Auditor General DePasquale Releases Audits for 28 Volunteer Firefighter Relief Associations in 19 counties
Auditor General DePasquale Releases Audits for 28 Volunteer Firefighter Relief Associations in 19 counties
HARRISBURG (April 24, 2014) – Auditor General Eugene DePasquale today announced the release of 28 audit reports for volunteer firefighter relief associations in Allegheny, Carbon, Clarion, Columbia, Erie, Fayette, Greene, Indiana, Lackawanna, Lebanon, Luzerne, Lycoming, McKean, Perry, Somerset, Snyder, Wayne, Westmoreland and York counties.
The department’s Bureau of Municipal Pension & Fire Relief Audits examines volunteer firefighter relief associations, which receive state aid from a two-percent state tax on fire insurance premiums purchased by Pennsylvania residents from out-of-state casualty insurance companies.
In 2013, $72 million in state funds was required to be distributed through funding municipalities to nearly 1,950 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.
Allegheny County
Emsworth 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: insufficient bond coverage.
Franklin Park VFRA – No findings
Library VFRA – No findings
Carbon County
Mauch Chunk VFRA – No findings
Clarion County
East Brady VFRA – No findings
Columbia County
Orangeville VFRA – No findings
Erie County
Brookside 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 unauthorized expenditure.
Fairview Borough and Township VFRA – No findings
Platea VFRA - No findings
Fayette County
Connellsville Township VFRA – No findings
Fayette City VFRA – No findings
Greene County
Greensboro Monongahela Township 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: insufficient bond coverage.
Indiana County
Indiana VFRA – No findings
Lackawanna County
Blakely VFRA – No findings
Moscow 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: insufficient bond coverage, untimely deposit of state aid and non-compliance with prior audit recommendation for unauthorized expenditure.
Lebanon County
Neversink 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 inadequate relief association bylaws.
Luzerne County
Dorrancetown VFRA – No findings
Mountaintop VFRA – No findings
Lycoming County
Muncy Creek VFRA
Received and expended state aid and accumulated relief funds in compliance with applicable state laws, contracts, bylaws and administrative procedures, except for two findings: failure to maintain a complete and accurate equipment and membership roster and duplicate payment of expenditures.
McKean County
Kane VFRA – No findings
Perry County
Blain VFRA – No findings
Somerset County
Krings 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, failure to maintain complete and accurate membership roster and non-compliance with prior audit recommendation for unsecured loan.
Listie VFRA
Received and expended state aid and accumulated relief funds in compliance with applicable state laws, contracts, bylaws and administrative procedures, except for two findings: failure to maintain a complete and accurate membership roster and non-compliance with prior audit recommendation for failure to maintain a complete and accurate equipment roster.
Snyder County
Kratzerville VFRA – No findings
Wayne County
Lakeville VFRA – No findings
Prompton VFRA – No findings
Westmoreland County
Braeview VFRA – No findings
York County
Craley 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: unauthorized expenditure.
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