Senate Resolution No. 1987

BY: Senator BROOKS

COMMEMORATING the 100th Anniversary of the
Bellmore Volunteer Fire Department Hose Company No.
1 to be celebrated on February 26, 2022

WHEREAS, This Legislative Body is proud to commemorate the 100th
Anniversary of the Bellmore Volunteer Fire Department Hose Company No. 1
and to honor its past and present firefighting members for over a
century of dedicated volunteer service to the citizens of Bellmore, New
York and its surrounding communities; to celebrate this milestone, a
dinner will be held at the Garden City Hotel on Saturday, February 26,
2022; and

WHEREAS, Fire departments are an integral part of community
protection services in every locality of our State; during the past 100
years, the courageous and devoted firefighters of the Bellmore Volunteer
Fire Department Hose Company No. 1 have valiantly responded to all types
of fire emergencies and have won the praise and respect of the community
which they serve; and

WHEREAS, With a membership of dedicated firefighters, the record of
the Bellmore Volunteer Fire Department Hose Company No. 1, in public
service and fire protection is one to be envied; for 24 hours a day, for
365 days a year, for 100 years, whenever the alarm sounded, these noble
volunteers left their homes and went to the aid of their neighbors; and

WHEREAS, The history of the Bellmore Volunteer Fire Department began
in 1897, when the Advance Hook, Ladder and Engine Company No. 1 was
organized; Hose Company No. 1 followed in 1922, and Engine Company No. 2
followed three years later; furthermore, the West End Engine Company No.
3 was established in 2002, and serves as the most recent addition to the
Bellmore Volunteer Fire Department; and

WHEREAS, The 100th Anniversary of the Bellmore Volunteer Fire
Department is an all-volunteer department with approximately 100 men and
women making up the ranks of highly trained firefighters and fire
medics; these heroic volunteers provide round-the-clock protection to
residents, business people and workers living and employed in an area of
approximately four-square miles; and

WHEREAS, The brave firefighters of the Bellmore Volunteer Fire
Department Hose Company No. 1 are prepared to risk their lives every day
to help save the lives of others and to protect homes and property from
the destruction caused by fire; and

WHEREAS, In addition to the skill and devoted service demonstrated
by individual firefighters, the Bellmore Volunteer Fire Department Hose
Company No. 1 reflects the history and development of firefighting over
the past 100 years; and

WHEREAS, From the early days of a bell ringing to sound an alarm of
fire, to a state-of-the-art volunteer fire service, the men and women of
the Bellmore Volunteer Fire Department Hose Company No. 1 are proud to
serve their community; and


WHEREAS, This Legislative Body cannot express sufficient gratitude
to those devoted individuals who recognize that the preservation of life
and property is a sacred responsibility and who make that responsibility
their own by serving as firefighters; and

WHEREAS, It is the sense of this Legislative Body that we should
give special recognition to those who work so assiduously for the
betterment of their communities, and acknowledge publicly the heroic
good works performed by the volunteer fire departments of this great
Empire State, their officers and auxiliaries; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
proudly commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the Bellmore Volunteer Fire
Department Hose Company No. 1; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be
transmitted to the Bellmore Volunteer Fire Department Hose Company No.
1.