Auditor General DePasquale Releases Audits for Volunteer Firefighters’ Relief Associations in 26 Counties
Auditor General DePasquale Releases Audits for Volunteer Firefighters’ Relief Associations in 26 Counties
HARRISBURG (Feb. 1, 2018) – Auditor General Eugene DePasquale today announced the release of audit reports for volunteer firefighters’ relief associations in Allegheny, Berks, Bradford, Bucks, Butler, Cambria, Carbon, Centre, Chester, Crawford, Cumberland, Dauphin, Delaware, Forest, Jefferson, Lancaster, Luzerne, Mercer, Monroe, Montgomery, Northumberland, Potter, Schuylkill, Venango, Washington 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
Fawn Township VFRA Fire Co. No. 2 – No findings
Liberty VFRA – No findings
Renton VFRA – No findings
Berks County
Boyertown VFRA – No findings
Bradford County
Received and expended state aid and accumulated relief funds in compliance with applicable state laws, contracts, bylaws and administrative procedures, except for six findings: inappropriate ownership of rescue vehicle, inadequate financial record-keeping system and noncompliance with prior audit recommendations for failure to maintain a complete and accurate equipment roster, failure to maintain minutes of meetings, failure to disclose related party transactions, and undocumented expenditures.
Bucks County
Tullytown VFRA – No findings
Butler County
West Sunbury VFRA – No findings
Cambria County
Franklin Borough VFRA – No findings
Carbon County
Penn Forest Township 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 one finding: inappropriate ownership of rescue trailer.
Centre County
Pleasant Gap VFRA – No findings
Chester County
Wagontown VFRA – No findings
Crawford County
Greenwood 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: relief association accounts inappropriately registered under another entity’s federal tax identification number.
Cumberland 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.
Mechanicsburg VFRA – No findings
Dauphin County
Millersburg 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 maintain a complete and accurate equipment roster and noncompliance with prior audit recommendation for insufficient bond coverage.
Penbrook VFRA – No findings
Delaware 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 conduct annual physical equipment inventories.
Forest County
West Hickory VFRA – No findings
Jefferson County
Sigel VFRA – No findings
Lancaster County
Ronks 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 four findings: failure to secure ownership interest in jointly purchased vehicle, untimely deposit of state aid, failure to maintain a complete and accurate equipment roster, and relief association checking account inappropriately registered under affiliated fire service organization’s federal tax identification number.
Luzerne 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: noncompliance with prior audit recommendations for inadequate minutes of meetings and undocumented expenditure.
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.
Mercer 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 undocumented expenditures.
Monroe 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: noncompliance with prior audit recommendations for failure to maintain a complete and accurate equipment roster and failure to maintain minutes of meetings.
Montgomery County
Ringing Hill 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: relief association certificate of deposit inappropriately registered under the affiliated fire service organization’s federal tax identification number.
Northumberland 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.
Potter County
Austin VFRA – No findings
Schuylkill 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: insufficient bond coverage and failure to maintain a complete and accurate membership roster.
Venango County
Oakland Township VFRA – No findings
Washington County
Avella VFRA – No findings
Westmoreland County
High Park VFRA – No findings
Madison VFRA – No findings
Salem Township Fire Co. No. 2 – No findings
Youngstown VFRA – No findings
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