10-R160

2010 -- S 2772

Enacted 04/08/10

S E N A T E R E S O L U T I O N

CELEBRATING THE CENTENNIAL OF THE HARRISVILLE FIRE DISTRICT

Introduced By: Senator P Fogarty

Date Introduced: April 08, 2010

     WHEREAS, The Harrisville Fire District was established through an Act of

Incorporation by the Rhode Island General Assembly on April 22, 1910; and

     WHEREAS, The District established the Harrisville Hose Company on February 15,

1912, in order to provide fire protection to the citizens of Harrisville; and

     WHEREAS, The District has provided street lighting in the village of Harrisville by

arrangement with the Pascoag Fire District since 1914; and

     WHEREAS, The District has provided potable water for its residents since 1918 by

contract with the Pascoag Water Company, and after purchasing the Pascoag Water Company in

1936, through its own Harrisville Water Department; and

     WHEREAS, The Fire District has provide mutual aid to other communities for fire

protection since 1926; and

     WHEREAS, The Harrisville Fire District, through its dedicated employees and

volunteers, has provided a century of service to the residents of the District and the Town of

Burrillville; now, therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

hereby celebrates the Centennial of the Harrisville Fire District; and be it further

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

transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Donald C. Mehrtens, Chairman, Harrisville    

Fire District Operating Committee.

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LC01854

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