Pennsylvania Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part V - EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY › Chapter 113 - VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY, AMBULANCE SERVICE AND RESCUE SQUAD ASSISTANCE › APPARATUS EQUIPMENT LOANS › Section 113.202 - Loan amounts

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a) The amount
				  of a loan for the purchase of a new aerial apparatus will not exceed $150,000
				  or 50% of the total cost of the aerial apparatus, whichever is less.
(b) The amount of a loan for the purchase of
				  a single new firefighting apparatus equipment, except for an aerial apparatus,
				  or for the purchase of a utility or special service vehicle, or a heavy duty
				  rescue vehicle, will not exceed $100,000 or 50% of the total cost, whichever is
				  less.
(c) The amount of a loan for
				  the purchase of a used firefighting apparatus equipment will not exceed $60,000
				  or 80% of the total cost of the equipment, whichever is less.
(d) The amount of a loan for the purchase of
				  a new or used ambulance or a new or used rescue vehicle will not exceed $50,000
				  or 50% of the total cost of the equipment, whichever is less.
(e) The amount of a loan for the repair or
				  rehabilitation for a single existing apparatus equipment will not exceed
				  $35,000 or 80% of the cost of repair or rehabilitation, whichever is less. The
				  volunteer company shall return the rehabilitated apparatus equipment to first
				  line status and shall retain it in that status for the period of the
				  loan.
(f) The amount of a loan for
				  the purchase of a new or used watercraft rescue vehicle will not exceed $15,000
				  or 50% of the total cost of the watercraft rescue vehicle, whichever is
				  less.
(g) Notwithstanding other
				  provisions of this section to the contrary, the maximum amount of a loan to a
				  volunteer fire company, volunteer ambulance service and volunteer rescue
				  service for the purchase of firefighting apparatus, ambulances or rescue
				  vehicles manufactured or assembled in this Commonwealth may exceed the loan
				  limits in this section by $10,000. For the purposes of this subsection,
				  "manufactured or assembled in this Commonwealth" means firefighting apparatus,
				  an ambulance or rescue vehicle that has at least 75% of the cost of its
				  chassis, frame and other component parts, including permanently attached
				  equipment or apparatus parts, in the aggregate, either manufactured or
				  assembled by a person doing business solely in this Commonwealth, or by a
				  business or corporation which is located in this Commonwealth.
(h) To determine the applicability of
				  subsection (g) to a loan application, the volunteer company will be required to
				  provide documentation, when it submits its final application forms as listed in
				  §
										113.5 (relating to final
				  application procedure), that 75% of the cost of the manufacture or assembly of
				  the firefighting apparatus, ambulance or rescue vehicle occurred in this
				  Commonwealth. Each manufacture or assembly project, together with contract
				  specifications and cost invoices, will be reviewed by the OSFC to determine
				  whether the project is entitled to the additional $10,000 loan
				  amount.