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National Joint Council for Brigade Managers of Local Authority Fire and Rescue Services
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Employers’ Secretary, Naomi Cooke
18 Smith Square,
London, SW1P 3HZ
Telephone 020 7664 3000
e-mail: [email protected]
Staff Side Secretary, Simon Shilton
Fire Leaders Association
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.prospect.org.uk/fla
To: Chairs of Fire Authorities Chief Fire Officers
Clerks to Fire Authorities
Directors of Human Resources
Members of the National Joint Council
31 May 2023
PAY AWARDS - 2022 & 2023
1. We write to inform you that the NJC has agreed the following pay awards:
- 4 % increase on basic pay with effect from 1 January 2022
- 3.5 % increase on basic pay with effect from 1 January 2023
2. The pay of all brigade managers covered by the NJC’s agreement should therefore be increased and backdated accordingly.
3. Revised minimum annual rates of pay for chief fire officers effective from 1 January 2022 & 1 January 2023 are below.
4. In each case the minimum salary arrangements for new appointments in population bands 1 and 2 remain as defined in the 2006/2007 pay settlement (issued by circular on 7 December 2006) and will be subject to review in due course.
Yours faithfully,
NAOMI COOKE
SIMON SHILTON
Joint Secretaries
From 1 January 2022
Annual rates of pay for chief fire officers from 1 January 2022
| Population band 1 | Up to 500,000 |
| Minimum rate of pay | £109,630* |
| Population band 2 | 500,001 to 1,000,000 |
| Minimum rate of pay | £109,630* |
| Population band 3 | 1,000,001 to 1,500,000 |
| Minimum rate of pay | £123,189 |
| Population band 4 | 1,500,000 and above (except London) |
| Minimum rate of pay | £135,394 |
| Population band 5 | London |
| Minimum rate of pay | £148,819 |
*New appointments in accordance with paragraph 4 above
From 1 January 2023
Annual rates of pay for chief fire officers from 1 January 2023
| Population band 1 | Up to 500,000 |
| Minimum rate of pay | £117,305* |
| Population band 2 | 500,001 to 1,000,000 |
| Minimum rate of pay | £117,305* |
| Population band 3 | 1,000,001 to 1,500,000 |
| Minimum rate of pay | £127,501 |
| Population band 4 | 1,500,000 and above (except London) |
| Minimum rate of pay | £140,133 |
| Population band 5 | London |
| Minimum rate of pay | £154,028 |
*New appointments in accordance with paragraph 4 above