[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 10]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 14001]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




   IN TRIBUTE TO ROXBURY VOLUNTEER EMERGENCY SERVICES ON THEIR 100TH 
                              ANNIVERSARY

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                         HON. ANTHONY D. WEINER

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, July 26, 2010

  Mr. WEINER. Madam Speaker, I rise to recognize Roxbury Volunteer 
Emergency Services in honor of its centennial anniversary. Roxbury 
Volunteer Emergency Services has provided a hundred years of service to 
the beachside communities of Roxbury, Breezy Point, and Rockaway Point, 
which are located on the Rockaway peninsula in Queens, New York, the 
most populous barrier island in the country.
  In the summer of 1910, Henry B. Page organized the Roxbury Volunteer 
Fire Department and became Roxbury's first fire chief. During World War 
II, the Ambulance and Rescue Corps was founded as a division of the 
Fire Department. Since its inception, the Roxbury vollies have 
responded to a number of important emergencies both on the peninsula 
and in New York City. Following the attacks on the World Trade Center 
on September 11, 2001, members of Roxbury Volunteer Emergency Services 
worked tirelessly alongside other first responders assisting in the 
rescue and recovery efforts at Ground Zero. Two months later, when 
American Airlines Flight 587 crashed shortly after take-off in Belle 
Harbor the Roxbury vollies were among the first on the scene. Be it 
fires, flooding, storm damage, or medical emergencies, our community 
and our city can always count on Roxbury Volunteer Emergency Services 
to come swiftly to our aid.
  I would like to recognize all of the volunteers who have dedicated 
their time and are often asked to put their lives on the line for their 
neighbors. The vollies' members are Anthony Allocco, Timothy Arasin, 
Brian Baumann, Michael Beehler, James Caffrey, Alex Diffendale, Michael 
Duemig Jr., Richard Duemig Jr., David Feddem Jr., Diedre Feddern, 
Michael Forcina, Joseph Forcina, Danielle Hedderson, Paul Hedderson 
Jr., Gary Hunt, Edward Kurosz, Ryan McKinney, Christina Morton, James 
Morton, Sandra Morton, Kevin O'Brien, William Reid, Sean Rudolph, Tracy 
Rutter, Louis Satriano, Charles Thompson, Seamus Ward, Annemarie Willis 
and Robert Willis. Its life members are LuLu Allocco, William Bocker 
Sr., Mary Colleran, Richard Colleran Sr., Steven Colleran Sr., Mel 
Duemig, Michael Duemig Sr., Richard Duemig Sr., Robert Hanretty, 
William Hartman Sr., Paul Hedderson Sr., Arthur Kahlau, Michael 
Knowles, Harry Nungesser, and Kenneth Rutter. Its associate members are 
Robert Bernabo, Ronald Farrell, Eugene Hanretty, Eugene McEnroe and 
John Mulvanerty. I would also like to extend my congratulations to 
Richard Colleran, who has served as the vollies' chief for eight years. 
Roxbury Volunteer Emergency Services and all of its members have 
faithfully served the many communities of the Rockaway peninsula. They 
have provided necessary services to an isolated part of New York City 
that rarely receives the attention it deserves. I am pleased to 
congratulate Roxbury Volunteer Emergency Services on the occasion of 
its centennial anniversary.

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