Thank you for your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. I can confirm that Essex County Fire & Rescue Service does hold this information.
Please see below the answers to your request.
Final Response:
1) How many of your fire trucks/engines were destroyed (by destroyed I mean damaged beyond economic repair) in 2018/19 following any kind of road traffic accident? What was the make and model of the most expensive vehicle that was written off?
There have been no appliances written-off (damaged beyond economic repair) as the result of a claim.
2) What was the total cost of this damage to your service because of the accidents referred to in Q.1?
N/A
3) If you were insured and suffered no direct cost other than through your insurance premiums, please provide me with a figure for the total value of those vehicles when written off.
N/A
4) In the 2018/19 financial year, how many claims of compensation were paid to members of the public who were injured in a collision involving one of your vehicles and what was the total amount of the compensation? Please note that members of the public could be a passenger in your vehicle, a pedestrian or the driver/passenger in another vehicle.
In the financial year of 2018/19, one claim totalling £700.00 in compensation was paid. However, this does not reflect any associated costs such as legal fees or disbursements.
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