[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 212 (Friday, November 1, 2024)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 87259-87260]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-25590]




                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 212 / Friday, November 1, 2024 / 
Presidential Documents

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Title 3--
The President

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                Proclamation 10845 of October 25, 2024

                
National First Responders Day, 2024

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                On National First Responders Day, we recognize and 
                celebrate all the brave first responders across our 
                country who risk their lives to keep the rest of us 
                safe.

                Our first responders represent the best of who we are 
                as a people. They are the police officers and sheriff's 
                deputies who answer our calls, ready to help, no matter 
                the situation. They are the firefighters running toward 
                the flames to protect our communities. They are 
                emergency medical technicians, paramedics, 911 
                dispatchers, 988 crisis responders, and all the medical 
                professionals providing emergency care, who sacrifice 
                so much to be there for us when a crisis hits. Our 
                first responders are everyday heroes, and we are so 
                grateful for their service. In the wake of Hurricane 
                Milton and Hurricane Helene, we witnessed the courage 
                and bravery of our first responders firsthand and just 
                how much they sacrifice to keep the rest of us safe, 
                including the brave search and rescue teams who have 
                saved thousands of lives in the aftermath of the 
                storms.

                My Administration is committed to supporting our first 
                responders and ensuring they have access to the 
                resources they need to thrive. During the COVID-19 
                pandemic, I signed the American Rescue Plan to keep 
                first responders on the job, which provided billions of 
                dollars to help cities, States, and Tribal Nations 
                retain and hire more law enforcement officers, 
                firefighters, and emergency health providers and pay 
                their bonuses and overtime. I also signed the 
                Protecting America's First Responders Act, which 
                expanded death, disability, and education benefits for 
                first responders killed or permanently disabled in the 
                line of duty and their families. My Administration is 
                also making sure that firefighters are getting the 
                health care they need by launching the National 
                Firefighter Registry for Cancer--our Nation's largest 
                effort to reduce the risk of cancer among 
                firefighters--providing access to job-related 
                disability benefits for firefighters diagnosed with 
                certain kinds of cancer or lung disease, and protecting 
                firefighters from toxic PFAS chemicals in their gear 
                and equipment.

                My Administration is working to make our communities 
                safer and more resilient while keeping our first 
                responders safe. I signed the most significant gun 
                safety law in nearly 30 years while also strengthening 
                background checks for gun purchasers and cracking down 
                on illegal gun sales and ghost guns. And my Investing 
                in America agenda included funding to make our 
                communities more resilient to natural disasters.

                This month, Vice President Harris and I visited North 
                Carolina and Florida in the aftermath of Hurricane 
                Helene and Hurricane Milton. Lives were lost. Entire 
                neighborhoods had been turned into debris. Portions of 
                entire cities were underwater. But our first responders 
                stepped up in this time of need, picking up the pieces 
                and acting as a source of strength for everyone else. 
                Today, may we honor the critical role first responders 
                play in our lives--showing up in our darkest times to 
                provide hope, light, and care.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., President of 
                the United States of America, by virtue of the 
                authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws 
                of the United States, do hereby proclaim October 28, 
                2024,

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                as National First Responders Day. I call upon all the 
                people of the United States to observe this day with 
                appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities to 
                honor our brave first responders and to pay tribute to 
                those who have lost their lives in the line of duty.

                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                twenty-fifth day of October, in the year of our Lord 
                two thousand twenty-four, and of the Independence of 
                the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
                ninth.
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