FOI Request 2196

Subject: Wholetime Recruitment of On-Call Firefighters

Status: Complete

Date received: July 2025

Question Asked:

I am writing to request the answer to the following questions please:

1. In the last 5 years, how many wholetime job opportunities have been made available to on-call firefighters (fixed term or permanent) via an internal process or transfer?

2. During your last completed recruitment campaign:

   A. How many applications were received in total?

   B. How many of those were from ethnic minority backgrounds?

   C. How many people were recruited?

   D. How many of those successfully recruited as whole time Firefighters were from ethnic minority backgrounds?

3. If possible, How many wholetime firefighters hold a bachelor’s degree or higher?

Our Response:

Please see our response below to your Freedom of Information Request.

1. In the last 5 years, how many wholetime job opportunities have been made available to on-call firefighters (fixed term or permanent) via an internal process or transfer? 

2.  During your last completed recruitment campaign:

A)  How many applications were received in total?

     1588

B) How many of those were from ethnic minority backgrounds?  

     93

C) How many people were recruited?

    17

D) How many of those successfully recruited as whole time Firefighters were from ethnic minority backgrounds?

    1

3. If possible, How many wholetime firefighters hold a bachelor’s degree or higher?

Information not held - we only require GCSE English and Maths so we don’t record other education.

Outcome: Information Provided

FOI responded to within timescales: YES

Further action: NO