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<p>The Home Office does not hold data on the number of firefighters that were available
for duty. Data are collected on how many firefighters are employed by fire and rescue
services.</p><p><br>The latest published statistics on firefighter numbers in England
were published on 18 October 2018. The number of firefighters (full time equivalent)
employed by FRSs in England on the 31st March each year are shown in the table below:</p><p
/><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td>2010</td><td>2011</td><td>2012</td><td>2013</td><td>2014</td><td>2015</td><td>2016</td><td>2017</td><td>2018</td></tr><tr><td>Wholetime
firefighters</td><td>29,735</td><td>29,018</td><td>28,166</td><td>27,185</td><td>26,180</td><td>25,098</td><td>23,887</td><td>22,867</td><td>22,580</td></tr><tr><td>On-call
firefighters</td><td>11,898</td><td>12,149</td><td>11,513</td><td>11,269</td><td>10,989</td><td>10,828</td><td>10,469</td><td>9,894</td><td>9,760</td></tr></tbody></table>
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