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This resolution commemorates the 75th anniversary of the Hartwick Fire Department Company No. 2 in Hartwick Seminary, New York, to be celebrated on June 21, 2025. The resolution traces the department's history from its origins in 1948-1949, when local citizens recognized the need for fire protection, to its official first meeting on June 20, 1950, with 14 community members. The document highlights the department's humble beginnings, including using a trailer with basic equipment pulled by tractors and summoning volunteers through church bell rings and phone calls. It details the department's early challenges and achievements, such as acquiring their first vehicles (a 1940 Plymouth pickup and a 1954 Willys Jeep), constructing a fire hall in 1958 on donated land, and expanding services over the decades. The resolution recognizes the department's evolution from its grassroots community origins to its current modern fleet, which includes an International tanker, a Dodge Dakota brush truck, a 2006 engine, and a Chevy Tahoe. By pausing to commemorate this milestone, the resolution celebrates the department's enduring spirit of community service and volunteerism, and extends gratitude to its past and present members for their decades of dedicated protection of Hartwick Seminary and surrounding communities.

Budget and Finance

https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/J1217