SENATE MEMORIAL 19

55th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2022

INTRODUCED BY

Ron Griggs and Michael Padilla

A MEMORIAL

PROCLAIMING FEBRUARY 15, 2022 "NEW MEXICO STATE FIRE FIGHTERS ASSOCIATION DAY" AND CELEBRATING THE ASSOCIATION'S ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SERVICE.

     WHEREAS, the New Mexico state fire fighters association has a long and valued tradition of public service; and

     WHEREAS, in 1923, Ludwig Ilfeld called the first meeting of the New Mexico state fire fighters association to order in Las Vegas; and

     WHEREAS, seventeen local government, county and volunteer fire departments were present at the initial meeting and expressed a need to formalize the organization to present fire departments' legislative policy and fire prevention issues statewide; and

     WHEREAS, the mission of the New Mexico state fire fighters association is to support municipal, county and volunteer fire departments and to expand the number of fire districts to enhance fire protection and response time to the needs of the residents and public lands of New Mexico; and

     WHEREAS, additional goals of the New Mexico state fire fighters association are to provide fire prevention, emergency medical services and training; and

     WHEREAS, the New Mexico state fire fighters association also encourages and maintains statewide standards of training, performance, education, response time, safety and equipment;

     NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO that February 15, 2022 be proclaimed "New Mexico State Fire Fighters Association Day" in the senate; and

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the New Mexico state fire fighters association be commended for celebrating one hundred years of service to the people and public lands of New Mexico; and

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this memorial be transmitted to the president of the New Mexico state fire fighters association.

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