PRINTER'S NO. 2480
No. 405 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY MANN, SOLOBAY, ARGALL, BAKER, BELFANTI, BEYER,
BISHOP, BOBACK, BUXTON, CALTAGIRONE, CAPPELLI, CREIGHTON,
DiGIROLAMO, DONATUCCI, FAIRCHILD, GEIST, GEORGE, GIBBONS,
GOODMAN, GRUCELA, HARKINS, HENNESSEY, HICKERNELL, HUTCHINSON,
MAHONEY, MAJOR, MARKOSEK, McILHATTAN, R. MILLER, MOYER,
MUNDY, MUSTIO, D. O'BRIEN, M. O'BRIEN, O'NEILL, PAYNE,
PETRONE, RAMALEY, RAPP, READSHAW, REICHLEY, ROSS, SAINATO,
SANTONI, SCAVELLO, SIPTROTH, SONNEY, R. STEVENSON, SURRA,
SWANGER, THOMAS, TRUE, VEREB, VULAKOVICH, J. WHITE AND
YOUNGBLOOD, SEPTEMBER 25, 2007
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
SEPTEMBER 25, 2007
A RESOLUTION
1 Designating the month of November 2007 as "National Search and
2 Rescue Awareness Month" in Pennsylvania.
3 WHEREAS, Many volunteer, municipal and national search and
4 rescue team members reside within this Commonwealth and abide by
5 a duty to valiantly and selflessly protect their fellow members
6 and other residents of this Commonwealth and nation; and
7 WHEREAS, Search and rescue assistance is vital to recovery
8 operations, and Federal and State emergency services
9 organizations commonly implore local search and rescue teams to
10 locate missing persons and provide relief in the event of a
11 criminal act or natural disaster; and
12 WHEREAS, Members are well trained to master and employ a
13 variety of useful skills and methodologies, including behavioral
1 analysis, communications, engineering, hazardous material
2 evaluation, medical response, structure stabilization, technical
3 assistance and canine/animal handling; and
4 WHEREAS, Most search and rescue operations are nonprofit,
5 volunteer organizations which honorably adhere to voluntary,
6 principled regulations; and
7 WHEREAS, Search and rescue team members individually and
8 altruistically volunteer to dedicate their time and effort to
9 aiding persons in distress; and
10 WHEREAS, Search and rescue team members often readily head
11 directly into the face of danger to fulfill their sense of duty
12 and save lives; and
13 WHEREAS, Search and rescue teams from Pennsylvania and all
14 over the country swiftly responded to the call for aid in the
15 wake of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks at the World
16 Trade Center in New York City, the Pentagon and in Shanksville,
17 Pennsylvania; and
18 WHEREAS, Many search and rescue teams united and braved the
19 horrific and treacherous conditions at the September 11, 2001,
20 attack sites to spend countless, selfless hours to search for
21 survivors and bring solace and closure to families who lost
22 loved ones; and
23 WHEREAS, Search and rescue teams often provide fundamental
24 and strategic public education free of charge, including
25 programs on basic safety, outdoors education, map reading, first
26 aid and staying calm in a crisis; and
27 WHEREAS, Search and rescue teams maintain a supportive and
28 reassuring presence for the communities they serve; therefore be
29 it
30 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives designate the
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1 month of November 2007 as "National Search and Rescue Awareness
2 Month" in Pennsylvania.
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