Bill Text: NY J02155 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Resolution 2155 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Commemorating the 150th Anniversary of the Warwick Volunteer Fire Department

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2020-01-14 - ADOPTED [J02155 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-J02155-Introduced.html


Senate Resolution No. 2155

BY: Senator METZGER

        COMMEMORATING the 150th Anniversary of the Warwick
        Volunteer Fire Department

  WHEREAS,  This  Legislative  Body  is proud to commemorate the 150th
Anniversary of the Warwick Volunteer Fire Department and  to  honor  its
past  and  present firefighting members for 150 years of fire protection
to the citizens of Warwick, New York, and its  surrounding  communities;
and

  WHEREAS, This momentous occasion will be celebrated with a myriad of
events,  beginning  with  its Bowling with the Braves event on Saturday,
January 26,  2019,  and  culminating  with  the  Annual  Christmas  Tree
Lighting on Friday, November 29, 2019; and

  WHEREAS,   Fire  departments  are  an  integral  part  of  community
protection services in every locality of our State; during the past  150
years,  the courageous and devoted firefighters of the Warwick Volunteer
Fire  Department  have  valiantly  responded  to  all  types   of   fire
emergencies  and  have won the praise and respect of the community which
they serve; and

  WHEREAS, The history of the Warwick Volunteer Fire  Department  goes
back to 1869, when the Excelsior Fire Engine Company No. 1 was organized
in the Village of Warwick; and

  WHEREAS,  After  the  installation  of  the municipal waterwork, the
company was reorganized as Excelsior  Hose  Company  No.  1,  which  was
incorporated  in  1888  and then moved to High Street; the Goodwill Hook
and Ladder  Company  was  then  established  in  1890,  and  its  former
firehouse was what is now Village Hall; and

  WHEREAS,  The  Raymond  Hose Company No. 2, formerly located on Howe
Street, was formed in 1896; the most  recent  addition  to  the  Warwick
Volunteer  Fire  Department  was  Engine  Company  No. 3 on South Street
Extension which was established in 1967; and

  WHEREAS, With a membership of dedicated firefighters, the record  of
the  Warwick  Volunteer  Fire  Department  in  public  service  and fire
protection is one to be envied; for 24 hours a day, for 365 days a year,
for 150 years, whenever the alarm sounded, these noble  volunteers  left
their homes and went to the aid of their neighbors; and

  WHEREAS,  The  brave  firefighters  of  the  Warwick  Volunteer Fire
Department 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  Warwick  Volunteer  Fire  Department
reflects the history and development of firefighting over the  past  150
years; 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 150th Anniversary of the Warwick Volunteer  Fire
Department; and be it further

  RESOLVED,  That  a  copy  of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be
transmitted to the Warwick Volunteer Fire Department.