PRINTER'S NO. 3358
No. 440 Session of 2002
INTRODUCED BY SAYLOR, SEMMEL, DeLUCA, SATHER, ADOLPH, ALLEN,
ARGALL, ARMSTRONG, M. BAKER, BARRAR, BASTIAN, BEBKO-JONES,
BELARDI, BELFANTI, BENNINGHOFF, BROWNE, BUNT, CALTAGIRONE,
CAPPELLI, CAWLEY, CIVERA, CLARK, CLYMER, L. I. COHEN,
M. COHEN, CORRIGAN, COSTA, COY, CREIGHTON, CRUZ, CURRY,
DAILEY, DALEY, DALLY, DERMODY, DeWEESE, DiGIROLAMO,
DONATUCCI, EGOLF, J. EVANS, FAIRCHILD, FEESE, FICHTER,
FLEAGLE, FLICK, FORCIER, FRANKEL, FREEMAN, GABIG, GEIST,
GEORGE, GODSHALL, GORDNER, GRUCELA, GRUITZA, HARHAI, HARHART,
HARPER, HASAY, HENNESSEY, HERMAN, HERSHEY, HESS, HORSEY,
HUTCHINSON, JAMES, JOSEPHS, KAISER, KELLER, KIRKLAND,
LAUGHLIN, LEDERER, LESCOVITZ, LEVDANSKY, MACKERETH, MAITLAND,
MAJOR, MANDERINO, MANN, MARKOSEK, MARSICO, McCALL, McGEEHAN,
McGILL, McILHATTAN, McNAUGHTON, MELIO, METCALFE, MICHLOVIC,
R. MILLER, S. MILLER, MUNDY, NAILOR, PICKETT, PIPPY,
PISTELLA, RAYMOND, READSHAW, ROBERTS, ROHRER, ROSS, RUBLEY,
SAINATO, SAMUELSON, SANTONI, SCHRODER, SCHULER, SHANER,
B. SMITH, SOLOBAY, STABACK, STERN, R. STEVENSON,
T. STEVENSON, STRITTMATTER, STURLA, TANGRETTI, E. Z. TAYLOR,
J. TAYLOR, THOMAS, TIGUE, TRICH, VANCE, WANSACZ, WASHINGTON,
WATERS, WATSON, WILT, WOJNAROSKI, G. WRIGHT, M. WRIGHT,
YOUNGBLOOD, YUDICHAK, ZIMMERMAN AND ZUG, MARCH 7, 2002
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
MARCH 7, 2002
A RESOLUTION
1 Declaring the week of March 17 through 23, 2002, 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
1 WHEREAS, These people include police officers, firefighters,
2 medical and health professionals, rescue service personnel,
3 emergency service dispatchers, engineering and public utility
4 personnel, countless other public servants offering aid and
5 assistance to the public and members of the public who aid their
6 neighbors in a genuine expression of community; and
7 WHEREAS, Emergency service providers by their selfless
8 actions contribute immeasurably to the health and welfare of
9 every person they encounter while performing these deeds; and
10 WHEREAS, In recent history, we have been reacquainted with
11 their heroic deeds as this Commonwealth and country endured the
12 September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and observed the dedicated
13 efforts of our emergency service providers in New York City,
14 Washington, D.C. and Somerset County, Pennsylvania; and
15 WHEREAS, In appreciation and recognition of the organized
16 efforts of emergency service providers and those who assist and
17 support them, the Commonwealth should set aside a week to
18 commemorate, appreciate and recognize emergency service
19 providers; and
20 WHEREAS, Without proper recognition and support for the
21 activities that benefit emergency services, we place at risk the
22 many important programs that make up Pennsylvania's emergency
23 services and we endanger the public; therefore be it
24 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives declare the week
25 of March 17 through 23, 2002, as "Emergency Service Providers
26 Week" in Pennsylvania in recognition of the heroism, bravery and
27 courage that emergency service providers have displayed on
28 countless occasions and in appreciation of the personnel who
29 provide and support emergency services.
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