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All fire services in Pennsylvania should be entitled to use the funds that are available to their departments. That’s the goal for one of the four referendum questions on the state ballot in the May 18 primary. The premise sounds simple, but according to local fire officials, there is a misconception that approving the referendum could take funds away from volunteer fire companies. The question originates from the Senate Resolution 6 Commission’s (SR6) unanimous recommendation to change the Volunteer Loan Assistance Program and add career/combination fire departments. - Advertisement - “We’re trying to get Harrisburg to change some archaic laws that exist and open up the program where there’s 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,” Norristo

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