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Palmyra Fire chief rebuts social-media claims, outlines staffing and fundraising pressures
Summary
David Dugan, chief of the Citizens Fire Company (Palmyra Fire Department), told council the department has 17 active volunteers, a fund-drive that can net about $80,000 in a strong year, and that training, worker-compensation and apparatus replacement costs are growing; he disputed several social-media claims about budgets and ownership and urged transparency.
David Dugan, chief of the Citizens Fire Company (Palmyra Fire Department), used public comment time to respond at length to council member social-media posts he described as inaccurate and to outline the department's financial and staffing challenges.
Dugan told council the department is 100% volunteer, was founded in 1891, and as of Dec. 2, 2025 has 17 active members for high-call-volume positions plus four administrative-only members. He said the department's annual fund drive can net about $80,000 in a good year (a roughly 29% response rate of borough and…
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