THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE RESOLUTION

INTRODUCED BY PAYNE, ADOLPH, BAKER, BARRAR, BELFANTI, BEYER, BOYD, BRENNAN, BROWN, BURNS, CALTAGIRONE, CONKLIN, D. COSTA, COX, CREIGHTON, DiGIROLAMO, DONATUCCI, EVERETT, FAIRCHILD, FLECK, GEIST, GEORGE, GIBBONS, GILLESPIE, GINGRICH, GOODMAN, GRUCELA, HELM, HENNESSEY, HESS, HICKERNELL, HUTCHINSON, KILLION, KORTZ, KOTIK, LONGIETTI, MAJOR, MANN, MARSHALL, MARSICO, McCALL, MELIO, MENSCH, MICOZZIE, MILLARD, MOUL, MURPHY, MUSTIO, OBERLANDER, O'NEILL, PALLONE, PASHINSKI, PHILLIPS, PICKETT, PYLE, QUINN, RAPP, READSHAW, REICHLEY, ROHRER, SANTONI, SCAVELLO, SIPTROTH, K. SMITH, SOLOBAY, STABACK, STERN, SWANGER, TALLMAN, TRUE, VEREB, VULAKOVICH, WALKO, WATSON AND YOUNGBLOOD, MARCH 18, 2009

INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35, MARCH 18, 2009  

A RESOLUTION

Designating May 23, 2009, as the "Twelfth Annual National Moment

of Silence Day" in Pennsylvania and urging emergency medical

service providers and agencies throughout this Commonwealth

to observe a special moment of silence in honor of those

emergency medical service personnel who have died in the line

of duty.

WHEREAS, The National EMS Memorial Service plans to hold a

memorial event on May 23, 2009, in Roanoke, Virginia, to honor

and remember those members of our nation's emergency medical

services who made the ultimate sacrifice and gave their lives in

the line of duty during the past year; and

WHEREAS, The sponsors of the event ask for voluntary

participation by all the nation's emergency medical service

providers, agencies and emergency communication centers to

observe 60 seconds of radio silence timed to coincide with a

moment of silence observed during the actual service held in

Roanoke, Virginia, set for 8:00 p.m. (EDT) on May 23, 2009; and

WHEREAS, This year marks the twelfth time this shared moment

of silence for emergency medical service members is being

observed across the nation; therefore be it

RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives designate May 23,

2009, as the "Twelfth Annual National Moment of Silence Day" in

Pennsylvania and urge emergency medical service providers and

agencies throughout this Commonwealth to observe a special

moment of silence in honor of those emergency medical service

personnel who have died in the line of duty.