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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2016

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H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

THANKING CHIEF AARON MARSLAND OF THE FOSTER CENTER VOLUNTEER FIRE

DEPARTMENT FOR HIS TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF MERITORIOUS SERVICE TO THE

CITIZENS OF FOSTER, RHODE ISLAND

     Introduced By: Representative Michael W. Chippendale

     Date Introduced: May 17, 2016

     Referred To: House read and passed

     WHEREAS, Chief Aaron Marsland of the Foster Center Volunteer Fire Department is a

dedicated and exemplary Public Safety Officer who has served the people of Foster, Rhode

Island, for the past twenty-five years with honor, integrity and tireless devotion; and

     WHEREAS, Chief Marsland began his distinguished public safety service career at the

young age of 14, when he served as a Junior Firefighter. Since then, he has served in a number of

capacities within the Foster Center Volunteer Fire Department, holding the ranks of Chief

Engineer, Lieutenant, Captain, Deputy Chief and Chief and his current position of Chief; and

     WHEREAS, Chief Marsland is an innovative and inspirational leader who has had

numerous accomplishments during his public service career. He has written numerous grants,

acquired a Hummer motor vehicle at no cost to the department, and was able to utilize it to help

fight forest fires and transport personnel in bad weather, and prudently purchased Scott bottles for

his firefighters at a very low cost to the taxpayers. He is a licensed Ham Radio operator who was

able to add 800mhz radios at no cost to the town, which will allow the Fire Department to

significantly improve its communication with other towns; and

     WHEREAS, Chief Marsland is a devoted public leader who is a well-respected and

beloved figure within the Town of Foster. Both the general public and the men and women under

his command have a deep appreciation for the service he has provided to them and the Town of

Foster. Chief Marsland loves helping people and he always makes the safety of those under his

command and the citizens of Foster the first priority in his life; now, therefore be it

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

Providence Plantations hereby thanks Chief Aaron Marsland of the Foster Center Volunteer Fire

Department for his twenty-five years of exemplary and dedicated service to the citizens of Foster;

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 Aaron Marsland, Foster Center Volunteer

Fire Department.

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