Thank you for your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
We can confirm that Essex County Fire & Rescue Service does hold the information you have requested.
Questions and final response:
Please supply the following information under the Freedom of Information Act/EIR in relation to Fire Service vehicles.
For each of the last three calendar years (1st January 2021 - 31st December 2021, 1st January 2022 - 31st December 2022 and 1st January 2023 - 31st December 2023) and also the first half of this year (1st January 2024 - 31st June 2024):
Question 1 How many of your vehicles were damaged by potholes/roads in poor condition?
If you can break this down by vehicle type, then please do so.
Response
Essex County Fire & Rescue Service (ECFRS) can confirm that there are no records of damage to ECFRS vehicles for the periods specified in relation to damage sustained due to potholes/poor road conditions.
Question 2 –What was the cost of repairing these vehicles and were any of the costs recovered?
Response
Not applicable.
We hope you find this information useful.
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Incident and other data is published on our transparency site. Incident Data (essex- fire.gov.uk).
Please note that the response and data released to you as part of this request will be published on our website http://transparency.essex-fire.gov.uk/.
All requests will be anonymised and no personal information including contact details will be disclosed as part of this process.
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Thank you for your interest in Essex County Fire and Rescue Service, we hope this satisfies your request.
If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have the right to apply for an internal review.
Internal review requests should be submitted within two months of the date of your original email and should be sent to informationgovernance@essex-fire.gov.uk or sent to our postal address: Internal Review, Information Governance Team, Kelvedon Park, Rivenhall, Witham, Essex CM8 3HB.
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