Auditor General DePasquale Releases Audits for 28 Volunteer Firefighter Relief Associations in 22 counties
Auditor General DePasquale Releases Audits for 28 Volunteer Firefighter Relief Associations in 22 counties
HARRISBURG (April 3, 2014) – Auditor General Eugene DePasquale today announced the release of 28 audit reports for volunteer firefighter relief associations in Berks, Blair, Bradford, Butler, Cambria, Crawford, Cumberland, Franklin, Fulton, Huntingdon, Lancaster, Lawrence, Lebanon, Lehigh, Montgomery, Northampton, Schuylkill, Snyder, Union, Westmoreland, Wyoming and York counties.
The department’s Bureau of Firefighters’ Relief Association 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.
Berks County
Bechthelsville VFRA – No findings
Blair County
Phoenix VFRA
Received and expended state aid and accumulated relief funds in compliance with applicable state laws, contracts, bylaws and administrative procedures, except for five findings: undocumented expenditures, failure to maintain bond coverage and non-compliance for previous audit recommendations for unauthorized expenditures, failure to maintain complete and accurate equipment roster and inadequate financial record-keeping system.
Bradford County
Franklin Township 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, failure to secure ownership of vehicle and failure to maintain and complete accurate equipment roster.
Butler County
Mercer Road VFRA – No findings
Cambria County
Dauntless VFRA – No findings
Crawford County
Conneautville VFRA – No findings
Cumberland County
South Newton 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.
Upper Frankford 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: duplicate payments.
Franklin County
Fayettesville 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: insufficient bond coverage and unauthorized expenditures.
Fulton County
McConnellsburg VFRA
Received and expended state aid and accumulated relief funds in compliance with applicable state laws, contracts, bylaws and administrative procedures, except for two finding: non-compliance with prior audit recommendation for failure to maintain a complete and accurate equipment and membership rosters and inadequate relief association bylaws. There was also a finding for undocumented expenditure.
Huntingdon County
Marklesburg 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 for an unauthorized expenditure.
Lancaster County
Ephrata VFRA – No findings
Lancaster Township VFRA – No findings
Mount Joy VFRA – No findings
Providence Township Ambulance VFRA
Received and expended state aid and accumulated relief funds in compliance with applicable state laws, contracts, bylaws and administrative procedures, except for five findings: duplicate payment and non-compliance with four previous audit recommendations for failure to maintain minutes of meetings, undocumented expenditures, failure to adhere to relief association bylaws and inadequate financial record-keeping system.
Lawrence County
Volant VFRA
Received and expended state aid and accumulated relief funds in compliance with applicable state laws, contracts, bylaws and administrative procedures, except for two finding: failure to define discretionary benefits and insufficient bond coverage.
Lebanon County
Lickdale VFRA – No findings
Lehigh County
Coopersburg VFRA – No findings
Montgomery County
Mont Clare VFRA
Received and expended state aid and accumulated relief funds in compliance with applicable state laws, contracts, bylaws and administrative procedures, except for five findings: undocumented expenditures, unauthorized expenditures, inadequate minutes of meetings, insufficient bond coverage and failure to maintain complete and accurate equipment roster.
Montgomery Township VFRA – No findings
Northampton County
Bethlehem VFRA – No findings
Schuylkill County
Cressona VFRA – No findings
Snyder County
Beaver Springs VFRA – No findings
Union County
William Cameron VFRA – No findings
Westmoreland County
New Kensington VFRA – No findings
Wyoming County
Noxen VFRA – No findings
York County
North Hopewell-Winterstown VFRA – No findings
Porters VFRA – No findings
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