Bill Text: VA HR8 | 2014 | Regular Session | Prefiled
Bill Title: Commending the Staunton-Augusta County First Aid and Rescue Squad, Inc.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2014-01-10 - Bill text as passed House (HR8ER) [HR8 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2014-HR8-Prefiled.html
14100819D WHEREAS, the Staunton-Augusta County First Aid and Rescue Squad, Inc., proudly celebrated 75 years of serving the community in 2013; and WHEREAS, the Staunton-Augusta County First Aid and Rescue Squad, Inc., began as the Staunton Rescue Squad when volunteers from the fire department organized to transport city employees and indigent patients to and from King's Daughters Hospital and help people involved in motor vehicle crashes; and WHEREAS, the Staunton-Augusta County First Aid and Rescue Squad, Inc., initially used ambulances from local funeral homes, with volunteers receiving first aid instruction from local physicians; and WHEREAS, over the years, the Staunton-Augusta County First Aid and Rescue Squad, Inc., answered more calls, joined the Virginia Association of Volunteer Rescue Squads, Inc., and purchased its first true ambulance in 1956, a used 1955 Cadillac; and WHEREAS, in 1967, the Staunton Rescue Squad received permission from the Staunton City Council to operate on its own and filed its charter; it became officially known as the Staunton-Augusta County First Aid and Rescue Squad, Inc., and broke ground for its building on North Coalter Street; and WHEREAS, in 1990, the Staunton-Augusta County First Aid and Rescue Squad, Inc., began to receive dispatched calls from the Augusta County Emergency Operations Center and the Staunton Police Department; and WHEREAS, today, the Staunton-Augusta County First Aid and Rescue Squad, Inc., answers more than 6,500 calls a year and has 110 volunteers and career staff and six ambulances, one response vehicle, one utility vehicle, and a crash/rescue truck; and WHEREAS, throughout its long history, the Staunton-Augusta County First Aid and Rescue Squad, Inc., has remained focused on its mission of providing "the best prehospital emergency care to the Citizens of Staunton and Augusta County"; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, That the Staunton-Augusta County First Aid and Rescue Squad, Inc., hereby be commended on the occasion of its 75th anniversary; and, be it RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to the Staunton-Augusta County First Aid and Rescue Squad, Inc., as an expression of the House of Delegates' congratulations and admiration for its service to the community. |