Pay
Life as a firefighter is extremely rewarding, but also challenging at times. So, what's in it for you? Below we've listed some of the benefits of working for Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service - as well as outlining how much you will get paid.
Wholetime pay:
- As a wholetime firefighter in development, you will earn a basic annual salary of £28,310 and an hourly rate of £12.93.
- A fully competent firefighter earns £36,226 a year and an hourly rate of £16.54.
Once you are a fully competent Firefighter, there will be opportunities to progress into managerial roles. A competent crew manager earns £40,161 a year as a basic salary, whilst a competent watch manager attracts a salary of £44,911 per year.
Benefits:
- The opportunity to progress
- Access to a good pension scheme
- 33 days of paid annual leave
- On-site occupational health and fitness support and free workplace gyms at every station
- Access to high level vocational training courses
- You’ll have access to support from our employee staff networks
- Access to employee welfare, benefit and discount schemes like Blue Light Card and Vivup
- We are recognised by Stonewall and are a Disability Confident employer
- Access to a health care scheme
What is the difference between trainee, development, and competent?
Whilst at our Service Development Centre in Ollerton, on their basic training course, firefighters are classed as trainees. This is the first stage of their training.
Once firefighters have left the training centre, and have started responding to calls with their station colleagues, they become firefighters in development. This is the second stage of their training, and normally takes two years.
Once the development stage is complete, firefighters become competent - and attract a higher rate of pay.