Contingency Fire Crew Costs
Dear South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service,
Please could you provide the total costs for the Contingency Fire Crews in the recent fire strikes 31/10/14 - 04/11/14 to include:
Wages
Training Costs
Subsistence Costs
Out of Pocket Expenses
Cost of Food provided to Crews
Yours faithfully,
James Farmer
James Farmer
[FOI #238116 email]
Ref No: FOIA 1020
7 November 2014
Dear James
Thank you for your email of 6 November 2014 requesting information about Contingency Fire Crew Costs.
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Mr James Farmer
[1][FOI #238116 email]
2 December 2014
Dear James
Freedom of Information Request Reference No: FOIA 1020
Thank you for your email of 06/11/14 requesting information about
contingency crew costs.
The information you requested followed by our response is as follows:
Please could you provide the total costs for the Contingency Fire Crews in
the recent fire strikes 31/10/14 - 04/11/14 to include:
Wages, Training Costs, Subsistence Costs, Out of Pocket Expenses, Cost of
Food provided to Crews
Please find below a breakdown of costs.
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| | Costs|
|-------------------------------------------------------------+----------|
|Contingency Wages | £81,300|
|-------------------------------------------------------------+----------|
|Misc costs (food, accommodation, equipment) | £12,500|
|-------------------------------------------------------------+----------|
| Total| £93,800|
|-------------------------------------------------------------+----------|
| | |
|-------------------------------------------------------------+----------|
|Deductions from firefighter pay for being on strike |(£187,000)|
|(approximately) | |
|-------------------------------------------------------------+----------|
| | |
|-------------------------------------------------------------+----------|
|Net Saving | (£93,200)|
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
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