HARRISBURG, Pa. – This week Auditor General Eugene DePasquale announced the release of audit reports for volunteer firefighter relief associations in Adams, Allegheny, Berks, Butler, Clarion, Clearfield, Jefferson, Lancaster, Lehigh, Montgomery, Westmoreland, and York counties.
The Department of the Auditor General examines volunteer firefighter 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 2014, $68.25 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, others are available online at: http://www.auditorgen.state.pa.us/audit-reports.
Adams County
Fountaindale VFRA –No findings
Allegheny County
Frazer Township VFRA – No findings
Millvale VFRA – No findings
Berks County
Exeter 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: failure to maintain a complete and accurate equipment roster.
Butler County
Harmony VFRA – No findings
Clarion County
New Bethlehem VFRA – No findings
Clearfield County
B.J.W. 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: unsecured loan.
Grassflat VFRA – No findings
Jefferson County
Falls Creek VFRA – No findings
Lancaster County
Rawlinsville 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: non-compliance with prior audit recommendations for: undocumented expenditures, unauthorized expenditures, failure to maintain a complete and accurate equipment roster, failure to define discretionary benefits/unauthorized expenditures and failure to maintain a complete and accurate membership roster.
Ronks VFRA – No findings
Lehigh County
Citizens-Upper Milford Township VFRA – No findings
Montgomery County
Norriton 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: undocumented expenditures and failure to maintain a complete and accurate equipment roster.
North Penn 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 expenditures.
Westmoreland County
Adamsburg VFRA – No findings
Hyde Park 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.
York County
Loganville VFRA – No findings
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