Oaks Fire Company and Relief Association

The Oaks Fire Company Fireman’s Relief Association is a non-profit organization that is a distinct and separate legal entity from the Oaks Fire Company. It was established for the purpose of providing the volunteer firefighters of the Oaks Fire Company with some measure of protection from any misfortune suffered as a result of their participation in the Fire Service.

Volunteer Firefighters’ Relief Associations (VFRAs) receive state aid from a 2 percent tax on foreign fire insurance premiums. (The term “foreign fire insurance” means fire insurance purchased by Pennsylvania residents from an insurance company that is not incorporated in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania). These funds are used to pay for insurance to protect volunteer firefighters, purchase fire equipment and to cover volunteer training expenses.

The legislation governing VFRAs was enacted in order to encourage individuals to participate in the fire service. Act 205 of 1984 provides the funding for VFRAs but the “Volunteer Firefighters Relief Association Act” (commonly known as Act 84 of 1968) is the sole legislation governing the actual operation of relief associations.

Act 84 also addresses how funds may be spent, and identifies the types of benefits a relief association may provide. Authorized relief association expenditures include:

General Administrative expenditures such as office supplies, officers’ salaries, hall rental, legal fees
Various types of insurance coverage
Death benefits
Tokens of sympathy to families of a deceased member
Payments to families in distressed circumstances due to fire service participation
Medical bills incurred from fire service participation not covered by insurance
Volunteer firefighters’ association membership dues
Fire training expenses, including travel, books, tuition and lodging
Purchase of fire equipment and fire apparatus
Enrollment in health and physical fitness programs
Purchase of exercise equipment for firefighters
Purchase of fire prevention materials

VFRA funds are periodically audited by the Commonwealth to make sure they are spent according to state law.

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Oaks Fire Company and Relief Association
260 Green Tree Road
Oaks, PA 19456

Non-Emergency:
610-666-7965

Emergency:
911

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