02/11/2025
Rep. Abby Major (R-Armstrong/Westmoreland) today announced that 30 fire and emergency medical services companies serving the 60th Legislative District were awarded over $417,000 in Fire Company and Emergency Medical Services grants.
The grant program was initiated in 2000 and is open to volunteer and career fire companies, emergency medical services and rescue squads in Pennsylvania. Grant awards can be used for construction or repair of facilities, purchase or repair of equipment, debt reduction and training. The funding amounts are contingent on the recipients filing their grant agreements with the Office of the State Fire Commissioner.
Fire and emergency medical services companies that serve the 60th District were awarded the following amounts:
Armstrong County
➡️ Apollo Hose Company No. 2 – $13,094.
➡️ Apollo Hose Company #3 – $12,449.
➡️ Bethel Township Volunteer Fire Department – $12,018.
➡️ Burrell Township Volunteer Fire Department – $12,018.
➡️ Ford City Hose Co. #1 Ambulance Service INC. – $15,000.
➡️ Ford Cliff Volunteer Fire Company – $13,310.
➡️ Freeport Fire-EMS – $15,000.
➡️ Freeport Volunteer Fire Department – $15,676.
➡️ Gilpin Township Volunteer Fire Department – $12,018.
➡️ Hose Company No. 1 Ford City (Ford City Hose Co. #1) – $12,879.
➡️ Kiski Twp Fire Dept– $12,664.
➡️ Leechburg Volunteer Fire Company – $12,018.
➡️ Lower Kiski Ambulance Service Inc. – $14,943.
➡️ Manor Township VFC – $15,461.
➡️ North Apollo Volunteer Fire Department Station 170 – $12,400.
➡️ Parks Township Volunteer Fire Department – $12,664.
➡️ SouthBuffalo VFD – $12,664.
➡️ West Hills Emergency Services – $25,309.
➡️ WKFD Station 240 – $12,664.
Westmoreland County
➡️ Allegheny Township Fire Company #1 – $12,234.
➡️ George G. McMurtry Fire Department Vandergrift #1 VFD – $15,676.
➡️ Hyde Park Volunteer Fire Company – $14,385.
➡️ Lower Burrell Volunteer Fire Company #3 – $15,676.
➡️ Lower Burrell VFC #3 EMS – $15,000.
➡️ Markle VFD – $14,170.
➡️ Oklahoma Vol. Fire Dept. – $12,018.
➡️ Oklahoma Volunteer Fire Department Ambulance – $15,000.
➡️ Vandergrift #2 Fire Department – $12,018.
➡️ Oklahoma/Vandergrift #2 Fire-EMS – $15,000.
➡️ West Leechburg Volunteer Fire Department – $12,448.