Auditor General DePasquale Releases Audits for Volunteer Firefighters’ Relief Associations in 14 Counties
Auditor General DePasquale Releases Audits for Volunteer Firefighters’ Relief Associations in 14 Counties
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HARRISBURG (March 16, 2017) – Auditor General Eugene DePasquale today announced the release of audit reports for volunteer firefighters’ relief associations in Beaver, Cumberland, Fayette, Lancaster, Luzerne, Montgomery, Perry, Schuylkill, Snyder, Susquehanna, Washington, Wayne, 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.
Beaver County
Big Knob VFRA – No findings
Monaca No. 4 VFRA – No findings
Cumberland County
Lisburn VFRA – No findings
Fayette County
Republic VFRA – No findings
Lancaster County
Brickerville Fire Co. No. 1 VFRA
Received and expended state aid and accumulated relief funds in compliance with applicable state laws, contracts, bylaws and administrative procedures, except for three findings: unauthorized expenditures, undocumented expenditures, and failure to maintain a complete and accurate equipment roster.
Lincoln Fire Co. No. 1 of Ephrata VFRA – No findings
Luzerne County
Mountaintop 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 one finding: 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.
Perry 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: untimely deposit of state aid.
Schuylkill County
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 maintain a complete and accurate equipment roster, failure to maintain a complete and accurate membership roster, and untimely deposit of state aid.
Received and expended state aid and accumulated relief funds in compliance with applicable state laws, contracts, bylaws and administrative procedures, except for one finding: untimely deposit of state aid.
Klingerstown Fire Co. No. 1 VFRA
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 insufficient bond coverage.
Snyder County
Beavertown VFRA – No findings
Susquehanna County
Montrose VFRA – No findings
Washington 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 insufficient bond coverage.
Wayne County
Honesdale VFRA – No findings
Westmoreland County
Lloydsville VFRA – No findings
York County
Craley Community VFRA – No findings
North Hopewell-Winterstown VFRA – No findings
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