FOI 26-141 Vehicles Based at Greenock
Freedom of Information Request
- Reference
- FOI 26-141 Vehicles Based at Greenock
- Request Date
- 10 Mar 2026
- Response Date
- 25 Mar 2026
- Information Requested
I am looking to find out more about the vehicles based at Greenock Ambulance Station.
Please provide the following information:
- For all vehicles currently based at, or routinely operating out of, Greenock Ambulance Station on the date of this request, please provide a list showing, for each vehicle:
- Vehicle identifier (e.g. call sign and/or fleet number)
- Year and month of first registration
- Vehicle type/body style (e.g. double-crewed ambulance, patient transport vehicle, rapid response car, 4x4, etc)
- Primary use/category of use (e.g. frontline accident and emergency ambulance, scheduled care / PTS, support vehicle, specialist vehicle, storage vehicle, training vehicle, etc)
- Whether the vehicle is currently used to respond to 999/emergency calls (yes/no)
I am not seeking any information that would directly identify individual staff members or patients, and I am content for any fields you consider personal data (such as full registration marks) to be redacted or pseudonymised, provided the age and use of each vehicle remains clear.
- Response
Some of the information you have requested is already publicly available. Under section 25(1) of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FOISA), information is exempt from disclosure where the applicant can reasonably obtain it without making a request under FOISA.
This exemption applies because the Scottish Ambulance Service publishes a fleet list on its website. The published fleet list includes vehicle location, vehicle style/type, and registration date, which enables you to identify vehicles allocated to Greenock. - fleet-list-20250806.xlsx
The request for vehicle identifiers or call signs has been exempt under Section 31 (1) national security and defence. Under Section 31(1), ‘information is exempt information if exemption from disclosure is required for the purpose of safeguarding national security.’ Section 31 of the Freedom of Information Scotland Act, is subject to the public interest test. There is a very strong public interest in preventing the SAS information systems from being subject to primary or secondary (supply chain) cyber-attacks. Providing the type of information requested and subsequent online publication, would very likely provide potential attackers with useful intelligence relating to the callsigns of SAS and possible exposure through third parties, which is not in the public interest.
Whether the vehicle is currently used to respond to 999/emergency calls (yes/no)
The Scottish Ambulance Service does not hold this information in a recorded form for each individual vehicle. Vehicle use can change at short notice depending on operational demand, availability, servicing and other factors. The Service is a national organisation and, while vehicles may be typically based at Greenock Ambulance Station, resources can be deployed to provide support across neighbouring areas and stations as required. As a result, we do not maintain a static “yes/no” indicator for each vehicle to confirm whether it is “currently used to respond to 999/emergency calls” at a given point in time.
