Dear Sir,

North Wales Fire and Rescue Service (NWFRS) hereby acknowledges receipt of
your request for information as detailed below, which is being actioned
under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. This is now
receiving the Service’s attention and a response will normally be provided
within 20 working days of the date of receipt.

To confirm, your request was received on 24^th May 2024, and you have
supplied an email address for response.

Yours faithfully,

Swyddog Rhyddid Gwybodaeth/Freedom of Information Officer
Gwasanaeth Tân ac Achub Gogledd Cymru/North Wales Fire and Rescue Service

Rydym yn croesawu gohebiaeth a galwadau yn y Gymraeg a’r Saesneg - byddwn
yn ymateb yn gyfartal i’r ddwy ac yn ateb yn eich dewis iaith heb oedi.

We welcome correspondence and calls in Welsh and English - we will respond
equally to both and will reply in your language of choice without delay.

Gwnewch yn siŵr eich bod yn profi’ch larwm mwg yn rheolaidd. Os nad oes
gennych larwm, neu os ydy’ch larwm wedi torri, ffoniwch 0800 169 1234,
anfonwch e-bost i [1][email address] neu ewch i
[2]www.gwastan-gogcymru.org.uk am gyngor ynglŷn â beth i’w wneud nesaf.

Please make sure that you regularly check your smoke alarm. If you do not
have one, or find that the one that you do have is not working, call 0800
169 1234, e-mail [3][email address] or visit
[4]www.nwales-fireservice.org.uk for advice on what to do next.

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Dear Sir,
 
Further to your recent request to North Wales Fire and Rescue Service
(NWFRS) made under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act regarding
reserve and training vehicles, please see the attached spreadsheet for the
response from NWFRS.
 
Please note that reserve and training vehicles are not based at one
location. They can be moved at any time and, therefore the overnight
location on our Fleet Management system is recorded as Llandudno Junction,
as this is where we control them from.
 
With regard to the appliance type, the Fleet Management system records
these the vehicles simply as “APPLIANCE”.
 
NWFRS can confirm that it holds the information you have requested
regarding Vehicle Registration Numbers (VRNs); however, this information
is exempt under Section 24 (National Security) of the Freedom of
Information Act and is, therefore, being withheld.
 
Members of the public will appreciate that, as an emergency service, NWFRS
must ensure that certain information relating to details of its appliances
or other sensitive operational intelligence is appropriately protected.
Releasing information such as VRNs may have wider implications that must
be considered, i.e. disclosing certain information may prejudice the
ability of NWFRS to maintain its own and national security. The Service
believes that maintaining security and ensuring public safety in a
national and local context takes precedence over releasing certain
information.
 
NWFRS accepts that this type of information is of interest to members of
the public but believes that it is not in the greater public interest to
release VRNs and, as a result, NWFRS has decided that the public interest
is better served by not disclosing this information.
 
In taking this decision NWFRS has taken note of the National Protective
Security Authority (NPSA) guidance on disclosure of sensitive information,
which states that national security is paramount and should be considered
carefully in any government or commercial decision to release or
disseminate information to the public.
 
If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have the
right to ask for an internal review. Internal review requests should be
submitted within two months of the date of receipt of the response to your
original correspondence and should be addressed to:
 
The Freedom of Information Officer
North Wales Fire and Rescue Service Headquarters
Ffordd Salesbury
St Asaph Business Park
St Asaph
Denbighshire
LL17 0JJ
 
If you remain dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have a
right to appeal to the Information Commissioner at:
 
The Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Telephone: 08456 30 60 60 or 01625 54 57 45
Website: [1]www.ico.gov.uk
 
Yours faithfully,
Swyddog Rhyddid Gwybodaeth/Freedom of Information Officer
Gwasanaeth Tân ac Achub Gogledd Cymru/North Wales Fire and Rescue Service

[2][email address].cymru / [3][email address].wales
Rydym yn croesawu gohebiaeth a galwadau yn y Gymraeg a’r Saesneg - byddwn
yn ymateb yn gyfartal i’r ddwy ac yn ateb yn eich dewis iaith heb oedi.
We welcome correspondence and calls in Welsh and English - we will respond
equally to both and will reply in your language of choice without delay.
Gwnewch yn siŵr eich bod yn profi’ch larwm mwg yn rheolaidd. Os nad oes
gennych larwm, neu os ydy’ch larwm wedi torri, ffoniwch 0800 169 1234,
anfonwch e-bost i [4][email address].cymru  neu ewch i
[5]www.tangogleddcymru.llyw.cymru am gyngor  ynglŷn â beth i’w wneud
nesaf.

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