Bill Text: NY J01987 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the Bellmore Volunteer Fire Department Hose Company No. 1 to be celebrated on February 26, 2022

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2022-03-08 - ADOPTED [J01987 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-J01987-Introduced.html

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Senate Resolution No. 1987

BY: Senator BROOKS

        COMMEMORATING   the   100th   Anniversary  of  the
        Bellmore Volunteer Fire Department Hose Company  No.
        1 to be celebrated on February 26, 2022

  WHEREAS,  This  Legislative  Body  is proud to commemorate the 100th
Anniversary of the Bellmore Volunteer Fire Department Hose Company No. 1
and to honor its past  and  present  firefighting  members  for  over  a
century  of dedicated volunteer service to the citizens of Bellmore, New
York and its surrounding communities; to  celebrate  this  milestone,  a
dinner  will  be held at the Garden City Hotel on Saturday, February 26,
2022; and

  WHEREAS,  Fire  departments  are  an  integral  part  of   community
protection  services in every locality of our State; during the past 100
years, the courageous and devoted firefighters of the Bellmore Volunteer
Fire Department Hose Company No. 1 have valiantly responded to all types
of fire emergencies and have won the praise and respect of the community
which they serve; and

  WHEREAS, With a membership of dedicated firefighters, the record  of
the  Bellmore  Volunteer  Fire  Department Hose Company No. 1, in public
service and fire protection is one to be envied; for 24 hours a day, for
365 days a year, for 100 years, whenever the alarm sounded, these  noble
volunteers left their homes and went to the aid of their neighbors; and

  WHEREAS, The history of the Bellmore Volunteer Fire Department began
in  1897,  when  the  Advance  Hook, Ladder and Engine Company No. 1 was
organized; Hose Company No. 1 followed in 1922, and Engine Company No. 2
followed three years later; furthermore, the West End Engine Company No.
3 was established in 2002, and serves as the most recent addition to the
Bellmore Volunteer Fire Department; and

  WHEREAS, The  100th  Anniversary  of  the  Bellmore  Volunteer  Fire
Department is an all-volunteer department with approximately 100 men and
women  making  up  the  ranks  of  highly  trained firefighters and fire
medics; these heroic volunteers provide  round-the-clock  protection  to
residents, business people and workers living and employed in an area of
approximately four-square miles; and

  WHEREAS,  The  brave  firefighters  of  the  Bellmore Volunteer Fire
Department Hose Company No. 1 are prepared to risk their lives every day
to help save the lives of others and to protect homes and property  from
the destruction caused by fire; and

  WHEREAS,  In  addition to the skill and devoted service demonstrated
by individual firefighters, the Bellmore Volunteer Fire Department  Hose
Company  No. 1 reflects the history and development of firefighting over
the past 100 years; and

  WHEREAS, From the early days of a bell ringing to sound an alarm  of
fire, to a state-of-the-art volunteer fire service, the men and women of
the  Bellmore  Volunteer Fire Department Hose Company No. 1 are proud to
serve their community; and


  WHEREAS,  This  Legislative Body cannot express sufficient gratitude
to those devoted individuals who recognize that the preservation of life
and property is a sacred responsibility and who make that responsibility
their own by serving as firefighters; and

  WHEREAS, It is the sense of this Legislative  Body  that  we  should
give  special  recognition  to  those  who  work  so assiduously for the
betterment of their communities, and  acknowledge  publicly  the  heroic
good  works  performed  by  the volunteer fire departments of this great
Empire State, their officers and auxiliaries; now, therefore, be it

  RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its  deliberations  to
proudly commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the Bellmore Volunteer Fire
Department Hose Company No. 1; and be it further

  RESOLVED,  That  a  copy  of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be
transmitted to the Bellmore Volunteer Fire Department Hose  Company  No.
1.