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<p>The Home Office published the latest statistics on firefighter numbers in England
on 18 October 2018. The number of firefighters (full time equivalent) employed by
FRSs in England on the 31<sup>st</sup> March each year are shown in the table below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>
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</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wholetime
firefighters</p></td><td><p>29,735</p></td><td><p>29,018</p></td><td><p>28,166</p></td><td><p>27,185</p></td><td><p>26,180</p></td><td><p>25,098</p></td><td><p>23,887</p></td><td><p>22,867</p></td><td><p>22,580</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>On-call
firefighters</p></td><td><p>11,898</p></td><td><p>12,149</p></td><td><p>11,513</p></td><td><p>11,269</p></td><td><p>10,989</p></td><td><p>10,828</p></td><td><p>10,469</p></td><td><p>9,894</p></td><td><p>9,760</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
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