Our workforce and ranks

Staff composition: (by headcount)
	2015/16	2016/17
Full-time fire officers	3530	3517
Retained (ie on-call) fire officers	3327	3341
Administrative and trade staff	446	432
Community fire units	578	546
Community fire unit volunteers	6318	5891
Fire stations	337	335
Vehicles in the fire engine fleet	672	684
Accredited rescue crews	186	188

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.