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Wilkes-Barre Fire Chief Jay Delaney happy for what the vote means for departments across the state. Author: Chelsea Strub Updated: 4:49 PM EDT May 19, 2021
WILKES-BARRE, Pa. Whether it s from up high, down low, in the heat, or the snow, for firefighters in the city of Wilkes-Barre, battling flames is never easy.
But Wilkes-Barre Fire Chief Jay Delaney says some of that stress is now lifted thanks to people who showed up to vote during Tuesday s primary election and voted yes on a statewide referendum concerning municipal fire departments. It s going to allow fire chiefs to have a tool in their toolbox, said Chief Delaney. Money is tight everywhere. Money is tight.
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County high school plan is emphatically defeated
Incomplete reports of the results in the various districts throughout Summit County at the annual school election indicate an overwhelming majority against the county high school proposition, with Breckenridge, or District No. 1, being the only one to give a favorable vote. The vote went solidly against the plan in all other districts.
All fire services in Pennsylvania should be entitled to use the funds that are available to their departments. Thatâs 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 Commissionâs (SR6) unanimous recommendation to change the Volunteer Loan Assistance Program and add career/combination fire departments.
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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 Norristo
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.