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A twice-yearly fundraising opportunity for Mount Zion Fire Company is in jeopardy due to concerns about insurance coverage for personnel at events without direct ties to the fire service.

A discussion about whether Bethel Township has insurance coverage for first responders at non-duty or non-fire company-sponsored events was held at the supervisors meeting on Sept. 18.

A special duty request for the company’s fire police to provide traffic control at the Lebanon Valley Livestock Auction on Oct. 17-18 died at Thursday’s meeting due to a lack of a second on the motion made by supervisor Bruce Light.

Bethel Township chairman Richard Rudy tabled the motion once he didn’t second it. The township’s

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