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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2015

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H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

CELEBRATING THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE NASONVILLE FIRE DEPARTMENT

     Introduced By: Representatives Newberry, and Keable

     Date Introduced: February 11, 2015

     Referred To: House read and passed

     WHEREAS, The Nasonville Fire Department was created in 1940 when various

community leaders recognized the growing need for fire protection services. As a result, an

organizational meeting was held in St. Therese's Church on January 23, 1940, and C. Harry

Murphy was appointed temporary President and Wilfred J. Bilodeau was appointed temporary

Secretary; and

      WHEREAS, On February 18, 1940, an association was formed when thirty men from the

villages of Mohegan, Nasonville, Mt. Pleasant, and Tarklin volunteered to be firemen and created

a Fire Department with officers to be elected in 1940 and reelected in 1941; and

     WHEREAS, The post office at that time was located in Nasonville and therefore it was

decided by vote to name the new fire department the "Nasonville Volunteer Fire Department."

Within a year of its creation, the new fire department acquired a new fire engine and built a fire

station on land that was donated by the Stillwater Worsted Company. Funding for the department

in the first few years was dependent upon the holding of various fundraisers until February of

1943, when the Nasonville Fire District was chartered and the collection of taxes began; and

     WHEREAS, The first Nasonville Fire Department Fire Station was located on Douglas

Pike and was used for twenty-four years. However, when new and heavier equipment was

purchased, a new bay station was built on Victory Highway in 1965, and a two bay addition has

since been added; and

     WHEREAS, The Nasonville Fire Department currently maintains a roster of

approximately thirty-five members. It has two engines, one advanced life support ambulance, one

brush tanker, and one attack truck/command vehicle. The dedicated members of the Nasonville

Fire Department work tirelessly and selflessly every day to protect the lives and property of the

people living in the community; now, therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island and

Providence Plantations hereby joyously celebrates the 75th Anniversary of the Nasonville Fire

Department; and be it further

     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to

transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Chief Augustine Eddy.

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