IV 
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. 
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 Vir-
ginia, 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. GER-
LACH, 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. SHER-
WOOD, 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 resolu-
tion; which was referred to the Committee on Government Reform 
RESOLUTION 
Recognizing the Virginia Fire Chief’s Association on the oc-
casion of its 75th anniversary and commending the Vir-
ginia Fire Chief’s Association for sponsoring annually 
the Mid-Atlantic Expo and Symposium.
•HRES 80 IH 
Whereas in 1930 the Virginia Fire Chief’s Association, Inc. 
was organized by a group of dedicated career and volun-
teer fire chiefs in the Commonwealth; 
Whereas in 1977, members of the Virginia Fire Chief’s Asso-
ciation leadership were appointed to a Legislative Advi-
sory Committee that subsequently recommended the es-
tablishment of the Fire Services Commission which be-
came 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 Asso-
ciation 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 encom-
passes over 95 percent of the localities in the Common-
wealth; 
Whereas the Statewide Mutual Aid Agreement was thor-
oughly 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 at-
tending 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 informa-
tion 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
•HRES 80 IH 
the establishing and building of Fire Departments, and 
successful fire service recruitment strategies: Now, there-
fore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives recog-
nizes 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-Atlan-
tic Expo and Symposium. 
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