TITLE: Recognizing March 3, 2015, as 9-1-1 Day at the State Capitol.

SUMMARY: Recognizing March 3, 2015, as 9-1-1 Day at the State Capitol.

FULL TEXT:
WHEREAS, Members of the Texas Chapter of the National Emergency Number Association are gathering at the State Capitol on March 3, 2015, and this occasion provides a welcome opportunity to recognize the history and lifesaving legacy of the 9-1-1 emergency number system across the state and nation; and WHEREAS, In 1967, the Federal Communications Commission and the U.S. Congress, in association with the American Telephone and Telegraph Company, established 9-1-1 as a universal, all-purpose emergency telephone number, and in February 1968, the first ceremonial 9-1-1 call was made in Haleyville, Alabama; and WHEREAS, Public safety telecommunicators are the vital link between citizens calling for help and the agencies that assist them, and for nearly half a century, 9-1-1 has been the nationally recognized number to call for immediate help from the police, the fire department, or emergency medical services; and WHEREAS, More than 500 public safety answering points daily serve the citizens of the Lone Star State by promptly responding to their emergency calls and by dispatching appropriate assistance as quickly as possible, and these dedicated telecommunicators, emergency directors, planning professionals, and industry service providers are ably represented by the Texas Chapter of the National Emergency Number Association; and WHEREAS, When seconds count, Texans turn to 9-1-1, and the state chapter of NENA is dedicated to promoting and encouraging the new and emerging technologies that are necessary to make 9-1-1 an even faster, more accurate, and more reliable system; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas Legislature hereby recognize March 3, 2015, as 9-1-1 Day at the State Capitol and extend to the visiting delegation from the Texas Chapter of the National Emergency Number Association sincere best wishes for a meaningful and memorable visit to Austin. Moody Straus Gonz lez Otto Allen Guerra Paddie Alonzo Guillen Parker Alvarado Gutierrez Paul Anchia Harless Pe a Anderson of Dallas Hernandez Phelan Anderson of McLennan Herrero Phillips Ashby Howard Pickett Aycock Huberty Price Bell Hughes Raney Bernal Hunter Raymond Blanco Isaac Reynolds Bohac Israel Riddle Bonnen of Brazoria Johnson Rinaldi Bonnen of Galveston Kacal Rodriguez of Bexar Burkett Keffer Rodriguez of Travis Burns Keough Romero, Jr. Burrows King of Hemphill Rose Button King of Parker Sanford Canales King of Taylor Schaefer Capriglione King of Uvalde Schofield Clardy Klick Schubert Coleman Koop Shaheen Collier Krause Sheets Cook Kuempel Sheffield Craddick Landgraf Simmons Crownover Larson Simpson Cyrier Laubenberg Smith Dale Leach Smithee Darby Longoria Spitzer Davis of Dallas Lozano Springer Davis of Harris Lucio III Stephenson Deshotel M rquez Stickland Dukes Martinez Thompson of Brazoria Dutton Martinez Fischer Thompson of Harris Elkins McClendon Tinderholt Faircloth Men ndez Turner of Collin Fallon Metcalf Turner of Harris Farias Meyer Turner of Tarrant Farney Miles VanDeaver Farrar Miller of Comal Villalba Fletcher Miller of Fort Bend Vo Flynn Moody Walle Frank Morrison White of Bell Frullo Mu oz, Jr. White of Tyler Galindo Murphy Workman Geren Murr Wray Giddings Naishtat Wu Goldman Nev rez Zedler Gonzales Oliveira Zerwas Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 757 was adopted by the House on March 3, 2015, by a non-record vote. Chief Clerk of the House