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5/17/2021 - PROCLAIMING EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES WEEK MAY 16-22, 2021THIS IS EMS – CARING FOR OUR COMMUNITIES

WHEREAS, emergency medical services is an essential public safety service; and
WHEREAS, the members of Somerville Rescue Squad are ready to provide  lifesaving
emergency medical care and technical rescue services to those in need 24 hours a day,
seven days a week; and
WHEREAS, access to quality emergency medical care dramatically improves the 

 survival and recovery rate of those who experience sudden illness or injury; and

   WHEREAS, the mainstay of the Somerville’s emergency medical services system
is volunteer in nature and

WHEREAS, the men, women, and cadets of Somerville Rescue Squad, provide 
over ten thousand of hours of community service to the citizen’s of Somerville, and

WHEREAS, the Somerville Rescue Squad answered the call for help over 1700 times in 2020; and
WHEREAS, it is appropriate to recognize, value and support the accomplishments of the Somerville Rescue Squad.

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, I, Dennis Sullivan, Mayor of the Borough of Somerville, NJ recognize
the extraordinary efforts of the men and women of the 
 Somerville Rescue Squad as well as their ongoing accomplishments
and 
commitment to our community, do hereby proclaim May 16-22, 2021, as

               EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES WEEK in the Borough of Somerville,  New Jersey

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