The benefits you'll receive

The rate of pay for on-call firefighters is dependent on your availability. The retaining fee is worked out depending upon the number of hours available given by you on a weekly basis.

As well as the retaining fee, you will also get paid an hourly rate for attending the following:

  • Drill Nights
  • Training Courses
  • Community Safety Work
  • Standard Tests

 

Your salary

Select from the tabs below to view example salary packages.

Firefighter        
  1
£ per annum		 2
£ per annum		 3
£ per hour		 4
£ per occasion
Trainee 2,419 1,210 11.05 4.24
Development 2,520 1,260 11.51 4.24
Competent 3,224 1,612 14.72 4.24

Column 1 shows the full annual retainer (10% of the full-time basic annual salary, as set out in Appendix A)
Column 2 shows the retainer for employees on the day crewing duty system (5% of the full-time basic annual salary, as set out in Appendix A)
Column 3 shows the hourly rate for work undertaken
Column 4 shows the disturbance payment per call-out

Crew Manager        
With effect from 
01/07/2018		 100% Retainer
On-Call 120 hrs +
per Week		 75% Retainer
On-Call 119 hrs
& below per week		 Hourly Rate
of Pay		 Attendance
Fee
Development 3,245 2,434 14.82 4.02
Competent 3,385 2,539 15.46 4.02
Watch manager        
With effect from 
01/07/2018		 100% Retainer
On-Call 120 hrs +
per Week		 75% Retainer
On-Call 119 hrs
& below per week		 Hourly Rate
of Pay		 Attendance
Fee
Development 3,485 2,594 15.79 4.02
Competent A 3,554 2,666 16.23 4.02
Competent B 4,785 2,839 17.29 4.02

Example salary

Yearly Benefits (based on Gross Payment) 

Competent Firefighter (100% Retainer), attending on average 50 call outs per year (based on average time) =

  £
Retainer fee 3,053.00
48 weekly drill periods, 4 weeks annual leave 1,338.24
Call outs (based on 50 call outs) 1,099.00
TOTAL 5,490.24

 

Pensionable pay

You will be able to contribute to the Firefighters Pension Scheme (Wales 2015) from your induction day. Current rate as a Competent Firefighter, Employee pays 12.9% and Employer pays 27.3% of your salary.

Annual leave

You will be entitled to 28 days annual leave a year, rising to 35 days after 5 years of continuous employment.

 

Have you got what it takes?

In the next section, we'll explain how the selection process works.