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2 days ago

At 4:55pm :Rescuse 61 and 61 Fire Police were dispatched to assist Station 63 Loganville on I 83 NB at milemarker 8 with an accident Crews assisted and cleared at 5:20pm. ... See MoreSee Less

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Shrewsbury Volunteer Fire Company

3 days ago

TO ALL RESIDENTS IN SHREWSBURY BOROUGH/TOWNSHIP

There have been several false phone calls requesting money for local volunteer fire companies across Pennyslvania in the past weeks. Companies are calling stating they are working for your local fire company (Some companies are called by name) and are soliciting fund drive money on their behalf.

The Shrewsbury Volunteer Fire Company IS NOT doing any fund drive requests by telephone. If you receive any phone request for the Shrewsbury Volunteer Fire Company IT IS FALSE. We have a mailing coming out in the fall however NO phone solicitation. WE WILL ADVISE WHEN THE MAILER GOES OUT.

Below is an article about a company called "Volunteer Firefighter Alliance" who alledgedly is soliciating for local departments. They are from Kansas. THEY ARE NOT solicitating for the Shrewsbury Volunteer Fire Company. If you receive a mailer from them throw it away.

We thank all who support our company. Every cent received by our department is helping to support our efforts to keep you safe. The Shrewsbury Volunteer Fire Company thanks all who help us. Thank you for your support.

Shrewsbury Volunteers
Station 61
"Professionally Staffed by Volunteers"

-- A copy of a letter warning about false solicitation in Pa --

Fake mailers divert donations away from fire department

The pictured mailer from the “Volunteer Firefighter Alliance” was sent to a resident in Winona Lakes, which is a private community in Middle Smithfield Township. The pre-printed envelope instructs the recipient to send his or her donations to the alliance’s address in Topeka, Kansas, but no such organization has shared those donations with East Stroudsburg’s fire company. East Stroudsburg Volunteer Fire Company’s actual fund drive letter is pictured at top. [POCONO RECORD illustration]
By Bill Cameron
Monday
Posted Aug 13, 2018 at 6:23 PM Updated Aug 13, 2018 at 8:41 PM

EAST STROUDSBURG — Residents of the Poconos may have received more than one letter this year soliciting donations for Acme Hose Co. No. 1, the fire department of East Stroudsburg Borough, but only one of them is the real thing.

An unknown sender who claims to collect money on behalf of the borough’s firefighters is circulating fraudulent messages via mail, Acme Fire Chief Dale Fetterly said on Monday. No such person or organization has passed those funds along to the fire company.

“These people have never given us any money,” Fetterly said. “We got a picture of the letters they’re sending out. It’s got our name on it, but it’s not us soliciting the donations.”

Coincidentally, Acme is seeking legitimate donations via mail at this time, Fetterly said. The company holds an annual fundraiser with mailers that usually go out the first week of August.

“It’s just uncanny,” he said. “I don’t know if they were watching our mailers the last couple years or what, but they nailed it timing-wise.”

Acme’s authentic mailer — which is sent only to residents within East Stroudsburg Borough limits — provides a pre-marked envelope and clear instructions on how to send funds directly to the fire station’s 380 Chestnut Street address. This year’s version is printed in black and red ink. An image of one of the company’s fire trucks is visible through the mailing envelope’s front window.

The counterfeit mailer, which is also printed in black and red ink, asks donors to make their contributions to a third-party “Volunteer Firefighter Alliance.” The donation envelope included with that mailer is printed with an address in Topeka, Kansas.

“We were given a heads up by Marshalls Creek Fire Company on Saturday night,” Fetterly said. “These fake mailers have showed up in Marshalls Creek, Winona Lakes, all over the place.”

This apparent fraud follows on the heels of a similar scam reported in the area this month. Stroud Township Volunteer Fire Department warned in early August that someone was falsely claiming to collect donations for the department via phone calls.

It is not the practice of Stroud Township fire department to make such requests over the phone, Assistant Chief David Smalley had said. The department does use mailers to solicit donations, but those are usually sent around the month of November and addressed to the Stroud Township fire station directly.

Fetterly warns recipients of any such communications to be mindful of the actual sender.

“We hate to see this happen,” he said. “That money will probably get used for something — just not for us.” ... See MoreSee Less

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Thanks for the heads up.

Thanks for the info!!

Thanks for the heads up.

nice. they also called my grandparents in shrewsbury and said their oldest grandson and even named him was in an accident and needed money smh. thank god they hung up on them.

Shrewsbury Volunteer Fire Company

4 days ago

Rescue 61 is on location of an accident with injuries at Madison and Roosevelt Ln in Shrewsbury Township. The intersection is blocked. ... See MoreSee Less

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