A part-time firefighter is needed for the Middleton-in-Teesdale station.

Jones has also worked as an open space and trails planner and part-time wildland firefighter.

Fire - 13 full-time, 18 part-time firefighters and 11 vehicles operating out of two stations.

Thousands of part-time firefighters, who provide more than half of the fire service in rural areas and small towns, have vowed not to strike.

And the state's 90 full-time and 2,000 part-time wildland firefighters are among the best-prepared forces in the country.

It was held that even though part-time firefighters did not do administrative work, their contracts were still broadly similar.

Pickering Fire Services consists of 94 full-time staff and 8 part-time firefighters operating from 4 fire halls.

Similarly, the heavy dependence on part-time firefighters will spell trouble.

It is staffed by 91 full-time firefighters and 52 part-time firefighters.

The fire service has made an urgent appeal for more part-time firefighters.