Denied: Additional accident records that fire co. swears do not exist

Denied: Records from the Tunkhannock Township Fire Company relating to a specific fatal vehicle accident. Read More...

Granted: Request that township ignored for more than 30 days

Granted: A request to McNett Township seeking minutes, budget proposal, invoices, letters, local laws and bylaws of a fire company. The Office of Open Records noted in its response to the appeal that there was no evidence that the township ever responded to the request. Read More...

Granted: Fire company records, despite FD's decision to wait for another case's court appeal

Granted: A request for the Bonneauville Community Fire Department's meeting minutes, bylaws, guidelines, building access logs and responder response statistics. The fire company had denied the request on the basis that it would not release any records pending the outcome of a similar RTKL case appealed to Tioga County court. Read More...

Granted: Financial and driver information from L&L Fire Co.

Granted: Access to financial and vehicle driver information from the L&L Fire Company of Weatherly. The request had been denied based on lack of specificity and the argument that volunteer fire companies need only provide financial information in response to Right to Know requests. Read More...

Granted: Volunteer fire company meeting minutes

Granted in part and denied in part: A request for the Frystown (Bethel Township) volunteer fire company's meeting minutes from April 1996 through present. The fire company had denied the request, saying it is not subject to the Right to Know Law. Read More...

Granted: Access to records of fire company as a local agency

Granted in part and denied in part: A request to Morris Township and the Morris Township Fire Company for five types of documents related to the operation of the fire company. The township had denied the request based on non-possession, and the fire company had denied access by saying it was not subject to the Right to Know Law. Read More...