Merger mulled for West Kittanning Volunteer Fire Department
A committee from
"We're in the preliminary stages, but I think they are a fire department that needs some help covering costs and providing services, just like Applewold and East Franklin did," Feeney said. "We're going to sit down to discuss what we can offer with the merger and see if it meets their needs."
"Volunteers are harder to come by these days, so for me, this is strictly about manpower," Goldinger said. "I guess we'll have to wait to see how Thursday's meeting goes."
They began efforts to merge the two departments last year and have been meeting monthly to fill out state-mandated paperwork and discuss how the two would work as one cohesive organization, Feeney said.
East Franklin's 23-member department offers fire and ambulance services. Applewold's eight-man department only fights fires. Each of Applewold's firefighters are members of the East Franklin department.
Feeney estimated the two departments would save about
The two departments decided East Franklin's three-bay station on
The Applewold building will be used to store a truck and equipment. An East Franklin satellite station in
While the paperwork and studies are done to merge East Franklin and Applewold, Feeney said officials are waiting to file it with the state until
"It wouldn't take that much more work to include
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