Pennsylvania Code
Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION
Part V - EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
Chapter 113 - VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY, AMBULANCE SERVICE AND RESCUE SQUAD ASSISTANCE
GENERAL STANDARDS
Section 113.5 - Final application procedure

(a) The final application forms shall be submitted by a volunteer company within 9 months after it receives written notice from the OSFC in accordance with § 113.3(b) (relating to initial application procedure) that it is eligible to submit the final application forms to the OSFC or the application file will be closed by the OSFC. The final forms required include the following:

(b) In addition, the volunteer company shall submit the following, if applicable:

(c) The evaluation of a volunteer company's initial and final application forms shall be performed by the staff of the Volunteer Loan Assistance Program.

(d) After the staff has completed its final evaluation, the State Fire Commissioner or the Administrator of the Volunteer Loan Assistance Program will recommend disposition of the completed loan application to an application review committee within the OSFC which will make the final decision on the loan application. A volunteer company's loan application will not be complete unless the OSFC has received the required application forms and other documentation from the volunteer company at least 7-calendar days prior to a scheduled application review committee meeting.

(e) The application review committee will meet once a month as scheduled by the OSFC and will consist of at least ten members. The committee will be composed of representatives from the OSFC; other State agencies or departments with fire, ambulance or rescue service-related interests; the volunteer fire, ambulance and emergency service community; and other appropriate parties as selected by the OSFC. Members will serve without compensation but will be reimbursed for travel expenses incurred in connection with attendance at committee meetings. Six members shall constitute a quorum. The State Fire Commissioner will coordinate and chair the committee meeting. If the State Fire Commissioner is unable to attend the meeting, the Administrator of the Volunteer Loan Assistance Program will coordinate and chair the meeting. Neither the State Fire Commissioner nor the Loan Administrator will have a vote unless the vote is needed to break a tie vote between the committee members present at the meeting.

(f) The State Fire Commissioner, Loan Administrator and the application review committee will apply the loan priorities and loan eligibility standards in § 113.4 (relating to loan priorities and eligibility standards) to their final decision on the volunteer company's loan application.

(g) A volunteer company aggrieved by a decision of the application review committee has the right to appeal the committee's decision to the OSFC's Commissioner or a designee within 30 days as provided by 1 Pa. Code Part II (relating to the general rules of administrative practice and procedure).