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Tullytown Increases Funding to Rescue Squad

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By

Tom Sofield

lfhrsTullytown Borough Council voted this week to increase funding to the Levittown-Fairless Hills Rescue Squad.

The council voted to increase its yearly funding to the nonprofit squad from $10,000 to $20,000.

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Rescue squad Executive Director and Chief Steve Hare came before the government and said the squad lost $45,000 in 2013. He added the squad, which has stations in Bristol and Falls townships, has seen expenses go up 17 percent in recent years while Tullytown’s contribution has not.

Levittown-Fairless Hills Rescue Squad responded to 6,500 calls last year and around 350 in Tullytown. They also provide stand-by crews for special events.

Hare said the cost of EMS is increasing and the days of volunteer-run squads are over.

Tom Sofield

Tom Sofield

Tom Sofield has covered news in Bucks County for 16 years for both newspaper and online publications. Tom’s reporting has appeared locally, nationally, and internationally across several mediums. He is proud to report on news in the county where he lives and to have created a reliable publication that the community deserves.