[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 11]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 15489]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




RECOGNIZING THE VIRGINIA AIRBORNE SEARCH AND RESCUE SQUAD OF MANASSAS, 
                                VIRGINIA

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                           HON. FRANK R. WOLF

                              of virginia

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, August 10, 2010

  Mr. WOLF. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize the Virginia 
Airborne Search and Rescue Squad Air-Wing in Manassas, VA. This 
organization is the only all volunteer airborne search and rescue squad 
in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
  Established in June 2009, the squad is licensed by the Commonwealth 
of Virginia, Office of Emergency Medical Services, as a non-designated 
area and statewide airborne rescue squad. The organization provides 
many airborne EMS, fire, rescue, and law enforcement airborne services 
including a helicopter equipped with trained search and rescue pilots 
and flight officers who are on call around the clock.
  It has trained and dedicated volunteer members of the community, 
consisting of law enforcement officers, professional firefighters and 
EMTs, pilots, flight officers and many former U.S. military personnel, 
all providing their time, effort, and funding to ensure the safety of 
the citizens of the Commonwealth of Virginia, District of Columbia, and 
state of Maryland. The squad is Project Lifesaver certified and 
equipped and ready to respond to a lost child or elderly adult 
registered with Project Lifesaver.
  The leadership team includes Kevin C. Rychlik, chief of operations, 
president and CEO, and Ann Rychlik, chairman of the Board of Trustees, 
both prominent business leaders in our community.
  Madam Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in recognizing the 
vision, sacrifice and dedication of those individuals and organizations 
that have worked together to create the Virginia Airborne Search and 
Rescue Squad.

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