PRINTER'S NO. 1300
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE RESOLUTION
No.
207
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY TEPLITZ, GREENLEAF, SABATINA, MENSCH,
EICHELBERGER, RAFFERTY, FONTANA, DINNIMAN, COSTA,
TARTAGLIONE, SCHWANK, PILEGGI, VULAKOVICH, HUTCHINSON, BAKER
AND BROWNE, SEPTEMBER 30, 2015
INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, SEPTEMBER 30, 2015
A RESOLUTION
Observing the week of October 4 through 10, 2015, as "Fire
Prevention Week 2015" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, The National Fire Protection Association announced
the theme of "Fire Prevention Week 2015" to be "Hear the Beep
Where You Sleep: Every Bedroom Needs a Working Smoke Alarm"; and
WHEREAS, "Fire Prevention Week" occurs annually during the
week in which October 9 falls, commemorating the Great Chicago
Fire of 1871; and
WHEREAS, In 1920, President Woodrow Wilson issued the first
"National Fire Prevention Day" proclamation; and
WHEREAS, According to the National Archives and Records
Administration's Library Information Center, "Fire Prevention
Week" is the longest running public health and safety observance
on record; and
WHEREAS, The National Fire Protection Association works in
coordination with partnering companies, organizations and fire
departments to promote "Fire Prevention Week" and its fire
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