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Fire staff warm to 2.7%

Key details

Pay award: 2.7% basic increase

Employees covered (nos.): firefighters, managers, control staff (58,000)

Effective date: 1 July 2006

Firefighters and other uniformed fire service employees received a 2.7% pay increase from 1 July 2006, under an award agreed by the National Joint Council (NJC) for local authority fire and rescue services.

The increase was calculated using a formula set out in the Fire Service Pay and Conditions Agreement 2003, which marked the end of the long-running pay dispute during 2002-03.