Auditor General Eugene DePasquale announced the release of audit reports for volunteer firefighters’ relief associations in Beaver, Blair, Columbia, Delaware, Indiana, Lackawanna, Monroe, Montgomery and Schuylkill 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 2016, $65.5 million in state funds was required to be distributed through funding municipalities to 1,915 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.

 

Beaver County

 

Freedom VFRA – No findings 

 

Blair County

 

Bald Eagle VFRA – No findings 

 

Tyrone 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 bond coverage and non-compliance with prior audit recommendation for unauthorized expenditures.

 

Columbia County

 

Millville Community VFRA – No findings

 

Delaware County

 

Tinicum Township 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: untimely receipt of state aid and non-compliance with prior audit recommendation for inadequate minutes of meetings.

 

Indiana County

 

Clyde VFRA – No findings 

 

Lackawanna County

 

Fleetville VFRA – No findings 

 

Monroe County

 

Phoenix VFRA – No findings

 

Montgomery County

 

Upper Dublin VFRA – No findings

 

Schuylkill County

 

Tower City VFRA – No findings