PRINTER'S NO. 220
No. 48 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY PAYNE, BAKER, BELFANTI, BEYER, BISHOP, BOYD,
CALTAGIRONE, CAPPELLI, COHEN, CREIGHTON, DALEY, DiGIROLAMO,
DONATUCCI, EVERETT, FABRIZIO, FAIRCHILD, GABIG, GEIST,
GEORGE, GIBBONS, GILLESPIE, GINGRICH, GOODMAN, GRELL,
GRUCELA, HERSHEY, HESS, HICKERNELL, KOTIK, KULA, LONGIETTI,
MAJOR, MANN, MANTZ, McILHATTAN, MILLARD, MOYER, PALLONE,
PERRY, PHILLIPS, PICKETT, RAMALEY, RAPP, READSHAW, REICHLEY,
RUBLEY, SAINATO, SCAVELLO, SCHRODER, SOLOBAY, SONNEY,
STABACK, STERN, SWANGER, TRUE, VULAKOVICH, WATSON,
WOJNAROSKI, YOUNGBLOOD AND PETRI, FEBRUARY 5, 2007
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
FEBRUARY 5, 2007
A RESOLUTION
1 Designating May 26, 2007, as the "Tenth Annual National Moment
2 of Silence Day" in Pennsylvania and urging emergency medical
3 service providers and agencies throughout this Commonwealth
4 to observe a special moment of silence in honor of those
5 emergency medical service personnel who have died in the line
6 of duty.
7 WHEREAS, The National EMS Memorial Service plans to hold a
8 memorial event on May 26, 2007, in Roanoke, Virginia, to honor
9 and remember those members of our nation's emergency medical
10 services who made the ultimate sacrifice and gave their lives in
11 the line of duty during the past year; and
12 WHEREAS, The sponsors of the event ask for voluntary
13 participation by all the nation's emergency medical service
14 providers, agencies and emergency communication centers to
15 observe 60 seconds of radio silence timed to coincide with a
1 moment of silence observed during the actual service held in
2 Roanoke, Virginia, set for 7:00 p.m. (EDT) on May 26, 2007; and
3 WHEREAS, This year marks the tenth time this shared moment of
4 silence for emergency medical service members is being observed
5 across the nation; therefore be it
6 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives designate May 26,
7 2007, as the "Tenth Annual National Moment of Silence Day" in
8 Pennsylvania and urge emergency medical service providers and
9 agencies throughout this Commonwealth to observe a special
10 moment of silence in honor of those emergency medical service
11 personnel who have died in the line of duty.
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