It served for decades, a firefighting powerhouse that lent equipment to local towns and training to area departments. But then times for the Meadowood County Area Fire Department changed, and fortunes slipped.
On Wednesday, a small group of general members and board members voted to bring the 64-year-old department to an end, a long-anticipated move following years of financial losses.
Between 2011 and 2013, the organization ran deficits ranging from $5,000 to $12,000, federal tax forms show; it did not file tax forms in 2014 and 2015, according to the IRS.