House of Assembly: Wednesday, November 15, 2017

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Metropolitan Fire Service

In reply to Mr KNOLL (Schubert) (28 July 2017). (Estimates Committee B)

The Hon. C.J. PICTON (Kaurna—Minister for Police, Minister for Correctional Services, Minister for Emergency Services, Minister for Road Safety, Minister Assisting the Minister for Health, Minister Assisting the Minister for Mental Health and Substance Abuse): I am advised:

The statistics of current Metropolitan Fire Service firefighters by age bracket are as follows:

No. of firefighters Years of age
32 20 – 29
180 30 – 39
217 40 – 49
146 50 – 54
184 55 – 59
61 60 – 64
12 65+


This equates to a total of 257 firefighters over the age of 55 which represents 28.9% of the firefighting workforce.