Mis-fuelling of motor vehicles
Dear Lothian & Borders Fire Brigade,
Mis-filling of motor vehicles with the wrong fuel is a major issue in the UK with the costs of doing so ranging from £300 for a simple drain and flush through of the tank to over £5000 for those unfortunate enough to irreparably damage their engine. The AA has estimated that 150,000 such events occur each year. In addition, there is a heavy cost in terms of missed appointments and inconvenience.
Q1. Please provide the number of diesel vehicles currently operated by the department and the number of occasions any of these vehicles has been misfilled with petrol requiring unscheduled servicing during each of the last two years.
Q2. Please provide the total direct cost associated with the mis-fuelling events.
Q3. If the motor vehicles are owned/maintained by a leasing company please provide the name of the leasing company.
Yours faithfully,
Nick Panchaud
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Kind regards
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Ruth MacLeod, Media Manager
Central Services - Corporate Communications
Lothian and Borders Fire and Rescue Service
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Subject: RE: Freedom of Information request - Mis-fuelling of motor
vehicles
Dear Mr Panchaud,
Please find attached the response to your recent FoI request. Could you
please acknowledge receipt of our response so we can amend our records
to show this as complete?
Many thanks.
The answers to your questions are:
1. This Fire & Rescue Service operate 141 diesel engined vehicles. Since
1st September 2008 until the present time there has been three occasions
where mis-fueling has occurred. Two happened in October 2009 with the
third occurring in January 2010.
2. The total cost of these three instances was £737
3. All vehicles are purchased outright by Lothian & Borders Fire &
Rescue Service.
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Ruth MacLeod, Media Manager
Central Services - Corporate Communications
Lothian and Borders Fire and Rescue Service
Tel: 0131 659 7312 | Fax: | Mob:
Email: [email address] | Web: http://www.lbfire.org.uk/
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