The chief fire officer of Devon and Somerset says 40 'non operational' posts are to be lost by the end of this financial year... as the service is forced to make further savings in response to reduced Government funding.
The spending announcement for 2015 to 16 pushes the total savings target up to eight million pounds.
The reduction in 'backroom' jobs will be achieved by not filling vacancies, not renewing fixed-term contracts, and through voluntary redundancies, and will achieve around £1.5million in savings.
It comes on top of the other proposals designed to save £5.5million over the next two years, including controversial scaled -down crewing arrangements in Plymouth and Torquay, which will be voted upon next week by the Fire Authority.
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