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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2006 September as Save A Life Month 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