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WHEREAS, City of La Porte recognizes, honors and promotes the value of the contributions of emergency medical responders in public health <br />and safety for the citizens of City of La Porte; and. <br />WHEREAS, emergency medical service is a vital public service in Texas and each year in Texas, trauma is a major cause of death and disability, <br />and the costliest medical problem in the United States; and <br />WHEREAS, volunteer and paid emergency medical services teams, in concert with a developed network of designated trauma care hospitals <br />across Texas, provide lifesaving care in Texas 24 hours a day, seven days a week,dramatically improvingthe survival and recovery rates for <br />those who experience sudden illness or injury; and <br />WHEREAS, the Texas trauma system, one component of Texas’ emergency medical responsesystem, is organized to provide timely, appropriate <br />access to quality emergency medical care for injured or ill persons; and <br />WHEREAS, Texas emergency personnel also care for the community by teaching citizens first aid and the actions to take before emergency <br />response personnel arrive at the scene. Texas emergency responders will be the first to respond to terrorist events and are constantly <br />training to respond to any possible occurrences with potential weapons of mass destruction; and <br />WHEREAS, thepeople of Texas benefit daily from the knowledge and skills of these highly trained individuals and from the availability of the Texas <br />trauma system; and <br />Now therefore, I, Louis R. Rigby, Mayor of the City of La Porte, along with members of the La Porte City Council in appreciation of your valuable <br />contributionto the City of La Porte commend and congratulate La Porte EMS and other Texas Ems and Trauma System personnel for outstanding, <br />dedicated pre-hospital and medical care to the people of La Porte, Texas do hereby designate the month of May and week of May 19-25, 2013 as <br />“TRAUMA AWARENESS MONTH AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES WEEK” <br />In Witness Whereof: I have hereto set my hand and caused the Seal of the City to be affixed hereto, this the 13day of May 2013. <br />th <br />CITY OF LA PORTE <br />______________________________ <br />Louis R. Rigby, Mayor <br /> <br />