Our workforce and ranks

Staff composition: (by headcount)
	2015/16	2016/17	2017/18	2018/19
Full-time fire officers	3530	3517	3534	3513
On-call (Retained) fire officers	3327	3341	3293	3274
Administrative and trade staff	446	432	465	481
Community fire units	578	546	533	519
Community fire unit volunteers	6318	5891	5782	4797
Fire stations	337	335	336	335
Vehicles in the fire engine fleet	672	684	705	705

Chaplains

Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) employs two Chaplains to support and counsel firefighters, other staff, retired personnel and their families who are facing a personal or family crisis or are having problems dealing with a difficult incident.

Senior Chaplain Lyndsay Smith and his wife, Chaplain Dawn Smith, both Majors in the Salvation Army, provide counselling and referral services to firefighters throughout NSW, and, in some cases, to members of the public who are affected by major incidents.

Major Lyndsay Smith also conducts weddings, funerals and christenings for FRNSW firefighters, staff, retired personnel and their families.