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PROCLAIM MAY 15-21 AS EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES WEEK IN GUILFORD COUNTY
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Sponsor
Commissioner Perdue
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RESOLUTION
Resolution
WHEREAS, Emergency Medical Services are a vital public service; and
WHEREAS, Guilford County began ambulance services to the citizens in March 1969 as the Emergency Transportation Services; and
WHEREAS, in 1974 Guilford County began one of the first Paramedic level ambulance services in the State of North Carolina; and
WHEREAS, the Guilford County Emergency Medical Services system has, since its inception, established itself as a leading innovator in the provision of emergency medical care to victims of injury and illness; and
WHEREAS, the growth and refinement of the Emergency Medical Services has resulted in improved knowledge and capabilities among the highly trained staff of Paramedics and Emergency Medical Technicians, and more expedient access to needed services by citizens throughout Guilford County; and
WHEREAS, the emergency medical services system consists of first responders, emergency medical technicians, paramedics, firefighters, educators, administrators, emergency nurses, emergency physicians, and others; and
WHEREAS, this dedication to improved service has resulted in numerous forms of recognition, including being one of less than two hundred ambulance services in the United States accredited by the Commission on the Accreditation of Ambulance Services; and,
WHEREAS, all citizens of Guilford County can take pride and comfort in the fact that they are served by a professional Emergency Medical Services capable of providing state of the art advanced life support treatment to the citizens and visitors of Guilford County, twenty-four hours a day; and
WHEREAS, on the occasion of the American College of Emergency Physicians and the Governor of North Carolina designating national EMS Week to recognize the commitment and dedication of the EMS providers that serve our community every day;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Guilford County Board of Commissioners does hereby proclaim the week of May 15 through May 21, 2016, as
Emergency Medical Services Week in Guilford County
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that each member of the Board extends their deepest gratitude and appreciation to the dedicated men and women who serve the Emergency Services.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand and cause the corporate seal of the County of Guilford to be affixed, this the 19th day of May 2016.
Jeffrey M. Phillips, Chairman
Guilford County Board of Commissioners
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