PRINTER'S NO. 272
No. 34 Session of 1997
INTRODUCED BY DeLUCA, CIVERA, GEORGE, BUXTON, LAUGHLIN, THOMAS,
DEMPSEY, READSHAW, NAILOR, VANCE, ARGALL, MELIO, SATHER,
SHANER, CAPPABIANCA, LLOYD, MANDERINO, ZUG, ROONEY,
VAN HORNE, B. SMITH, DONATUCCI, FAIRCHILD, JAROLIN, COY,
PLATTS, BEBKO-JONES, GODSHALL, FARGO, M. N. WRIGHT, FLICK,
NICKOL, WALKO, TRAVAGLIO, LESCOVITZ, MUNDY, SANTONI, BROWN,
SAINATO, PESCI, EGOLF, CASORIO, WOJNAROSKI, GIGLIOTTI,
McCALL, COWELL, L. I. COHEN, HERSHEY, YOUNGBLOOD, MASLAND,
JOSEPHS, BAKER, RUBLEY, BUNT, ADOLPH, CURRY, BATTISTO,
TANGRETTI, HERMAN, CORPORA, TRELLO, COLAFELLA, HALUSKA,
STEELMAN, MARKOSEK, LEVDANSKY, ALLEN, PETRARCA, SEMMEL,
LYNCH, BROWNE, HESS, BARD, LUCYK, RAMOS, S. H. SMITH, TIGUE,
LEDERER, GANNON, DENT, PISTELLA, BOSCOLA, BENNINGHOFF,
GORDNER, C. WILLIAMS, TRUE, E. Z. TAYLOR, D. W. SNYDER,
SURRA, MARSICO, DRUCE, BELFANTI, FICHTER, DiGIROLAMO, ITKIN,
CLARK, HUTCHINSON, WAUGH, PHILLIPS, MICOZZIE, GEIST, BELARDI,
KAISER, SCHRODER, DERMODY AND SEYFERT, FEBRUARY 5, 1997
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
FEBRUARY 5, 1997
A RESOLUTION
1 Declaring the week of March 16 through 22, 1997, as "Emergency
2 Service Providers Week" in Pennsylvania.
3 WHEREAS, The citizens of Pennsylvania benefit daily from the
4 services, knowledge and skills of paid and volunteer emergency
5 service providers as they endure conditions that are stressful,
6 dangerous and hazardous to themselves so that they may protect
7 lives and offer security to others; and
8 WHEREAS, These people include police officers, firefighters,
9 medical and health professionals, rescue service personnel,
10 emergency service dispatchers, engineering and public utility
1 personnel, countless other public servants offering aid and
2 assistance to the public and members of the public who aid their
3 neighbors in a genuine expression of community; and
4 WHEREAS, emergency service providers by their selfless
5 actions contribute immeasurably to the health and welfare of
6 every person they encounter while performing these deeds; and
7 WHEREAS, In recent history, we have been reacquainted with
8 their heroic deeds as this Commonwealth has struggled through
9 harsh winter seasons and the damage that resulted; and
10 WHEREAS, In appreciation and recognition of the organized
11 efforts of emergency service providers and those who assist and
12 support them, the Commonwealth should set aside a week to
13 commemorate, appreciate and recognize emergency service
14 providers; and
15 WHEREAS, Without proper recognition and support for the
16 activities that benefit emergency services, we place at risk the
17 many important programs that make up Pennsylvania's emergency
18 services and we endanger the public; therefore be it
19 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives declare the week
20 of March 16 through 22, 1997, as "Emergency Service Providers
21 Week" in Pennsylvania in recognition of the heroism, bravery and
22 courage that emergency service providers have displayed on
23 countless occasions and in appreciation of the personnel who
24 provide and support emergency services.
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