Auditor General DePasquale Releases Audits for Volunteer Firefighters’ Relief Associations in Six Counties

June 08 2017

Auditor General DePasquale Releases Audits for Volunteer Firefighters’ Relief Associations in Six Counties

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HARRISBURG (June 8, 2017)  – Auditor General Eugene DePasquale today announced the release of audit reports for volunteer firefighters’ relief associations in Allegheny, Bucks, Dauphin, Luzerne, Westmoreland 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

Floreffe VFRA – No findings

Frazer Township No. 2 VFRA – No findings 

Millvale VFRA – No findings    

Bucks County

Newtown VFRA  – No findings

Dauphin County

West Hanover Township Fire Co. No. 1 VFRA – No findings

Luzerne County

Valley Regional VFRA – No findings 

Wyoming VFRA – No findings 

Westmoreland County

Allegheny Township Fire Co. No. 1 VFRA – No findings

Claridge VFRA – No findings

York County

North Codorus Township Fire Co. No. 1 VFRA – No findings  

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