Contingency Fire Crew Costs

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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

FOI, South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service

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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Wendy Mustill
Pp FOI Coordinator
South Yorkshire Fire & Rescue
197 Eyre St
SHEFFIELD S1 3FG
Tel: 0114 253 2346
Fax: 0114 253 2887
[email address]

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Mr James Farmer

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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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Wendy Mustill
pp FOI Coordinator
South Yorkshire Fire & Rescue

197 Eyre St

SHEFFIELD S1 3FG
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Fax: 0114 253 2887
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