Pittsburgh-Area Volunteer Fire Department Facing Foreclosure Seeks Operating Funds

According to media reports from Carnegie, Pennsylvania:

• Carnegie officials will sponsor a town meeting for suggestions on what to do about the borough's Volunteer Fire and Rescue Bureau's request for a 1.5-mill fire protection tax that would give the volunteers about $400,000 annually in operating funds. [...] Fire bureau members say they are behind on their mortgage payments and facing imminent foreclosure, but borough officials are dealing with financial constraints of their own.

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• Fire Chief John Kandracs said the department needs $150,000 immediately to avoid foreclosure.

For more, see:

• Meeting set to discuss fire bureau's request for 1.5-mill tax in Carnegie (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette),
• Firefighters ask board for funding (The Signal Item).

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