Fire Service.
Asian
Rank LDG FF FF
Avon 0 0
Bedfordshire 0 0
Berkshire 0 0
Buckinghamshire 0 0
Cambridgeshire 0 0
Cheshire 0 0
Cleveland 0 0
Cornwall 0 0
Cumbria 0 1
Derbyshire 0 0
Devon 0 0
Dorset 0 0
Durham 0 1
Essex 0 0
Gloucestershire 0 1
Hampshire 0 0
Hereford and Worcester 0 0
Hertfordshire 0 0
Humberside 0 0
Kent 0 1
Lancashire 0 3
Leicestershire 0 0
Lincolnshire 0 1
Norfolk 0 1
Northamptonshire 0 0
Northumberland 0 0
Nottinghamshire 0 0
Oxfordshire 0 0
Isles of Scilly 0 0
Shropshire 0 0
Somerset 0 1
Staffordshire 0 1
Suffolk 0 0
Surrey 0 0
East Sussex 0 1
West Sussex 0 0
Warwickshire 0 0
Isle of Wight 0 0
Wiltshire 0 0
North Yorkshire 0 0
Sub total 0 12
Greater Manchester 0 0
Merseyside1 0 0
Tyne and Wear 0 0
West Midlands 0 0
South Yorkshire 0 0
West Yorkshire 0 0
London1 0 0
Sub total 0 0

Asian
Rank LDG FF FF
Mid and West Wales 0 0
North Wales 0 0
South Wales 0 1
Sub total 0 1
Grand total 1997 0 13
1 No Retained Service. From the rank of ADO to Sub O there are a total of two from ethnic minorities: There is one "Black" Stn O in the Dorset Fire Service. There is one "Other" Sub O in the Northamptonshire Fire Service.

Other
Rank LDGFF FF
Avon 0 0
Bedfordshire 0 0
Berkshire 0 0
Buckinghamshire 0 0
Cambridgeshire 0 0
Cheshire 0 1
Cleveland 0 0
Cornwall 0 1
Cumbria 0 0
Derbyshire 0 0
Devon 0 0
Dorset 0 2
Durham 0 0
Essex 0 0
Gloucestershire 0 0
Hampshire 0 0
Hereford and Worcester 0 0
Hertfordshire 0 0
Humberside 0 0
Kent 0 0
Lancashire 0 0
Leicestershire 1 19
Lincolnshire 0 0
Norfolk 0 1
Northamptonshire 3 27
Northumberland 0 0
Nottinghamshire 0 8
Oxfordshire 0 0
Isles of Scilly 0 0
Shropshire 0 0
Somerset 0 0
Staffordshire 0 0
Suffolk 0 0
Surrey 0 0
East Sussex 0 0
West Sussex 0 0
Warwickshire 0 0
Isle of Wight 0 0
Wiltshire 0 2
North Yorkshire 0 0
Sub total 4 61
Greater Manchester 0 0
Merseyside1 0 0
Tyne and Wear 0 0
West Midlands 0 0
South Yorkshire 0 0
West Yorkshire 0 0
London1 0 0
Sub total 0 0
Mid and West Wales 0 0

Other
Rank LDGFF FF
North Wales 0 0
South Wales 0 0
Sub total 0 0
Grand total 1997 4 61
1 No Retained Service. From the rank of ADO to Sub O there are a total two from ethnic minorities. There is one "Black" Stn O in the Dorset Fire Service. There is one "Other" Sub O in the Northamptonshire Fire Service.

