Kile said the meeting was necessary as it recently came to the crew’s attention that the township’s residents didn’t know the department’s status. Township supervisor Eric Williams, though, attended the meeting, and claims he has the numbers to prove that the fire crew is simply “unreliable.”

The fire company held a “town hall” meeting in the fire hall Tuesday night to inform residents about the situation, with Fire Chief Bob Kile saying the township had stripped his crew of the ability to respond to calls first without merit. Unlike in the decertification process, the Franklin Township fire crew is still allowed to respond to calls, but the first team dispatched is from neighboring Northmoreland Township, located in Wyoming County. What is true is that the department is no longer the primary agency responding to calls within the bounds of the township. Recent published reports erroneously suggested that the fire company, much like Plymouth Township’s, had been decertified. The only thing that’s certain about the situation regarding the Franklin Township Volunteer Fire Department is that there’s a lot of disagreement over it. Tired of ads? Subscribers enjoy a distraction-free reading experience.įRANKLIN TWP.

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