We were the first Fire and Rescue Service to publish items of spend over £500 as part of the new transparency arrangements for local government. We have now extended the information available to include details of all staff salaries over £50,000 per year.

Set out below are details of all the posts in SFRA which were paid in excess of £50,000 in 2009/10.

Officer Details	No of employees	Salary, Allowances and Benefits in Kind	Range
Chief Fire Officer	1	148,653	148,653 - 148,653
Deputy Chief Fire Officer	1	119,150	119,150 - 119,150
Assistant Chief Fire Officer	3	320,004	104,127 - 108,654
Heads of Directorates	3	122,335	58,000 - 66,284
Area Commanders	9	485,013	50,133 - 57,739
Specialist Operational Managers	7	380,255	50,075 - 60,624
Specialist Non-Operational Managers	3	161,175	50,124- 56,099
Watch & Crew Managers (incorporating retained and other duties/projects)	4	219,755	50,421 - 66,934
Officers Earning more than £50k (excluding seconded officers)	31	1,956,340
Officers Seconded to Third Parties	4	226,344	51,606 - 66,284
Total Officers Earning more than £50k	35	2,182,684

All above are subject to an employers pension contribution in the region of 18%

• All those Officers receiving more than 100K per year have agreed to waive their right to a pay increase for the last 2 years
• Officers are ordinarily provided with an emergency vehicle for on call commuting only; however in a small number of cases private mileage is permitted, the cost of which is reimbursed by the Officer who pays company car tax accordingly. This benefit is fully reflected in the figures above.
• Where an officer started or left mid year, the salary range indicates what they would have earned for the full year.
• Watch and Crew Manager details above include additional roles for example retained duties, student fire fighter scheme and special project roles.
• Seconded officers are employed by us but paid by other organisations
• Our total number of staff is currently 1141, therefore 3% of our staff are paid over £50,000
• We will be working to produce salary information for all staff in due course.
• These figures form part of the audited accounts, further information can be found on Our Finances