[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 2420]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




          RECOGNIZING THE GREENFIELD VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT

  (Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, I rise in recognition of 
the Greenfield Volunteer Fire Department stationed in Erie County, 
which has been named Pennsylvania's EMS Agency of the Year.
  I am proud to have these dedicated volunteers stationed in 
Pennsylvania's Fifth Congressional District. Just 2 years ago, their 
department only had two active volunteers, two active members. Now they 
have a team of 25, with an additional 2 junior members.
  Responders say 70 percent of their calls are for emergency services 
and that their department hasn't missed a call in 2 years. Department 
officials say that they are overjoyed with the support they have 
received from both the volunteers and their community.
  At a time when many volunteer fire departments in my State and across 
the Nation are shrinking, it is great to see this kind of growth. Mr. 
Speaker, it is the dedicated men and women, like the volunteers of 
Greenfield Township, that make our communities across Pennsylvania safe 
and great places to call home.
  Well done, Greenfield Volunteer Fire Department.

                          ____________________