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Pay rates

  • The pay rates for uniformed staff are set by the National Joint Council for Local Authority Fire and Rescue Services.
  • The scale points for professional and support staff are determined by the National Joint Council for Local Government Services, but the grade boundaries have been determined locally.

Current pay rates

Wholetime firefighter rates of pay

Grey
Wholetime rates of pay
Role Basic annual pay £ Basic hourly rate £ Overtime rate £
Firefighter trainee 27,178 12.41 18.62
Firefighter development 28,310 12.93 19:40
Firefighter competent 36,226 16.54 24.81
Crew manager development 38,501 17.58 26.37
Crew manager competent 40,161 18.34 27.51
Watch manager development 41,031 18.74 28.11
Watch manager competent A 42,170 19.26 28.89
Watch manager competent B 44,911 20.51 30.77
Station manager development 46,712 21.33 32.00
Station manager competent A 48,116 21.97 32.96
Station manager competent B 51,525 23.53 35.30
Group manager development 53,801 24.57 not applicable
Group manager competent A 55,415 25.30 not applicable
Group manager competent B 59,642 27.23 not applicable
Area manager development 63,163 28.84 not applicable
Area manager competent A 65,056 29.71 not applicable
Area manager competent B 69,283 31.64 not applicable

 

On-call firefighter rates of pay

Grey
 
Role Full annual retainer £ Hourly rate for work undertaken £ Disturbance payment per call-out £
Firefighter trainee 2,588 11.82 4.54
Firefighter development 2,696 12.31 4.54
Firefighter competent 3.450 15.75 4.54
Crew manager development 3,667 16.74 4.54
Crew manager competent 3,825 17.47 4.54
Watch manager development 3,908 17.84 4.54
Watch manager competent A 4,016 18.34 4.54
Watch manager competent B 4,277 19.53 4.54

Fire control rates of pay

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Fire control role Basic annual £ Basic hourly rate £ Overtime rate
Firefighter trainee 24,590 11.23 16.85
Firefighter development 25,614 11.70 17.55
Firefighter competent 32,776 14.97 22.46
Crew manager development 34,835 15.91 23.87
Crew manager competent 36,337 16.59 24.89
Watch manager development 37,123 16.95 25.43
Watch manager competent A 38,154 17.42 26.13
Watch manager competent B 40,633 18.55 27.83
Station manager development 42,264 19.30 28.95
Station manager competent A 43,534 19.88 29.82
Station manager competent B 46,617 21.29 31.94
Group manager development 48,677 22.23 not applicable
Group manager competent A 50,137 22.89 not applicable
Group manager competent B 53,962 24.64 not applicable

Support staff rates of pay

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Support staff rates of pay
Grade Scale point Basic annual £ Basic hourly £
1 1 20,258 10.50
1 2 20,441 10.60
2 4 21,189 10.98
2 5 21,575 11.18
2 6 21,968 11.39
3 8 22,777 11.81
3 9 23,194 12.02
3 11 24,054 12.47
3 12 24,496 12.70
4 14 25,409 13.17
4 15 25,878 13.41
4 17 26,845 13.91
4 19 27,852 14.44
5 22 29,439 15.26
5 23 30,151 15.63
5 24 31,099 16.12
5 25 32,020 16.60
6 27 33,820 17.53
6 28 34,723 18.00
6 29 35,411 18.35
6 30 36,298 18.81
7 32 38,296 19.85
7 33 39,493 20.47
7 34 40,478 20.98
7 35 41,496 21.51
8 37 43,516 22.56
8 38 44,539 23.09
8 39 45,495 23.58
8 40 46,549 24.13
9 42 48,587 25.18
9 43 49,590 25.70
9 44 50,779 26.32
9 45 52,252 27.09
10 47 54,771 28.39
10 48 56,035 29.04
10 49 57,293 29.70
10 50 58,400 30.27
11 52 60,683 31.45
11 53 61,857 32.06
11 54 63,055 32.68
11 55 64,276 33.32

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