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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.