LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION honoring the Mineola Volunteer Ambulance Corps,
Inc. upon the occasion of being awarded the 2015 Nassau County Emergency
Management Service (EMS) Agency of the Year by the Nassau County
Regional Emergency Medical Service (EMS) Council

WHEREAS, It is the custom of this Legislative Body to recognize and pay
just tribute to those individuals who devote their purposeful life to
serving others, expressing its highest regard and admiration for the
great skill and courageous dedication exhibited by those individuals who
take prompt and heroic action in an emergency situation, without due
regard for their own safety or welfare; and
WHEREAS, Attendant to such concern, and in full accord with its long-
standing traditions, this Legislative Body is proud to honor the Mineola
Volunteer Ambulance Corps, Inc. upon the occasion of being awarded the
2015 Nassau County Emergency Management Service (EMS) Agency of the Year
by the Nassau County Regional Emergency Medical Service (EMS) Council;
and
WHEREAS, This event was celebrated at the Nassau County Regional EMS
Council's Annual Awards Banquet on Thursday, October 15, 2015 at The
Coral House in Baldwin, New York; and
WHEREAS, The Nassau County Regional EMS Council (REMSCo) was estab-
lished in 1993 by an act of the New York State Legislature; and
WHEREAS, The Council consists of 30 members who live within the County
of Nassau; one-third of the members are active EMS providers, one-third
are hospital-based professionals and one-third represent other important
aspects of EMS, some of which include communications and disaster
management; and
WHEREAS, Every year, REMSCo evaluates the 80 career, hospital-based
and volunteer EMS agencies in the County and selects one for this pres-
tigious award; subsequently, the Awards Dinner recognizes the services
and individuals who have exhibited exemplary service to their respective
agencies and community; and
WHEREAS, It takes a special dedication, a strong desire to help others
and a tireless sense of community to be a volunteer firefighter, to
respond to the signal that a neighbor is in need, and to heroically
perform, often above and beyond the call of duty, those responsibilities
which define the task of fire protection; and
WHEREAS, Emergency medical services providers have traditionally
served as the safety net of America's health care system; the members of
the Mineola Volunteer Ambulance Corps, Inc. are ready to provide life-
saving care to those in need 24 hours a day, seven days a week; and
WHEREAS, More than 75% of the emergency response in the great State of
New York is volunteer; the selfless contribution that these men and
women make to New York's quality of life cannot be replaced; and
WHEREAS, It is important for all citizens of our State and Nation to
know and understand the problems, duties and responsibilities of the
Mineola Volunteer Ambulance Corps, Inc. personnel, and that these brave
volunteers recognize their duty to serve the public by safeguarding both
life and property; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
honor the Mineola Volunteer Ambulance Corps, Inc. upon the occasion of
being awarded the 2015 Nassau County Emergency Management Service (EMS)
Agency of the Year by the Nassau County Regional Emergency Medical
Service (EMS) Council; and be it further
RESOLVED, That copies of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be tran-
smitted to the members of the Mineola Volunteer Ambulance Corps, Inc.