PRINTER'S NO. 646
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
702
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY KUTZ, DEASY, ECKER, FLICK, GILLEN, GREINER,
HEFFLEY, JOZWIAK, KEEFER, KEPHART, MARSHALL, McNEILL,
NEILSON, O'MARA, PIELLI, STAATS AND STRUZZI, MARCH 24, 2023
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, MARCH 24, 2023
AN ACT
Designating a bridge, identified as Bridge Key 13617, carrying
Pennsylvania Route 34, over Mountain Creek in Mount Holly
Springs Borough, Cumberland County, as the Firefighter Jerome
Guise Memorial Bridge.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Firefighter Jerome Guise Memorial Bridge.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) Jerome S. Guise was born February 15, 1986, in
Carlisle, Cumberland County.
(2) Mr. Guise was the father of three children: Kayla,
Wyatt and Zayden.
(3) Mr. Guise was a firefighter with the Citizen's Fire
Company No. 1 in Mount Holly Springs, Cumberland County. He
served as a live-in, full-time firefighter with the Citizen's
Fire Company No. 1 for 17 years.
(4) Over the course of his tenure with the department,
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Mr. Guise ranked as one of the most responsive firefighters,
responding to nearly 150-200 fire calls per year.
(5) On March 9, 2020, Mr. Guise was dispatched to a
house fire. He entered the home to search for survivors, but
was killed when the home collapsed around him.
(6) For his outstanding service to the fire department
and for his bravery in responding to the March 9 house fire,
Mr. Guise was awarded the Firefighter of the Year award in
2020.
(b) Designation.--The bridge, identified as Bridge Key
13617, carrying Pennsylvania Route 34, over Mountain Creek in
Mount Holly Springs Borough, Cumberland County, is designated
the Firefighter Jerome Guise Memorial Bridge.
(c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and
maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the bridge to
traffic in both directions on the bridge.
Section 2. Effective date.
This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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