Washington County State of Tennessee

P R O C L AM A T I O N

PUBLIC SAFETY TELECOMMUNICATIONS WEEK APRIL 9- 15, 2023

WHEREAS, Public Safety telecommunicators serve the citizens of Washington County every day by responding to requests for emergency aid with professionalism, compassion, and commitment to the steadfast pursuit of their goal of saving lives and property; and

WHEREAS, the efforts   and   critical   functions   performed   by   telecommunicators   to answer calls for help, gather essential information, and ensure that appropriate assistance is provided, is fundamental to the protection of life and preservation of property; and

WHEREAS, telecommunicators are the vital link between the citizen and police officers, firefighters, and paramedics dependent upon the quality and accuracy of information, monitoring of emergency activities, providing information to all parties concerned, and ensuring their safety; and

WHEREAS, the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials, Inc.  annually   dedicates the second full week in April as National Public Safety Telecommunications Week to honor thousands of men and women who respond to crisis calls for help, dispatch emergency professionals and equipment to render life-saving assistance to the public; now therefore

BE IT PROCLAIMED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF WASHINGTON COUNTY, TENNESSEE, THAT:

We do hereby proclaim the week of April 9 – 15, 2023 as PUBLIC SAFETY TELECOMMUNICATIONS WEEK in Washington County, Tennessee and enlist the support of the citizens of Washington County in honoring these men and women for the role they play every day in making our lives, homes, and towns safer.

ADOPTED BY THE COUNTY LEGISLATIVE BODY, in session duly assembled, on this, the 27th day of March, 2023.   IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of Washington County, Tennessee to be affixed in Jonesborough, Tennessee on this 27thday of March, 2023.   

William J. Grandy, County Mayor