Auditor General DePasquale Releases Audits for Volunteer Firefighters’ Relief Associations in 13 Counties
Auditor General DePasquale Releases Audits for Volunteer Firefighters’ Relief Associations in 13 Counties
HARRISBURG (Jan. 18, 2018) – Auditor General Eugene DePasquale today announced the release of audit reports for volunteer firefighters’ relief associations in Allegheny, Beaver, Bucks, Blair, Chester, Delaware, Lackawanna, Lancaster, Lawrence, Lebanon, Luzerne, Mifflin and Westmoreland 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 2017, $60.6 million in state funds was required to be distributed through funding municipalities to 2,521 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
Buena Vista VFRA – No findings
Verona VFRA – No findings
Beaver County
Bridgewater VFRA – No findings
Potter Township 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 two findings: failure to maintain a complete and accurate membership roster and inadequate internal controls.
Blair County
Sinking Valley VFRA – No findings
Chester County
Honey Brook 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 two findings: failure to conduct annual physical equipment inventories and noncompliance with prior audit recommendation for untimely deposit of state aid.
Delaware 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: failure to maintain a complete and accurate equipment roster and noncompliance with prior audit recommendation for inadequate minutes of meetings.
Upland Fire Co. No. 1 VFRA – No findings
Lackawanna County
Jessup Borough 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: noncompliance with prior audit recommendation for failure to maintain a complete and accurate equipment roster.
Lawrence County
Wampum VFRA – No findings
Lebanon County
Ono VFRA – No findings
Luzerne County
Swoyersville Fire Co. No. 2 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: inappropriate pre-signing of checks, and noncompliance with two prior audit recommendations for failure to maintain minutes of meetings and failure to maintain a complete and accurate equipment roster.
Mifflin 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 receipt and deposit of state aid.
Westmoreland County
Chestnut Ridge VFRA – No findings
Hempfield Township VFRA – No findings
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 comply with terms of loan agreement.
Smithton VFRA – No findings
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 inappropriate pre-signing of blank checks.
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