Whereas,although fires periodically erupted in Waitsfield during the town's first 128 years, the responses to these flames were ad hoc as the community lacked a formally organized fire brigade, and
Whereas, as the 20th century began, many rural Vermont municipalities recognized that to quell flames threatening village centers and agricultural buildings, organizing a volunteer fire department was a civic priority, and
Whereas, the citizenry in Waitsfield proved no exception to this evolving local commitment to fire protection, and
Whereas, in 1910, a group of concerned Waitsfield freemen met to establish the community's first volunteer firefighting company, and
Whereas, from this original company emerged a commitment to
dousing flames and minimizing the impact of fire damage to life and
property, and
Whereas, over the past century, this local firefighting service, located in the heart of the Mad River Valley, and staffed with a well-trained supply of always-available volunteers, has evolved into the modern-day Waitsfield-Fayston Volunteer Fire Department that provides reliable and timely fire protection to each of these towns, and, on a more limited basis, to other nearby communities through the mutual aid system, and
Whereas, on July 31, 2010, the Waitsfield-Fayston Volunteer Fire Department commemorated its centennial anniversary with celebratory activities held in the town of its birth, and
Whereas, the Waitsfield-Fayston Volunteer Fire Department, under the expert leadership of Chief Delbert Palmer, is a community resource that has enormously benefited the Mad River Valley and provided the public with the highest quality fire protection coverage,
now therefore be it Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives:
That the General Assembly congratulates the Waitsfield-Fayston Volunteer Fire Department on its centennial anniversary, and be it further Resolved: That
the Secretary of State be directed to send a copy of this resolution to
Waitsfield-Fayston Volunteer Fire Department Chief Delbert Palmer.
VT LEG 259930.1
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