[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 2]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 2776]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


 RECOGNIZING AND CONGRATULATING THE CITY OF COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO 
 AS THE NEW OFFICIAL SITE OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY SERVICES MEMORIAL 
                 SERVICE AND THE NATIONAL EMS MEMORIAL

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                           HON. DOUG LAMBORN

                              of colorado

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, March 5, 2010

  Mr. LAMBORN. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize and 
congratulate the City of Colorado Springs, Colorado, as the new 
official site of the National Emergency Medical Services Memorial 
Service and the National EMS Memorial.
  To recognize the selfless contributions of emergency medical service 
(EMS) personnel nationwide, the Virginia Association of Volunteer 
Rescue Squads, Inc., and the Julian Stanley Wise Foundation, in 
conjunction with To The Rescue, in 1993 organized the first annual 
National Emergency Medical Services Memorial Service at Greene Memorial 
United Methodist Church in Roanoke, Virginia, to honor EMS personnel 
from across the country who have died in the line of duty. This 
Memorial is inclusive of all EMS providers, ground and air: first 
responders, search and rescue, EMTs, paramedics, nurses and pilots.
  The National EMS Memorial Service Board recently selected the City of 
Colorado Springs, Colorado to be the new city to host the annual 
National Emergency Medical Services Memorial Service and the National 
EMS Memorial beginning in June 2010.
  I consider it a great privilege to represent the district that will 
serve as the host site for honoring the uniquely skilled and dedicated 
efforts of EMS personnel who work bravely and tirelessly to preserve 
America's greatest resource--her people.

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