Haverford Township Commissioners announced yesterday that the Bon Air Fire company has been reinstated to the Haverford Fire Bureau. The announcement came after Bon Air issued a statement saying that their previous decision to refuse the resignation of a member who had become associated with The Proud Boys “was a mistake.” The company posted the statement on their Facebook Page yesterday.
From WHYY (Click here) Less than a week after controversy shuttered the Bon Air Fire Company, Haverford Township officials announced Monday night that the volunteer outfit will reopen. “The fire trucks and apparatus will be returned to Bon Air and Bon Air will be recertified to provide firefighting services as soon as soon as our township manager so recommends to this board,” said 5th Ward Commissioner Andy Lewis, reading from a short statement. The news came during a regularly scheduled meeting of the Haverford Township Commissioners.
According to the Inquirer The The fire company will reshape its leadership board — which had defended volunteer Bruce McClay Jr. for weeks — institute sensitivity training, and revise its bylaws, Haverford Board of Commissioners President Andy Lewis said Monday evening.