Senate Resolution No. 800

BY: Senator HELMING

COMMEMORATING the 50th Anniversary of the Victor
Farmington Volunteer Ambulance Corps

WHEREAS, This Legislative Body is proud to commemorate the 50th
Anniversary of the Victor Farmington Volunteer Ambulance Corps, and to
honor its past and present emergency medical services members for 50
years of service to the citizens of Victor and Farmington, as well as
the suburbs of Rochester, New York, and its surrounding communities; and

WHEREAS, This auspicious occasion will be celebrated at a ceremony
with the Victor Farmington Volunteer Ambulance Corps Board of Directors;
and

WHEREAS, The Victor Farmington Volunteer Ambulance Corps is a
dedicated emergency unit providing life-saving care and transport to the
people of the Towns of Victor, Farmington, and the surrounding Rochester
communities; organized in 1970, the Victor Farmington Volunteer
Ambulance Corps was formed to preserve life and aid those in dire need;
and

WHEREAS, Today, under the direction of the Board of Directors and
its President, James Hood, and Chief Executive Officer, Jared Palmer,
the Victor Farmington Volunteer Ambulance Corps is equipped with a fleet
of five vehicles and serves a growing population of more than 26,000;
and

WHEREAS, With a membership of dedicated volunteers, the record of
the Victor Farmington Volunteer Ambulance Corps in public service and
emergency medical services is one to be envied; for 24 hours a day, 365
days a year, for 50 years, whenever the alarm sounded, these noble
volunteers left their homes and went to the aid of their neighbors; and

WHEREAS, The brave volunteers of the Victor Farmington Volunteer
Ambulance Corps are prepared to put their lives on hold every day to
help save the lives of others; and

WHEREAS, In addition to the skill and devoted service demonstrated
by individual volunteers, the Victor Farmington Volunteer Ambulance
Corps reflects the history and development of ambulance and emergency
medical service over the past 50 years; and

WHEREAS, This Legislative Body cannot express sufficient gratitude
to those devoted individuals who recognize that the preservation of life
is a sacred responsibility and who make that responsibility their own by
serving as volunteer emergency medical services providers; 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 ambulance workers 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 50th Anniversary of the Victor Farmington
Volunteer Ambulance Corps to be celebrated retroactive to July 2, 2020,
on October 24, 2023; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be
transmitted to the President of the Board of Directors, James Hood, and
Chief Executive Officer, Jared Palmer, of the Victor Farmington
Volunteer Ambulance Corps.