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Proclamation
OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
WINTER SPRINGS, FLORIDA
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, 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, basic Life Supporting First Aid Techniques, such as CPR, Heimlich maneuver,
and the use of an AED are essential in maintaining life prior to EMS arrival;
and
WHEREAS, the u.s. Conference of Mayors passed a resolution presented by Save A Life
Foundation calling for the needfor communities to create Community Response
System Initiative (CRSI) committees to encourage citizens including children
(grades K-12) to learn Life Supporting First Aid skills in case of emergency;
and
WHEREAS, Save A Life Foundation works with local, state, andfederal government
organizations and the private sector to highlight the importance of public
emergency preparedness and effective emergency response; and
WHEREAS, Save A Life Foundation, an affiliate of the u.s. Department of Homeland
Security, encourages all municipalities to recognize Save A Life Month in
conjunction with Homeland Security's National Preparedness Month, a
nationwide effort to encourage Americans to prepare for emergencies; and
NOlv, THEREFORE, I, JOHN F. BUSH, Mayor of the City of Winter Springs, do hereby
proclaim the month of September 2006 as
SALF
Save A life Foundation
"SAVE A LIFE MONTH"
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereunto have set my hand and
caused the Seal of the City of Winter Springs to be affixed this
16th Day of August 2006.
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK