NORRISTOWN â As a last offensive in the battle you couldnât ask for better conditions.
With the blessing of the Montgomery County Commissioners, the American Red Cross welcomed blood donors into the pleasant surroundings of a nicely air-conditioned, socially distant Norristown Recreation Center on Tuesday morning in the final showdown of the âBattle of the Badges.â
In the annual friendly competition between the Sheriffâs Office and Norristownâs police and fire departments to see who can recruit the most eligible community blood donors, the police and the firefighters were most likely to take home another victory, noted a confident Lt. Michael Bishop of the Norristown Police Department.
NORRISTOWN All fire services in Pennsylvania should be entitled to use the funds that are available to their departments.
To that end, Norristown Fire Chief Tom OâDonnell is appealing to voters to say âyesâ to a statewide referendum on May 18.
The ballot question stemmed from the Senate Resolution 6 Commissionâs (SR6) unanimous recommendation  to change the Volunteer Loan Assistance Program and add career/combination fire departments, OâDonnell noted.
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âWeâre trying to get Harrisburg to change some archaic laws that exist and open up the program where thereâs a windfall of money that municipal fire departments like the Norristown Fire Department and other departments in Montgomery County can take the opportunity to purchase fire apparatus. This is an important topic locally but also across the Commonwealth,â he said.