Westarea Volunteer Fire Department Inc
Donations deductibleWestarea Volunteer Fire Department Inc's network
6 people1 organisationi6 people and 1 organisation on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (6). Violet dotted lines (1) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.The board
6 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Tenure and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed tenure is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 7 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jeremy Sturtz | Member | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Josh Ivey | Member | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Mike Owen | Assistant Chief | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Ray Christianson | Member | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Scott Bass | District Chief | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Zachari McFarland | Assistant Chief | 2023 | 3 yrs |
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more
Officers and senior leadership
8 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.| Name | Title as filed | On the filings |
|---|---|---|
| Alan Ditmore | Company secretary | 2021 |
| Andrew Dualan | Vice President | since 2023 |
| Eric Ditmore | Treasurer | since 2019 |
| Jeremy Sturtz | Vice President | 2021 |
| Kerry Pope | Company secretary | since 2023 |
| Lee Gerow | President | since 2019 |
| Matt Hurley | Vice President | since 2019 |
| Steve Blanchard | Treasurer | since 2019 |
Pay and hours
year to 30 June 2025iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.| Name | Title as filed | Hours a week | Pay from the organisation | Related organisations | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Bass | District Chief | 40 | $55k | ||
| Zachari McFarland | Assistant Chief | 10 | $21k | ||
| Jason Haluski | Deputy Chief | 40 | $18k | ||
| Mike Owen | Assistant Chief | 10 | $12k | ||
| Joshua Ivey | Member | 1 | $1k | ||
| Ray Christianson | Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| William Scott | Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Lee Gerow | President | 1 | $0 | ||
| Steve Blanchard | Treasurer | 1 | $0 | ||
| Andrew Dualan | Vice President | 3.5 | $0 | ||
| Kerry Pope | Secretary | 8.5 | $0 |
About
- Legal name
- Westarea Volunteer Fire Department Inc
- EIN
- 560991340
- Address
- 8716 E Reeves Bridge Rd, Linden, NC, 28356-9194
- State
- North Carolina
- Mission
- Fight rural fires in the westarea fire district of cumberland and harnett counties in north carolina and assist adjoining districts with firefighting under a mutual aid agreement. (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- M24Z Public safety, disaster preparedness and relief
- IRS classification
- 501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Classified purpose
- Public Safety, Disaster Preparedness & Relief
- Size band
- 6 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 1956
- Principal officer
- Lee Gerow (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 August 1992
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 5, latest 2024
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Longest observed on the filings
≥7years on the filingsMike Owen
≥7years on the filingsScott Bass
≥3years on the filingsJeremy Sturtz
≥3years on the filingsJosh Ivey
Latest return
year to 30 June 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 30 June 2025. US dollars, as filed.- Total assets
- $4.9m
- Total liabilities
- $1.6m
- Net assets or fund balances
- $3.3m
- Contributions and grants received
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $1.9m
- Employees
- 50
- Volunteers
- 34