Control room women as of 31 March 1997
White
Rank PFCO GFCO FCO SFCOp LFCOp FCOp
Avon 0 0 2 0 5 8
Bedfordshire 1 1 0 4 3 8
Berkshire 0 1 0 0 3 9
Buckinghamshire 0 0 0 3 4 10
Cambridgeshire 0 1 0 4 4 13
Cheshire 0 0 2 1 1 13
Cleveland 0 0 1 3 6 13
Cornwall 0 0 0 0 0 2
Cumbria 0 0 0 1 2 7
Derbyshire 0 1 4 2 1 9
Devon 0 0 4 1 4 11
Dorset 0 0 0 1 3 10
Durham 0 0 1 5 4 16
Essex 1 1 4 6 8 36
Gloucestershire 0 0 1 2 4 9
Hampshire 0 1 1 1 0 12
Hereford and Worcester 0 0 1 4 3 12
Hertfordshire 0 0 1 1 0 14
Humberside 0 0 2 3 2 12
Kent 0 1 4 5 8 20
Lancashire 1 0 4 4 7 23
Leicestershire 0 1 2 1 3 8
Lincolnshire 0 0 1 5 4 11
Norfolk 1 0 2 2 3 8
Northamptonshire 0 0 0 1 3 7
Northumberland 0 0 1 4 4 8
Nottinghamshire 0 1 3 4 3 9
Oxfordshire 0 1 0 3 2 9
Shropshire 0 0 0 0 1 4
Somerset 0 0 0 4 4 8
Staffordshire 1 0 4 3 8 10
Suffolk 0 0 1 3 3 11
Surrey 0 1 4 4 4 13
East Sussex 0 0 0 2 1 9
West Sussex 1 0 1 3 8 10
Warkwickshire 0 0 0 4 3 6
Isle of Wight. 0 0 0 1 3 1
Wiltshire 0 0 0 3 2 7
North Yorkshire 0 0 1 4 3 11
Total 1997 6 11 52 102 134 417
Greater Manchester 1 6 4 8 5 44
Merseyside 1 1 5 10 10 30
Tyne and Wear 1 0 4 3 5 16
West Midlands 1 2 7 8 14 31
South Yorkshire 1 0 4 3 3 12
West Yorkshire 0 2 0 1 4 21
London 0 0 0 2 7 61
Total 1997 5 11 24 35 48 215
Mid and West Wales 0 1 2 6 9 13

Control room women as of 31 March 1997
White
Rank PFCO GFCO FCO SFCOp LFCOp FCOp
North Wales 0 0 2 4 8 23
South Wales 0 1 5 14 13 25
Total 1997 0 2 9 24 30 61
Grand total 1997 11 24 85 161 212 693
No control room staff in the Isles of Scilly Fire Brigade. There are no women from ethnic minorities above the rank of LFCOp.
Black
Rank LFCOp FCOp
Avon 0 0
Bedfordshire 0 1
Berkshire 0 0
Buckinghamshire 0 0
Cambridgeshire 0 0
Cheshire 0 0
Cleveland 0 0
Cornwall 0 0
Cumbria 0 0
Derbyshire 0 0
Devon 0 0
Dorset 0 0
Durham 0 0
Essex 0 0
Gloucestershire 0 1
Hampshire 0 0
Hereford and Worcester 0 0
Hertfordshire 0 0
Humberside 0 0
Kent 0 0
Lancashire 0 0
Leicestershire 0 0
Lincolnshire 0 0
Norfolk 0 0
Northamptonshire 0 0
Northumberland 0 0
Nottinghamshire 0 0
Oxfordshire 0 0
Shropshire 0 0
Somerset 0 0
Staffordshire 0 0
Suffolk 0 0
Surrey 0 0
East Sussex 0 0
West Sussex 0 0
Warwickshire 0 0
Isle of Wight 0 0
Wiltshire 0 0
North Yorkshire 0 0
Total 1997 0 2
Greater Manchester 0 0
Merseyside 0 0
Tyne and Wear 0 0
West Midlands 0 2
South Yorkshire 0 0
West Yorkshire 0 0
London 0 2
Total 1997 0 4
Mid and West Wales 0 0

Black
Rank LFCOp FCOp
North Wales 0 0
South Wales 0 0
Total 1997 0 0
Grand total 1997 0 6

No control room staff in the Isles of Scilly Fire Brigade. There are no women from ethnic minorities above the rank of LFCOp

Asian
Rank LFCOp FCOp
Avon 0 0
Bedfordshire 0 0
Berkshire 0 0
Buckinghamshire 0 0
Cambridgeshire 0 0
Cheshire 0 0
Cleveland 0 0
Cornwall 0 0
Cumbria 0 0
Derbyshire 1 1
Devon 0 0
Dorset 0 0
Durham 0 0
Essex 0 0
Gloucestershire 0 0
Hampshire 0 0
Hereford and Worcester 0 0
Hertfordshire 0 0
Humberside 0 0
Kent 0 0
Lancashire 0 0
Leicestershire 0 0
Lincolnshire 0 0
Norfolk 0 0
Northamptonshire 0 0
Northumberland 0 0
Nottinghamshire 0 0
Oxfordshire 0 0
Shropshire 0 0
Somerset 0 0
Staffordshire 0 0
Suffolk 0 0
Surrey 0 0
East Sussex 0 0
West Sussex 0 0
Warwickshire 0 0
Isle of Wight 0 0
Wiltshire 0 0
North Yorkshire 0 0
Total 1997 1 1
Greater Manchester 0 0
Merseyside 0 0
Tyne and Wear 0 0
West Midlands 0 0
South Yorkshire 0 0
West Yorkshire 0 0
London 0 0
Total 1997 0 0
Mid and West Wales 0 0

Asian
Rank LFCOp FCOp
North Wales 0 0
South Wales 0 0
Total 1997 0 0
Grand total 1997 1 1

No control room staff in the Isles of Scilly Fire Brigade. There are no women from ethnic minorities above the rank of LFCOp.

