PRINTER'S NO. 3034
No. 379 Session of 2000
INTRODUCED BY SEMMEL, SAYLOR, ARGALL, BAKER, BARD, BARRAR,
BASTIAN, BATTISTO, BEBKO-JONES, BELARDI, BELFANTI,
BENNINGHOFF, BISHOP, CAPPABIANCA, CHADWICK, CLARK, M. COHEN,
CORRIGAN, COSTA, COY, CURRY, DALLY, DeLUCA, DEMPSEY,
DONATUCCI, DRUCE, FAIRCHILD, FARGO, FICHTER, FLEAGLE, FLICK,
FORCIER, GEIST, GEORGE, GIGLIOTTI, GODSHALL, GORDNER,
HALUSKA, HARHAI, HARHART, HERMAN, HERSHEY, HESS, HORSEY,
HUTCHINSON, KAISER, LAUGHLIN, LEDERER, LESCOVITZ, LUCYK,
MAHER, MAITLAND, MAJOR, MANN, MARSICO, MASLAND, McILHATTAN,
McILHINNEY, MELIO, METCALFE, S. MILLER, MUNDY, NAILOR, PESCI,
PETRONE, PHILLIPS, PIPPY, PISTELLA, RAYMOND, READSHAW,
ROBERTS, ROHRER, ROSS, RUBLEY, SANTONI, SATHER, SCHRODER,
SCHULER, SEYFERT, SHANER, B. SMITH, SOLOBAY, STABACK, STAIRS,
STERN, E. Z. TAYLOR, THOMAS, TIGUE, TRUE, VAN HORNE, VANCE,
WALKO, WILLIAMS, WILT, WOJNAROSKI, WRIGHT, YOUNGBLOOD,
YUDICHAK, ZUG, TRAVAGLIO, CLYMER, BUNT, CIVERA, FREEMAN,
BROWNE AND HENNESSEY, FEBRUARY 22, 2000
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
FEBRUARY 22, 2000
A RESOLUTION
1 Declaring the week of March 12 through 18, 2000, 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 appreciation and recognition of the organized
8 efforts of emergency service providers and those who assist and
9 support them, the Commonwealth should set aside a week to
10 commemorate, appreciate and recognize emergency service
11 providers; and
12 WHEREAS, Without proper recognition and support for the
13 activities that benefit emergency services, we place at risk the
14 many important programs that make up Pennsylvania's emergency
15 services and we endanger the public; therefore be it
16 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives declare the week
17 of March 12 through 18, 2000, as "Emergency Service Providers
18 Week" in Pennsylvania in recognition of the heroism, bravery and
19 courage that emergency service providers have displayed on
20 countless occasions and in appreciation of the personnel who
21 provide and support emergency services.
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