SJ 4 — Commending the Westmoreland Volunteer Fire Department.

SESSION INTRODUCEDENROLLED 24100191D SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO.

4 IE Offered January 10, 2024 N Prefiled November 20, 2023 T Commending the Westmoreland Volunteer Fire Department.

––––––––––N R Patrons––StuartAgreed andto McDougle;by the House of Delegates, January 15, 2024 O WHEREAS, for 75 years, the Westmoreland Volunteer Fire Department has proudly served L well-being of the community's members;

Delegate:and and the surrounding areas, ensuring the safety and L WHEREAS, founded in 1948, the Westmoreland Volunteer Fire Department (WVFD) has grown and E evolved over the years to best meet the needs of its service area;

Kent O WHEREAS, for 75 years, the Westmoreland Volunteer Fire Department has proudly served Westmoreland County, the Town of Montross, and the surrounding areas, ensuring the safety and D well-beingMt. of the community's members;

and U WHEREAS, founded in 1948, the Westmoreland Volunteer Fire Department (WVFD) has grown and C evolved over the years to best meet the needs of its service area;

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and D WHEREAS, the WVFD has acquired an extensive fleet of rescue engines and other vehicles to uphold the standards of a modern-day fire department and to ensure the department's readiness in the face of a variety of emergencies;

andfire department and to ensure the department's readiness in the WHEREAS, the WVFD serves as the first response team for an area that includes over 150 miles of andds,roads, approximately 5,000 people, and historic sites such as Robert E.

Lee's birthplace, Stratford Hall;Jall;

WHEREAS,andWHEREAS, both the WVFD main station and the substation in Mt.

Holly are entirely run by E volunteers who devote countless hours of their time each year to safeguard their communities;

aSdand R WHEREAS, the WVFD is defined by the honor and integrity of its members and their commitment 4 to providing the highest quality of service to the citizens of Westmoreland County and the Town of Montross;

now, therefore, be itity of service to the citizens of Westmoreland County and the Town of RESOLVED by the Senate, the House of Delegates concurring, That the General Assembly hereby commend the Westmoreland Volunteer Fire Department on the occasion of its 75th anniversary;