Head 10.-FIRE BRIGADE
Approved Estimate, 1940-41.
37
Estimate, 1941-1942.
Head 10.-FIRE BRIGADE
$
249,081
'Sub-heads:-
1 Personal Emoluments
59
$
#
288,317
Other Charges.
2 Auxiliary Fire Service
3 Clothing
4 Coal and Gas
9,500
14,000
12,000 (1) 14,560
(2)
5,500
5,000 (3)
5 Conveyance Allowances
2,025
2,430
6 Electric Light and Fans
5,500
5,600
(5)
7 Hose
12,500
15,000
(6)
8 Incidental Expenses
1,500
1,200
9 Oil and Fuel for Vehicles and Fire Floats
16,250
16,900 (6)
10 Rent of Stations
12,565
13,652 (7)
11 Repairs to Motor Engines and Plant
16,250
12 Repairs to Floating Engines...
8,750
13 Special Course of Instruction
350
16,900 (6)
9,100 200 9,100 1,500 (9) 4,000 (4)
14 Stores
15 Rent of Public Telephones
8,750
2,588
16 Transport
3,000
Total Other Charges
119,028
127.142
Special Expenditure.
17 Pedestal Hydrants.....
7,500
7,500 (10)
18 One Fire Engine
66,500 (11)
19 Two Motor Ambulances
26,400
(11)
20 One Filing Cabinet
200
21 Overhaul of No. I Fire Float
22 Fire Appliances and Equipment (Defence)..
27,720 270,000
(12)
One Motor Ambulance
8,500
...
Three Safes
610
Tyre Air Compressor
(13)
510
New body for Ambulance No. 808
800
Total Special Expenditure
17,950
398,320
Total Fire Brigade
425,295
774,543
NUMBERS.
Personal Emoluments.
1940-11 1941-42
Details of the foregoing.
1
I
Do.. Residential Allowance..
Do.,
1
Chief Officer, (£900 to £1,050 by £50 annually)..................
Consulting Engineer at $1,200
15,728
1,177
1,000
Language Allowance
75
1,500
14,400 (14)
60 1,200
1
Deputy Chief Officer,* (£550 to £700 by 3 of £10 and
6 of £20)
12,080
10,000
(15)(16)
Do., Language Allowance
75
60
Medal Allowance...
75
60
Junior Clerical Service:
1
Class IV, ($1,500 to $1,800 by $100 annually)
2,150
1,725
(16)
:
Class V, ($1,100 to $1,400 by $100 annually).
1,200 (17)
1
3
Class VIA, ($950 to $1,050 by $100 annually) Class VIB, ($480 to $1,050 by 1 of $60, 1 of $160,
3 of $50 and 2 of $100)
1,313
1,050
(18)
3,902
1,605
(19
I
Temporary Clerk, ($480)
480
(20)
2
2
Divisional Officers,* (£450 to £550 by £20
annually)....
20,408
16,981
(16) (21)
Do
Language Allowances.
225
180
5
7
Station Officers.* (£260 to £350 by 5 of £10 and 2of
£20)
30,711
Do.,
Language Allowances
525
33,692 420
(22)
Technical Apparatus Allowance, to I at $5 p.m.
75
Carried forward
(1) Expansion of the Service.
90,019
60
84,173
(13) Non-recurrent.
(2) Higher cost of materials.
(3) Additional Station.
(4) Considered necessary.
(5) Additional Station and more officers.
(6) Higher prices.
(7) More premises required.
(8) Considered sufficient.
(9) Lower rental.
(10) Continuation of programme of replacing under-
ground hydrants.
(11) Replacements.
(12) Formerly provided under Head 6c-Air Raid
Precautions.
(14) Title changed from Superintendent. Revised scale
of salary.
(15) Title changed from Deputy Superintendent.
(16) Stipulated increments.
(17) Promoted from Class VIA.
(18) One promoted to Class V and one promoted from
Class VIB.
(19) One promoted to Class VIA.
(20) Transferred from Police Department.
(21) Title changed from Station Officers.
(22) Title changed from Assistant Station Officers.
Two new posts.