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[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 80 Introduced in House (IH)]

109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 80

 Recognizing the Virginia Fire Chief's Association on the occasion of 
     its 75th anniversary and commending the Virginia Fire Chief's 
     Association for sponsoring annually the Mid-Atlantic Expo and 
                               Symposium.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 9, 2005

Mr. Goode (for himself, Mrs. Jo Ann Davis of Virginia, Mrs. Drake, Mr. 
Scott of Virginia, Mr. Forbes, Mr. Goodlatte, Mr. Cantor, Mr. Moran of 
    Virginia, Mr. Boucher, Mr. Wolf, Mr. Tom Davis of Virginia, Mr. 
 McIntyre, Mr. Garrett of New Jersey, Mr. Jones of North Carolina, Mr. 
 Castle, Mr. Gilchrest, Mr. Hayes, Mr. Bartlett of Maryland, Mr. Paul, 
   Mr. Hoyer, Mr. Taylor of North Carolina, Mr. Hall, Mr. Coble, Mr. 
     Menendez, Mr. Pitts, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Gerlach, Mr. Weldon of 
 Pennsylvania, Mr. Shuster, Mr. Mollohan, Mr. Murtha, Mr. Holden, Mr. 
  Doyle, Mr. Kanjorski, Mr. Fattah, Mr. Peterson of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
 Saxton, Mr. Ferguson, Mr. Sherwood, Mr. Platts, Mr. Barrett of South 
 Carolina, Mr. Watt, Mr. Frelinghuysen, Mr. Rahall, Mr. Price of North 
 Carolina, Mr. Butterfield, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Rothman, Mr. Van Hollen, 
     Mr. Ruppersberger, and Mr. LoBiondo) submitted the following 
  resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Government Reform

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                               RESOLUTION

 
 Recognizing the Virginia Fire Chief's Association on the occasion of 
     its 75th anniversary and commending the Virginia Fire Chief's 
     Association for sponsoring annually the Mid-Atlantic Expo and 
                               Symposium.

Whereas in 1930 the Virginia Fire Chief's Association, Inc. was organized by a 
        group of dedicated career and volunteer fire chiefs in the Commonwealth;
Whereas in 1977, members of the Virginia Fire Chief's Association leadership 
        were appointed to a Legislative Advisory Committee that subsequently 
        recommended the establishment of the Fire Services Commission which 
        became the Department of Fire Programs and the Fire Services Board which 
        has become a vital resource to all Departments both career and 
        volunteer;
Whereas 2 of the members of the Virginia Fire Chief's Association have been 
        previously selected as Career Fire Chief of the Year, which is a 
        nationwide honor;
Whereas the association was an organizing member of the Statewide Mutual Aid 
        Committee which in turn created the Statewide Mutual Aid Agreement which 
        now encompasses over 95 percent of the localities in the Commonwealth;
Whereas the Statewide Mutual Aid Agreement was thoroughly tested during 
        Hurricane Isabel in September 2003 and the floods in Richmond in August 
        of 2004;
Whereas Virginia Fire Chief's Association annually sponsors the Mid-Atlantic 
        Expo and Symposium to provide to attending firefighters from the States 
        in the mid-Atlantic region, training with the use of case studies like 
        that of the Virginia Commonwealth University fire in March, 2004, 
        updates on standards and techniques, and information gathering that will 
        increase knowledge of fire service personnel in the Commonwealth; and
Whereas the Mid-Atlantic Expo and Symposium presents to such firefighters 
        workshops on a variety of topics such as the establishing and building 
        of Fire Departments, and successful fire service recruitment strategies: 
        Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives recognizes the Virginia 
Fire Chief's Association on the occasion of its 75th anniversary and 
commends the Virginia Fire Chief's Association for sponsoring annually 
the Mid-Atlantic Expo and Symposium.
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