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Fire and rescue workforce and pensions statistics

This collection brings together all documents relating to fire and rescue workforce and firefighters’ pension scheme statistics.

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From:
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Published:
26 October 2017
Last updated:
4 December 2025
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  1. Added Fire workforce and pension statistics, year ending March 2025.

  2. Added 'Fire workforce and pension statistics, year ending March 2024'.

  3. Added 'Fire workforce and pension statistics, year ending March 2023'.

  4. Added 'Fire and rescue workforce and pensions statistics: England, April 2021 to March 2022'.

  5. Updated 'Fire and rescue workforce and pensions statistics: England, April 2020 to March 2021'.

  6. Added 'Fire and rescue workforce and pensions statistics: England, April 2020 to March 2021'.

  7. Added 'Fire and rescue workforce and pensions statistics: England, April 2019 to March 2020'.

  8. Updated 'Fire and rescue workforce and pensions statistics: England April 2018 to March 2019' to second edition.

  9. Added 'Fire and rescue workforce and pensions statistics: England April 2018 to March 2019'.

  10. Added 'Fire and rescue workforce and pensions statistics: England April 2017 to March 2018'.

  11. Updated 'Fire and rescue workforce and pensions statistics: England April 2016 to March 2017' to second edition.

  12. Added 'Statistics on the number of incidents involving an attack on firefighters: England, April 2016 to March 2017' and 'Pre-release access to: Statistics on the number of incidents involving an attack on firefighters: England, April 2016 to March 2017' to ‘Fire and rescue workforce and pensions statistics: England April 2016 to March 2017’.

  13. First published.

On 1 April 2025 responsibility for fire and rescue transferred from the Home Office to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.

This collection brings together information on the workforce statistics (including statistics on firefighter health and safety, staff diversity, leavers and joiners) previously published in the statistical releases below:

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