Fire service rank structure

In this AO I have to examine career progress. Career progress is a type of

ranking system for example in the army you start off as a private and as
you get better at the job you get promoted or moved up the rank. The job
which I will be researching to look at their ranking system is the fire
service. In the fire service you start off as a fire-fighter and what you do as
a fire fighter is the following you go out day to day dealing with fire but
also you teach people fire safety.
As you go up the ranking system you move up to a position called leading
fire fighter or crew manager and in this position you still deal with fires and teach
people fire safety but also if you had to go out to deal with a fire and it had three
pumps involved you would be able to take control of that incident. The ranks carry on
going up till you have reached the highest point of the fire service.
The fire service rank structure is listed down below

Fire-fighter – carries out day to day fire fighting and fire safety work

Yellow helmet no marks

Leading fire-fighter – in charge of a crew of fire appliance at many stations. Carries

out day to day fire fighting and fire safety work but can take charge of incidents
involving up to three pumping appliances.

Yellow helmet two

12.5mm black bands
Watch manager – in charge of the watch at larger fire stations. Carries out day to day
fire fighting and fire safety work or junior work in policy areas. Can also undertake
special duties. Will take charge of an incident involving up to six pumps or undertake
specialist tasks as support at an incident.

White helmet with black

comb 12.5 mm black band.

Station manager – responsible for management of a fire station or day to day in a

specific policy area. Will take charge of an incident involving up to six pumps or will
undertake specialist tasks as support at an incident.

White Helmet with

black comb 19 mm
black band.

Group manager – responsible for a group of fire stations or day to day work in a
specific policy area. Will take charge of an incident up to nine pumps or undertake
specialist tasks as support at an incident.

White Helmet with black comb

19mm & 12.5mm black bands
Area manager – responsible for day to day managem

ent of an area of fire brigade operations or policy. Will take charge of an

incident involving up to nine pumps or undertake specialist tasks as support
at an incident.

White Helmet with black comb

two 19mm black bands

Brigade manager – an acfo has strategic responsibility for directorates. Will

take charge of an incident involving ten pumps or more.

White Helmet with black comb 38

mm black bands

This is the assistant’s badges but same helmet

This is the deputy badges but same helmet