HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - PROCLAMATION - 09/04/2007 - PROCLAMATION DECLARING SEPTEMBER AS NATIONAL SAVE Mayor
PROCLAMATION
City of Fort Collins
WHEREAS, Save a Life Foundation's mission is training and developing people, starting
with schoolchildren,to be active bystanders equipped with basic life supporting first aid skills to aid
during emergencies; and
WHEREAS,basic life supporting first aid techniques such as CPR,Heimlich maneuver,and
the use of an Automatic External Defibrillator(AED)are essential in maintaining life prior to EMS
arrival; and
WHEREAS,Save A Life Foundation utilizes only Emergency Medical Service professionals
as instructors to teach basic life supporting first aid techniques to schoolchildren, grades K-12 and
adults; and
WHEREAS, the U.S. Conference of Mayors passed the Community Response System
Initiative (CRSI) Resolution and the U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs
Committee passed the CRSI Act,both inspired by Safe A Life Foundation,calling for communities
to create CRSI committees that would encourage citizens,especially children grades K-12,to learn
life supporting first aid skills allowing them to aid in emergencies; and
WHEREAS, Save A Life Foundation works with local, state and federal government
organizations and the private sector to highlight the importance of"Pre-EMS,"public emergency
preparedness and the importance of the Good Samaritan Law.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Doug Hutchinson, Mayor of the City of Fort Collins do hereby
proclaim the month of September 2007 as
NATIONAL SAVE A LIFE MONTH
and urge citizens and organizations in Fort Collins to learn life supporting first aid skills and be
prepared for emergencies.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, 1, have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the City of Fort
Collins this 4th day of September, A.D. 2007.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
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