A Public Meeting will be held Thursday, December 29, 2022 at 6 pm at the Austin Volunteer Fire Company located at 42 Main Street, Austin, PA. This meeting is being held in an effort to provide complete transparency to Keating Township residents / landowners as to the status of fire / ems contract negotiations and how Keating Township’s failure to execute the agreement will affect you.

January 1, 2023 brings the start of new 3 year contracts between the Austin Volunteer Fire Company Inc. and each municipality for our services (fire and ems). Executed contracts were due to be signed and returned to AVFD by October 15, 2022. As of December 22, 2022, Keating Township has NOT signed and returned the contracts. If these contracts are not executed by December 31, 2022, the Austin Volunteer Fire Company Inc is NO LONGER required to provide fire and ems services to Keating Township.

Mission Statement

The objective of the Austin Volunteer Fire Company, Inc. is to provide the best possible emergency service to the people of the Austin Fire District and its’ surrounding communities to minimize suffering, loss of life and loss of property incurred by fire, accidents, disasters and medical emergencies.  Our goal is emergency response with the highest quality training and resources available and to promote public safety through hands-on training and education.