Other
Rank LFCOp FCOp
Avon 0 0
Bedfordshire 0 0
Berkshire 0 0
Buckinghamshire 0 0
Cambridgeshire 0 0
Cheshire 0 0
Cleveland 0 0
Cornwall 0 0
Cumbria 0 0
Derbyshire 0 0
Devon 0 0
Dorset 0 0
Durham 0 0
Essex 0 0
Gloucestershire 0 0
Hampshire 0 0
Hereford and Worcester 0 0
Hertfordshire 0 0
Humberside 0 0
Kent 0 0
Lancashire 0 0
Leicestershire 0 1
Lincolnshire 0 0
Norfolk 0 0
Northamptonshire 0 0
Northumberland 0 0
Nottinghamshire 0 0
Oxfordshire 0 0
Shropshire 0 0
Somerset 0 0
Staffordshire 0 0
Suffolk 0 0
Surrey 0 0
East Sussex 0 0
West Sussex 0 0
Warwickshire 0 0
Isle of Wight 0 0
Wiltshire 0 0
North Yorkshire 0 0
Total 1997 0 1
Greater Manchester 0 0
Merseyside 0 0
Tyne and Wear 0 0
West Midlands 0 0
South Yorkshire 0 0
West Yorkshire 0 0
London 0 0
Total 1997 0 0
Mid and West Wales 0 0
North Wales 0 0
South Wales 0 0
Total 1997 0 0
Grand total 1997 0 1

No control room staff in the Isles of Scilly Fire Brigade. There are no women from ethnic minorities above the rank of LFCOp.

Control room men as of 31 March 1997
White
Rank PFCO GFCO FCO SECOp LECOp FCOp
Avon 0 1 2 5 3 4
Bedfordshire 0 0 0 1 1 0
Berkshire 0 0 1 4 4 3
Buckinghamshire 0 1 1 1 0 1
Cambridgeshire 0 0 0 0 1 1
Cheshire 0 0 2 3 3 4
Cleveland 0 0 0 1 0 1
Cornwall 0 0 1 4 5 2
Cumbria 0 0 1 3 2 1
Derbyshire 0 0 1 2 2 2
Devon 0 1 1 3 0 2
Dorset 0 0 1 3 1 0
Durham 0 0 0 0 0 1
Essex 0 0 0 2 0 2
Gloucestershire 0 0 0 2 0 2
Hampshire 1 0 3 6 0 7
Hereford and Worcester 0 0 0 0 1 1
Hertfordshire 0 1 3 3 0 1
Humberside 0 1 2 1 2 5
Kent 0 0 0 1 1 0
Lancashire 0 0 0 0 1 0
Leicestershire 0 0 3 2 1 1
Lincolnshire 0 0 0 0 0 0
Norfolk 0 0 1 2 0 2
Northamptonshire 0 0 1 3 1 0
Northumberland 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nottinghamshire 0 0 1 1 1 3
Oxfordshire 0 0 0 1 3 1
Shropshire 0 0 1 5 3 4
Somerset 0 0 1 2 0 1
Staffordshire 0 0 0 1 0 1
Suffolk 0 0 1 2 1 0
Surrey 0 0 0 0 0 0
East Sussex 0 0 1 2 3 6
West Sussex 0 0 0 1 1 4
Warwickshire 0 0 1 0 2 2
Isle of Wight 0 0 2 4 1 0
Wiltshire 0 0 1 2 2 1
North Yorkshire 0 0 0 0 1 2
Total 1997 1 5 33 73 47 68
Greater Manchester 0 0 0 0 0 3
Merseyside 0 0 0 0 1 3
Tyne and Wear 0 1 0 1 3 4
West Midlands 0 0 0 0 0 1
South Yorkshire 0 0 0 3 1 4
West Yorkshire 1 0 4 3 5 10
London 0 1 4 9 11 13
Total 1997 1 2 8 16 21 38
Mid and West Wales 0 0 1 2 1 10
North Wales 0 0 0 1 0 2
South Wales 0 0 0 0 0 2
Total 1997 0 0 1 3 1 14
Grand total 1997 2 7 42 92 69 120

No control room staff in the Isles of Scilly Fire Brigade. From the rank of PFCO to FCOp there are a total of 2 from ethnic minorities: There is 1 "Black" FCOp in the London Fire Brigade. There is 1 "Other" FCOp in the Hertfordshire Fire Service.