FOI Request 2311

Subject: Pot Holes

Status: Complete

Date received: March 2026

Question Asked:

For each of the following calendar years respectively 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022 and 2021:

How many fire engines in your fleet have been damaged by potholes, including damage to tyres, wheels, steering alignment? What has the repair cost been?

How many times has a fire engine been taken out of service to be checked after pot hole related damage?

Have there been any incidents where a pothole related problem has delayed the response to a 999 call? Can you please supply examples

Has your organisation successfully claimed compensation for pothole related damaged to your fire engines - and if so how much compensation was received?

Our Response:

Please see our response below to your Freedom of Information Request:

CFRS do not have any information that would support any damage being caused by potholes to any appliance tyres over the years requested.

For each of the following calendar years respectively 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022 and 2021:

This has not occurred

How many fire engines in your fleet have been damaged by potholes, including damage to tyres, wheels, steering alignment? What has the repair cost been?

Nil

How many times has a fire engine been taken out of service to be checked after pot hole related damage?

This has not occurred

Have there been any incidents where a pothole related problem has delayed the response to a 999 call? Can you please supply examples

This has not occurred

Has your organisation successfully claimed compensation for pothole related damaged to your fire engines - and if so how much compensation was received?

This has not occurred

Outcome: Data Not Held

FOI responded to within timescales: YES

Further action: NO