New allegations of misconduct have been made since a former north fire chief quit his post in England for buying a brigade Landrover at a knock down price.
Scots-born Stewart Edgar, ex-chief of Highlands and Islands Fire Brigade, recently resigned from his £147,000-a-year post at Gloucestershire fire and rescue service after it was found he paid just £500 for a Land Rover Discovery worth up to £8,000.
Gloucestershire Council director of communities and infrastructure Nigel Riglar said he and his team had received multiple claims since Mr Edgar quit.
He did not go into detail about the nature of the fresh allegations, or if they relate directly to Mr Edgar.
Chief Fire Officer Edgar, who was in charge of authorising sales as the chief fire officer, sold the Land Rover to a company he had links to for far less than its potential worth, before then buying it from them.
Mr Riglar said new claims of misconduct are coming into him “on a daily basis” and they are dealing with “new lines of enquiry”.
An internal audit review has been launched to see if any other fire service assets have been bought or sold inapproproately.
Speaking to the council’s environment and communities committee, Mr Riglar said they can finish the investigation once the new claims have stopped being live, meaning they need to be proved or disproved.
An investigation triggered by a whistleblower forced Mr Edgar to stand down.
The internal review showed Mr Edgar, who was awarded an OBE for 27 years of service, demonstrated “poor judgement” over the sale of the fire service vehicle.
Mr Edgar, who was appointed chief fire officer in February 2014, has deleted all of his social media accounts since his resignation and has not commented.