FOI Request 1966

Subject: Fire Authority Fleet

Status: Complete

Date Received: January 2024


Question Asked:

1. How many vehicles do you have across the whole fleet (please provide data for the past 3 years)?

2. Please break down vehicles in Q1 by vehicle type (i.e. make / model)

3. Please break down vehicles in Q1 by fuel type (i.e. petrol / diesel / hybrid / full electric)

4. How much do you spend annually on refuelling costs for vehicles in Q1 (please provide data for the past 3 years)?

5. What is the average annual mileage per vehicle for vehicles in Q1?

6. Do you have (and if yes, how many) electric vehicle chargers at your vehicle fleet base/HQ?


Our Response:

Red Fleet

Our current red fleet list is available on the Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service webpage for your perusal.

Over the last three years three new appliances have come onto the fleet resulting in three older appliances coming off the list. The list on the webpage details the three latest appliances now out on station(2023 vehicles) however the three outgoing vehicles have not yet gone, subsequently for appliances we are up three to normal.

The following vehicles have changed on the red fleet over the previous three years:

  1. 2021 Qty ten Toyota Hilux diesel Rapid Response Units (one per retained station). Two Range Rover 4.0 V8 Petrol’s were removed from the fleet

  2. 2022/23 Qty twelve Toyota Corolla Hybrids. These replaced seven Skoda Octavia 2.0 diesels, three Land Rover Freelander 2.2 Diesels plus we added 2 addition vehicles

  3. 2022 Qty one Toyota Corolla Hybrid Co Responder. Replaced Land Rover Freelander 2.2 Diesel

  4. 2022 Mercedes Sprinter 5t van replaced 2002 3.5t Mercedes Sprinter Bollington

  5. 2023 Mercedes Sprinter 5t van replaced 2002 3.5t Mercedes Sprinter Lymm

  6. 2023 Toyota Hilux plus trailer plus Argocat 6x6 went into Poynton.

Support Fleet

  1. 37 x Citroen Berlingo diesels

  2. 1 x Citroen Dispatch van diesel

  3. 5 x Citroen Relay diesels

  4. 1 x Ford Ranger diesel

  5. 10 x Ford Transit diesel

  6. 1 x Isuzu flatbed LGV diesel

  7. 1 x Mercedes Sprinter diesel

  8. 2 x Mitsubishi L200 diesel

  9. 12 x Nissan Leaf full electric

  10. 20 x Peugeot e-Rifter full electric

  11. 10 x Toyota Yaris Hybrid

As we stand now 58.8% diesel, 8.8% hybrid and 32.4% full electric, 17 of the diesel Berlingo’s are due change in 2024 which will move from diesel to electric or hybrid where feasible.

Over the last three years we have introduced 30 non diesel vehicles to the fleet replacing diesel Citroen Berlingo’s and petrol Vauxhall Corsa’s. We have had Nissan Leaf’s on the fleet since 2015, updating these in 2020/21.

Fuel Costs & Mileage 

Financial year 2022/23 fuel costs were £388,334, 2021/22 costs £289,952, 2020/21 costs £174,386

Across the 32 electric vehicles we complete just over 100,000 electric miles in 2023.

Mileage in 2022/23 was 935,639 miles across the whole fleet.

EV Chargers

Across the 28 Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service fire stations we currently have 27 charging posts with two outlets per post totalling 54 charging positions. This is very much a work in progress with further EV charging positions scheduled to come on line throughout 2024.



Outcome: Information Provided

FOI Responded to within timescales: YES

Further action: NO

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Last updated: Wednesday, 22 October 2025


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