HARRISBURG – Local volunteer fire, ambulance and EMS companies will receive a total of $892,000 in grant funding from the state, according to Senator Camera Bartolotta (R-46).
The grants are awarded as part of the Volunteer Fire Company and Volunteer Ambulance Company Grant Program, which helps eligible organizations fund facility renovations and/or construction, equipment purchases, debt reduction and training.
Seventy-five volunteer organizations in the 46th Senatorial District received grants ranging from $6,678 to $23,922.
“Fundraising is a constant concern for volunteer emergency responders, and every dollar they receive helps them perform their life-saving duties,” Bartolotta said. “I am very pleased that these grants will help each of these organizations get the training, equipment and facilities they need to fulfill their mission.
Organizations that received grants include:
Beaver County
Hopewell Township Volunteer Fire Department
Independence Township Volunteer Fire Department
Hanover Volunteer Fire Department
Aliquippa Bureau of Fire
Greene County
Richhill Township Volunteer Fire Company
Bobtown Dunkard Volunteer Fire Department
Clarksville & Community Volunteer Fire Department
Greensboro Monongahela Township Volunteer Fire Company
Jefferson Volunteer Fire Company Ambulance Service
Nemacolin Volunteer Fire Company
Rices Landing Volunteer Fire Department
Nemacolin Volunteer Fire Company
Morris Township Volunteer Fire
Clarksville & Community Volunteer Fire Department
Crucible Volunteer Fire Department
Greensboro Monongahela Township Volunteer Fire Company
New Freeport Volunteer Fire Department
Rices Landing Volunteer Fire Department
Richhill Township Volunteer Fire Company
Wayne Township Volunteer Fire Company
Bobtown Dunkard Volunteer Fire Dept Ambulance
Center Township Volunteer Fire Company
Jefferson Volunteer Fire Company
Mount Morris Community Volunteer Fire Company
Carmichaels and Cumberland Township Volunteer Fire Department
Waynesburg Franklin Township Volunteer Fire Company
Washington County
Memorial Park Post 764 VFW Ambulance Service
Tri-Community Ambulance Service
Amwell Township Volunteer Fire Department
Avella Volunteer Fire Department Inc.
Ellsworth Volunteer Fire Company
Jefferson Township Volunteer Fire Department Inc.
Lone Pine Volunteer Fire Department
Monongahela Fire Department
New Eagle Volunteer Fire Department
Taylorstown Volunteer Fire Company
West Finley Volunteer Fire Company
West Middletown Volunteer Fire Department
Cokeburg Volunteer Fire Company
Finleyville Volunteer Fire Department Inc.
Hanover Volunteer Fire Department
Marianna Volunteer Fire Company
South Franklin Volunteer Fire Department
West Brownsville Volunteer Fire Company
Burgettstown Volunteer Fire Department
Canton Township Vol Fire Company & Rescue Squad #1
Cecil Township Volunteer Fire Company No 2
Cecil Twp Volunteer Fire Company No 3 of Millers Run
Chartiers Township Volunteer Fire Department No 1
Morris Township Volunteer Fire Department
Denbo-Vesta Six Volunteer Fire Department
Roscoe Volunteer Fire Company Inc.
Valley Inn Volunteer Fire Department
West Alexander Volunteer Fire Department
Cecil Township Volunteer Fire Company
North Franklin Township Volunteer Fire Company
California Volunteer Fire Department
Richeyville Volunteer Fire CompanyDonora Fire Company
Elrama Volunteer Fire Company
Mt Pleasant Volunteer Fire Company Inc.
Slovan Volunteer Fire Department
Volunteer Fire Department of Carroll Township
Bentleyville Volunteer Fire Department
Canonsburg Volunteer Fire Department
Charleroi Fire Department
City of Washington Fire Department
East Bethlehem Township Volunteer Fire Company
Fallowfield Township Volunteer Fire Company
Lock Four Volunteer Fire Company
McDonald Volunteer Fire Department
Midway Volunteer Fire Department of Washington County
North Strabane Township Volunteer Fire Department
South Strabane Fire Department Inc.
Stockdale Volunteer Fire Department
CONTACT: Colleen Greer (717) 787-1463