Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Can you guess how many times the Chief Fire Officer

Well readers,  we have had Simon had an FRU ....... click  HERE to read the article, but Simon also has a rather nice car. 

In fact Steve, Martyn and Craig also have nice cars,  that cost us the tax payer  thousands a year in leasing fees.

IF  these high performance vehicles were used to race through the wind, hail, rain, snow and even “shock horror” sunshine,  we probably wouldn't mind too much.

BUT  

WE DO MIND ...... WE MIND A GREAT DEAL


BECAUSE


Can you guess how many times 
the Chief Fire Officer 
turned out to an incident in 2011 /12 ?

10 times15  maybe even 20 !

NOPE

the answer is 
CFO Pilling (call sign 0101 ) according to his own oracle database did not turn out to an “incident” once in 2011/12 !


SO,  that begs the question .............Should he have a car that is deemed “tax free” because he allegedly needs it for operational reasons? 

In fact we know that some of the new NHS Commissioning Boards are recalling lease cars and making staff use their own cars for “operational use” this includes NHS Senior managers and even includes some community nurses and midwives. Now we at FCCL would say a community nurse probably uses their car  for work every day, and Simon and Co don't. 


So, below is a table of how much the cars cost for the WYFRS top table and how often they have been used to attend an incident  / emergency ......... and we don’t mean that quick sprint to the supermarket when they have run out of milk. 

Call sign
Rank
No of Incidents attended
Cost of car per annum


0101
CFO
0
£7,224


0110
DCFO*
5

£6,351



0130
ACO
7

£6,351



0150
ACO
7

£6,351



And of course DCFO Beckley is part time - but does he get  a full time tax free allowance for his car ?


AND FINALLY 


And we have to admit although we are outraged by what we have learnt,  we here at FCCL are not tax accountants. So we have done the responsible thing and sent the information about the issue and expressed our concerns to  Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs................... lets see what they define as operational use.

We would also like to know why the CFO gets a flashier car than the others ................?  Surely his ego doesn’t need the boost of a better car – how petty,  and in these days of belt tightening, what a waste – look after the pennies and all that!!! Mind you when you earn of £160k a year do you actually know what a penny is ?   Click  HEREto learn more about salaries at the top table 

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

Dont forget his trip to New Zealand or somewhere like that - we probably paid for that too.

Anonymous said...

We at FCCL (Fancy Cars Cost Lots) need our big cars. Have you tried getting a set of bagpipes in a 3 door hatch?

Anonymous said...

Simon got an effaryou
To save us lots of money
In light of what you say above
This saga isn't funny

You don't need Aston "Martyn"
Coz you're not Daniel "Craig"
Are flash cars really needed?
An answer, don't be vague

Before we close a station
And lose the guys that work
Lets say goodbye to two Jags
And cut back on the perks

Anonymous said...

We all know the tune........

Oh Lord won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz
I don't earn enough, need some meet for my ends
I'll use it for fire calls, and so will my friends
Oh Lord won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz

Oh Lord won't you buy me a Range Rover Sport
It snows once a year, suits the skis I just bought
Please don't tell the taxman, don't want to get caught
Oh Lord won't you buy me a Range Rover Sport

Oh Lord won't you buy me a red F R U
I don't like the white, and my eyes clash with blue
They're useless at car fires, or so say the crew
Oh Lord won't you buy me a red F R U

Oh Lord won't you buy me an Audi Q 9
I need a big boot for the beer and the wine
There's an offer in Waitrose, so cheap it's a crime
Oh Lord won't you buy me an Audi Q 9


Anonymous said...

Sarah, you need to tell the taxpayers alliance too. They will be very interested.

Anonymous said...

Only eight days for Fire Authority members to do the RIGHT thing.

So here are the 8 days of Christmas.....all sing along


On the 1st day of Christmas
The Fire Auth-or-it-ee
Cancelled the lease on my TT

On the 2nd day of Christmas
The Fire Auth-or-it-ee
Threw out the cuts
And cancelled the lease on my TT

On the 3rd day of Christmas
The Fire Auth-or-it-ee
No ifs or buts
Threw out the cuts
And cancelled the lease on my TT

On the 4th day of Christmas
The Fire Auth-or-it-ee
Found they had guts
No ifs or buts
Threw out the cuts
And cancelled the lease on my TT

On the 5th day of Christmas
The Fire Auth-or-it-ee
Got....off....their.....butts
Found they had guts
No ifs or buts
Threw out the cuts
And cancelled the lease on my TT

On the 6th day of Christmas
The Fire Auth-or-it-ee
All used their nuts
Got....off....their.....butts
Found they had guts
No ifs or buts
Threw out the cuts
And cancelled the lease on my TT

On the 7th day of Christmas
The Fire Auth-or-it-ee
Consulting shuts
All used their nuts
Got....off....their.....butts
Found they had guts
No ifs or buts
Threw out the cuts
And cancelled the lease on my TT

On the 8th day of Christmas
The Fire Auth-or-it-ee
Said “cut out the dodgy po-et-ree
Consulting shuts
All used their nuts
Got....off....their.....butts
Found they had guts
No ifs or buts
Threw out the cuts
And cancelled the lease on my TT

Reject the cuts, you know it makes sense.


Anonymous said...

They pay tax and contribute to leasing costs for the cars and nzfs paid 20 k for CFO pillings services so get your facts straight - public servants working harder than private sector comparitors for far less pay should not be attacked in this way

Wally said...

Are the people behind this site so daft they think that the top fire managers can run a tax fiddle without anybody knowing.I am sure their car deal will be all above board and as public workers the taxman will make sure they pay their full dues because unlike most small businessmen who do run cars paid for by calling it a business expense and paying less tax public workers are screwed for every penny. These personal attacks are not doing you any good - its like you have some kind of personal grievance against them