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                                                      PRINTER'S NO. 2782

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE RESOLUTION

No. 457 Session of 2005


        INTRODUCED BY MANN, BAKER, BALDWIN, BASTIAN, BEBKO-JONES,
           BELARDI, BENNINGHOFF, BOYD, CALTAGIRONE, CAPPELLI, CAUSER,
           COHEN, CORRIGAN, CRAHALLA, CREIGHTON, DALEY, DENLINGER,
           DeWEESE, DONATUCCI, J. EVANS, FABRIZIO, FAIRCHILD, FLEAGLE,
           FORCIER, FRANKEL, FREEMAN, GABIG, GEIST, GEORGE, GILLESPIE,
           GINGRICH, GOOD, GRUCELA, HARRIS, HERMAN, HERSHEY, HESS,
           HICKERNELL, HUTCHINSON, KILLION, LEDERER, MARKOSEK, MARSICO,
           McGILL, McILHATTAN, MUNDY, MUSTIO, O'NEILL, PALLONE, PAYNE,
           PHILLIPS, PICKETT, PISTELLA, QUIGLEY, RAMALEY, RAPP,
           READSHAW, REICHLEY, ROONEY, ROSS, RUBLEY, SAINATO, SAMUELSON,
           SANTONI, SATHER, SCAVELLO, SCHRODER, SIPTROTH, SHANER,
           B. SMITH, SOLOBAY, STABACK, SURRA, TANGRETTI, E. Z. TAYLOR,
           THOMAS, TIGUE, TRUE, WOJNAROSKI, YOUNGBLOOD AND BEYER,
           OCTOBER 17, 2005

        To Calendar under Rule 35-Uncontested Calendar October 17, 2005

                                  A RESOLUTION

     1  Designating the month of November 2005 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

     1  variety of useful skills and methodologies, including behavioral
     2  analysis, communications, engineering, hazardous material
     3  evaluation, medical response, structure stabilization, technical
     4  assistance and canine/animal handling; and
     5     WHEREAS, Most search and rescue operations are nonprofit,
     6  volunteer organizations which honorably adhere to voluntary,
     7  principled regulations; and
     8     WHEREAS, Search and rescue team members individually and
     9  altruistically volunteer to dedicate their time and effort to
    10  aiding persons in distress; and
    11     WHEREAS, Search and rescue team members often readily head
    12  directly into the face of danger to fulfill their sense of duty
    13  and save lives; and
    14     WHEREAS, Search and rescue teams from Pennsylvania and all
    15  over the country swiftly responded to the call for aid in the
    16  wake of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks at the World
    17  Trade Center in New York City, the Pentagon and in Shanksville,
    18  Pennsylvania; and
    19     WHEREAS, Many search and rescue teams united and braved the
    20  horrific and treacherous conditions at the September 11, 2001,
    21  attack sites to spend countless, selfless hours to search for
    22  survivors and bring solace and closure to families who lost
    23  loved ones; and
    24     WHEREAS, Search and rescue teams often provide fundamental
    25  and strategic public education free of charge, including
    26  programs on basic safety, outdoors education, map reading, first
    27  aid and staying calm in a crisis; and
    28     WHEREAS, Search and rescue teams maintain a supportive and
    29  reassuring presence for the communities they serve; therefore be
    30  it
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     1     RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives designate the
     2  month of November 2005 as "National Search and Rescue Awareness
     3  Month" in Pennsylvania.


















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