Auditor General DePasquale Releases Audits for Volunteer Firefighters’ Relief Associations in 18 Counties
Auditor General DePasquale Releases Audits for Volunteer Firefighters’ Relief Associations in 18 Counties
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HARRISBURG (July 13, 2017) – Auditor General Eugene DePasquale today announced the release of audit reports for volunteer firefighters’ relief associations in Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Berks, Bucks, Cumberland, Delaware, Lancaster, Lehigh, Luzerne, Lycoming, Montgomery, Northampton, Schuylkill, Washington, Westmoreland, Wyoming and York counties.
The Department of the Auditor General examines volunteer firefighters’ relief associations, which receive state aid from a 2 percent state tax on fire insurance premiums purchased by Pennsylvania residents from out-of-state casualty insurance companies.
In 2016, $65.5 million in state funds was required to be distributed through funding municipalities to 1,915 VFRAs to provide training, purchase equipment and insurance, and pay for death benefits for volunteer firefighters.
The full audit reports for VFRAs with findings are available online using the links provided below; others are available online at: www.PaAuditor.gov/audit-reports.
Allegheny County
Forest Grove VFRA – No findings
Montour Valley VFRA – No findings
North Fayette Township VFRA – No findings
Armstrong County
Apollo Hose Co. No. 2 VFRA – No findings
North Apollo VFRA – No findings
Beaver County
Fallston VFRA – No findings
Shippingport VFRA – No findings
Berks County
Frystown VFRA – No findings
Kempton Fire Company of Albany Township VFRA – No findings
Kutztown Fire Co. No. 1 VFRA – No findings
Bucks County
Received and expended state aid and accumulated relief funds in compliance with applicable state laws, contracts, bylaws and administrative procedures, except for one finding: non-compliance with prior audit recommendation for failure to maintain a complete and accurate equipment roster.
Received and expended state aid and accumulated relief funds in compliance with applicable state laws, contracts, bylaws and administrative procedures, except for one finding: failure to maintain a complete and accurate equipment roster.
Cumberland County
Received and expended state aid and accumulated relief funds in compliance with applicable state laws, contracts, bylaws and administrative procedures, except for one finding: relief association accounts inappropriately registered under affiliated fire service organization’s federal tax identification number.
Delaware County
Millbourne VFRA – No findings
Lancaster County
Received and expended state aid and accumulated relief funds in compliance with applicable state laws, contracts, bylaws and administrative procedures, except for one finding: unauthorized expenditures.
Received and expended state aid and accumulated relief funds in compliance with applicable state laws, contracts, bylaws and administrative procedures, except for six findings: undocumented expenditures, unauthorized expenditure, and failure to secure ownership interest in jointly purchased equipment. Also, non-compliance with prior audit recommendations for inadequate internal controls, inadequate minutes of meetings, and failure to maintain a complete and accurate equipment roster.
Lehigh County
Received and expended state aid and accumulated relief funds in compliance with applicable state laws, contracts, bylaws and administrative procedures, except for one finding: failure to conduct annual physical equipment inventories.
Luzerne County
Pittston Township VFRA – No findings
Lycoming County
Citizens Hose Company of Jersey Shore VFRA – No findings
Montgomery County
Received and expended state aid and accumulated relief funds in compliance with applicable state laws, contracts, bylaws and administrative procedures, except for two findings: undocumented expenditures and failure to maintain a complete and accurate equipment roster.
Northampton County
Received and expended state aid and accumulated relief funds in compliance with applicable state laws, contracts, bylaws and administrative procedures, except for two findings: unauthorized expenditures and failure to maintain minutes of meetings.
Schuylkill County
Washington VFRA – No findings
Washington County
Ellsworth VFRA – No findings
Westmoreland County
Collinsburg VFRA – No findings
North Hempfield VFRA – No findings
Wyoming County
Lake Winola VFRA – No findings
York County
Received and expended state aid and accumulated relief funds in compliance with applicable state laws, contracts, bylaws and administrative procedures, except for two findings: relief association accounts improperly registered under affiliated fire service organization’s federal tax identification number and non-compliance with prior audit recommendation for inadequate minutes of meetings.
Received and expended state aid and accumulated relief funds in compliance with applicable state laws, contracts, bylaws and administrative procedures, except for three findings: failure to monitor investment activity, and non-compliance with prior audit recommendations for undocumented expenditure and failure to maintain a complete and accurate equipment roster.
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