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Estimate 1961/62
HEAD 39 — FIRE BRIGADE
$12,743,200
Revised estimate 1960/61
7,931,000
Approved estimate 1960/61
9,835,500
Actual expenditure 1959/60
5,565,281
1960/61
1961/62
Difference
Permanent staff
1,176
1,362
+ 186
Supernumerary staff
4
42
+ 38
Net increase
224
New posts
2 District Fire Officers
4 Senior Divisional Officers
2 Divisional Officers
11 Assistant Divisional Officers
4 Station Officers
54 Assistant Station Officers
23 Principal Firemen
21 Senior Firemen
4 Leading Firemen
55 Firemen Class I
104 Firemen Class II
7 Clerks
5 Typists
1 Draughtsman Class III
3 Messengers
7 Ambulance Dressers
2 Coxswain Class I
2 Leading Seamen
2 Launch Engineer Class II
4 Seamen
Existing posts deleted
1 Fire Boat Officer
1 Mechanical Inspector Class I
1 Head Mechanic
63 Sub-Officers
3 Senior Watchkeepers
45 Watchkeepers
2 Telephone Operators
15 Motor Mechanics
Supernumerary Staff
1 Director of Fire Services
3 Firemen Drivers
20 Sub-Officers
20 Watchkeepers
358
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The Salaries Commission Report, 1959, mentioned the need for the Fire Brigade establishment to be brought up to a strength which will provide for reasonable leave facilities. The Commission also recom- mended a careful and sympathetic investigation into the whole structure of the Fire Brigade. This review was completed during the year, and the first stage of the resultant re-organization and expansion is reflected in the changes set out above.