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CITY COUNCIL
Monday, May 19, 2025
Council Chambers & Hybrid
4:30 PM
Agenda Item
1.Proclamation Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Palo Alto Fire Department
Paramedic Program and EMS Week May 18-24
City Council
Staff Report
From: City Manager
Report Type: SPECIAL ORDERS OF THE DAY
Lead Department: Fire
Meeting Date: May 19, 2025
Report #:2504-4484
TITLE
Proclamation Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Palo Alto Fire Department
Paramedic Program and EMS Week May 18-24, 2025.
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment A: Proclamation Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Palo Alto Fire
Department Paramedic Program and EMS Week May 18-24, 2025.
APPROVED BY:
Geoffrey Blackshire, Fire Chief
The 50th anniversary of Paramedic Services & EMS Week May 18th, 2025
WHEREAS, the Palo Alto Fire Department began delivering advanced life support (ALS) paramedic services
and ambulance transportation services to the City of Palo Alto and Stanford in 1975; and
WHEREAS, the Palo Alto Fire Department became one of the first fire departments in California to provide
this service to the community; and
WHEREAS, access to quality emergency care dramatically improves the survival and recovery rate of those
who experience sudden illness, injury or trauma; and
WHEREAS, National EMS Services Week, originally authorized by President Gerald Ford in 1974, takes
place every year on the third week of May (May 18-24, 2025), this year’s theme is “We Care. For Everyone”;
and
WHEREAS, those who give outstanding service to Palo Alto and nearby communities, who saves lives
through their amazing work and dedication, and who value both family and community, deserve to be recognized;
and
NOW, THEREFORE I, Ed Lauing, Mayor of the City of Palo Alto, do hereby commend the Palo Alto Fire
Department's paramedic and ambulance program on the occasion of its 50th Anniversary and recognize the life-
saving contributions of EMS professionals in the City of Palo Alto.
Presented: May 2025
______________________________ Name Mayor
Proclamation