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Free on-call earnings model

Build an on-call pay estimate from the published parts.

Combine a 2026 retainer with expected activity, overtime and disturbance payments. Your service’s availability contract and incident profile still control real earnings.

Read the on-call pay guide
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Role and retainer

Choose the national role point and retainer basis shown in your contract.

02

Expected activity

Use an average month from your own service information where possible.

What counts as on-call firefighter pay?

On-call earnings are not a single salary. They can include a retainer for availability, payments for incidents, drill and training activity, overtime, disturbance and locally agreed extras. Model a conservative, typical and busy month before using the figure for household budgeting.

Why annual earnings vary

Station activity, appliance availability, mobilisation patterns and the hours you can offer all matter. This calculator deliberately does not invent a national “average”, because the local pattern is the useful evidence.