[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 99 (Wednesday, May 24, 2017)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 23989-23990]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-10845]



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Vol. 82

Wednesday,

No. 99

May 24, 2017

Part II





The President





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Proclamation 9612--Emergency Medical Services Week, 2017



Proclamation 9613--National Safe Boating Week, 2017



Proclamation 9614--World Trade Week, 2017



Proclamation 9615--Armed Forces Day, 2017



Proclamation 9616--National Maritime Day, 2017
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                Proclamation 9612 of May 19, 2017

                
Emergency Medical Services Week, 2017

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                During Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Week, we 
                express our gratitude for the hundreds of thousands of 
                skilled personnel who help save lives in communities 
                across the United States each year. Through the hard 
                work and dedication of these career and volunteer first 
                responders, Americans receive the finest emergency 
                medical treatment in their most vulnerable moments. We 
                also honor those EMS providers who have made the 
                ultimate sacrifice and given their lives in the line of 
                duty.

                Day or night, in every city, suburb, rural community, 
                or wilderness area, our Nation relies upon EMS 
                providers to respond to every kind of emergency 
                situation to save lives and reduce suffering. In 
                January, when more than 70 tornadoes touched down in 
                Georgia and Mississippi, injuring many, EMS responders 
                were there to help. In March, when wildfires threatened 
                Kansas, Colorado, Oklahoma, and Texas, taking lives and 
                forcing thousands from their homes, our EMS personnel 
                were there providing urgent medical care and patient 
                transportation. Last month, when flooding and tornadoes 
                ravaged Missouri, Arkansas, and Texas, EMS personnel 
                once more came to their neighbors' aid. Whether they 
                are assisting during natural disasters or providing 
                lifesaving care after car accidents, heart attacks, 
                sports injuries, or violent crime, EMS personnel 
                respond to tens of millions of requests for help each 
                year in our country. We rest easier knowing that they 
                stand ready to answer the call.

                Over the past 50 years, our Nation's EMS system has 
                evolved with ever-developing medical, transportation, 
                and communications technologies to meet the changing 
                needs of our communities. The EMS Agenda 2050 project--
                a joint effort by the National Highway Traffic Safety 
                Administration, the Department of Health and Human 
                Services, the Department of Homeland Security, and the 
                EMS community--will help develop a vision for meeting 
                our communities' future emergency medical services 
                needs and improve the health of all Americans. We 
                commend these efforts to develop innovative new 
                treatments, advance and adapt medical skills, establish 
                stronger professional standards, and promote public 
                education and health. This week, we thank our EMS 
                professionals for their sustained commitment to 
                excellence and dedication to service, and share our 
                hopes for a bright future that will make us all safer 
                and healthier.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, Donald J. Trump, President of the 
                United States of America, by virtue of the authority 
                vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the 
                United States, do hereby proclaim May 21 through May 
                27, 2017, as Emergency Medical Services Week. I 
                encourage all Americans to observe this occasion by 
                showing their support for local EMS professionals 
                through appropriate programs, ceremonies, and 
                activities.

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                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                nineteenth day of May, in the year of our Lord two 
                thousand seventeen, and of the Independence of the 
                United States of America the two hundred and forty-
                first.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

[FR Doc. 2017-10845
Filed 5-23-17; 11:15 am]
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