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Pot Holes & Vehicle Damage

FOI Number: 24109

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Published on 16 September 2024

WMFS OFFICIAL – NEW – FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST – FOI24109 

Ref: FOI/24109 

RE: FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 REQUEST 

I am writing to confirm that the West Midlands Fire Service has now completed its search for the information you requested further to your Freedom of Information request. 

Please find below a summary of our findings. 

Request 

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): 

Q1) 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. 

Q2) What was the cost of repairing these vehicles and were any of the costs recovered? 

Reply 

In the last three years none of our vehicles have been damaged by potholes or poor road conditions.  

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