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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by WESTERN BERKS FIRE DEPARTMENT.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,381,330
Total expenses
$1,347,335
Contributions and grants received
$66,631
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$1,300,000
Investment income
$12,833
Other revenue
$1,866
Total assets, end of year
$1,766,400
Total liabilities, end of year
$596,694
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,169,706
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,347,335
Management and general expenses
$0
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,347,335

Program services were 100.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $59,318

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $7,313

  • 2a · Program service revenue: FIRE & EMERGENCY SERVI

    total $1,300,000 · related or exempt $1,300,000

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $12,833 · excluded $12,833

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $1,866 · related or exempt $1,866

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $1,866

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $154,566 · program services $154,566

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $338,200 · program services $338,200

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $18,768 · program services $18,768

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $132,050 · program services $132,050

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $35,507 · program services $35,507

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $2,720 · program services $2,720

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $20,697 · program services $20,697

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $1,332 · program services $1,332

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $43,867 · program services $43,867

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $50,681 · program services $50,681

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $7,517 · program services $7,517

  • 20 · Interest

    total $13,643 · program services $13,643

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $159,422 · program services $159,422

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $87,833 · program services $87,833

  • 24a · Other expenses: REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE

    total $162,259 · program services $162,259

  • 24b · Other expenses: PORTABLE EQUIPMENT

    total $52,719 · program services $52,719

  • 24c · Other expenses: VOLUNTEER INCENTIVE PRO

    total $39,482 · program services $39,482

  • 24d · Other expenses: UNIFORMS/PROTECTIVE EQU

    total $26,072 · program services $26,072

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $601,093 · end of year $676,725

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $378,378 · end of year $381,033

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $3,272,623

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $2,923,917

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $455,770 · end of year $348,706

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $240,209 · end of year $244,800

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $124,129 · end of year $115,136

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $36,183 · end of year $35,721

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $499,896 · end of year $446,001

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $123,534 · end of year $114,972

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,139,966 · end of year $1,169,706

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE WESTERN BERKS FIRE DEPARTMENT IS DEDICATED TO PROTECTING THE LIFE, PROPERTY AND THE ENVIRONMENT WITHIN THE COMMUNITY THROUGH A PROACTIVE PROGRAM OF EDUCATION, PREVENTION, AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE WHILE RECOGNIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF A CONSTANT COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PROTECT LIFE, PROPERTY & THE ENVIRONMENT THROUGH EDUCATION, PREVENTION, & EMERGENCY RESPONSE

  • WESTERN BERKS FIRE DEPARTMENT PROVIDES FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES TO THE TOWNSHIP OF LOWER HEIDELBERG, THE BOROUGH OF SINKING SPRING, THE TOWNSHIP OF SOUTH HEIDELBERG, AND THE BOROUGH OF WERNERSVILLE. FOUR STATIONS, WHICH ARE LOCATED THROUGHOUT THE MUNICIPALITIES, ARE STAFFED AND OPERATED BY CAREER FIREFIGHTERS AND VOLUNTEERS. THEIR SERVICES COVER OVER 30 SQUARE MILES IN BERKS COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA AND 18,000 RESIDENTS.

    Expenses $1,347,335 · Revenue $1,300,000

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Cheryl Johnson

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John Stine

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Heather Schittler

    TREASURER & SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $8,031
    From this org
    $8,031
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Tiffany Billingsley

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Gary Cirulli

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rob Gordon

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Avery Lesher

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dan Stine

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • David Wilkinson

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jared Renshaw

    FIRE COMMISSIONER

    Total calculated
    $146,535
    From this org
    $116,327
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,208
    Hours/week
    40

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
31 July 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202522129349300732

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