Resolution No. 3925RESOLUTION NO. 3925
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS
COMMENDING FIREFIGHTER/PARAMEDIC WADE BENNETT
FOR HI5 HEROIC ACTIONS AND FOR BEING SELECTED
AS THE OUTSTANDING STATE FIREFIGHTER OF THE
YEAR BY THE CALIFORNIA VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS COUNCIL.
WHEREAS, Firefighter/Paramedic Wade Bennett has been assigned
to the Cypress Fire Station No. 17 since March 1984 and
WHEREAS, on January 4, 1990, Cypress firefighters/paramedics
responded to an emergency situation whereby a 15 -year-old girl, armed
with a couple of knives, threatened to jump from a 20 railroad
trestle near the Coyote Creek Channel, south of Del Amo Blvd and
WHEREAS, Firefighter/Paramedic Bennett climbed onto the
support pillar and after several attempts, finally persuaded the
distraught individual to return with him to safety. and
WHEREAS, Firefighter/Paramedic Bennett, disciplined by
extensive training, displayed courage and compassion in a most
difficult situation; and
WHEREAS, on March 12 1990, Firefighter/Paramedic Bennett was
selected as the Firefighter of the Year by the Orange County Fire
Department; and
WHEREAS, Firefighter/Paramedic Bennett, on December 17, 1990,
was honored as the Firefighter of Year by the Veterans of Foreign Wars,
Charles F Knauss Memorial Post No 9847 and was further selected as
their nominee from Orange County for the State competition; and
WHEREAS, on March 16 1991, the California Veterans of
Foreign Wars Council of Administration in Redding, California,
selected Firefighter/Paramedic Bennett as the Outstanding Firefighter
of the Year and nominated him for the National Outstanding Firefighter
Gold Medal Award which will be announced at the Veterans of Foreign
Wars National Convention in New Orleans in August 1991, and
WHEREAS, the Cypress City Council is extremely proud to have
an individual of Firefighter/Paramedic Wade Bennett s caliber serving
the citizens of this community
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the
City of Cypress does hereby commend FIREFIGHTER/PARAMEDIC WADE BENNETT
for his heroic actions and for being selected as the OUTSTANDING STATE
FIREFIGHTER OF THE YEAR by the California Veterans of Foreign Wars
Council
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Cypress
at a regular meeting held on the 22nd day of April 1991.
ATTEST
WALTER K.
BOWMAN, Mayor
RICHARD PARTIN, Mayor
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10ECI £A L AGE, Council Ment
GAIL H.,{CERRY
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) SS
COUNTY OF ORANGE )
I, DARRELL ESSEX, City Clerk of the City of Cypress, DO
HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was duly adopted at a
regular meeting of the said City Council held on the 22nd day of April
1991; by the following roll call vote:
AYES 5 COUNCIL MEMBERS Age, Kerry, Nicholson, Partin and
NOES 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS. None Bowman
ABSENT• 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS None
CfiY CLE&K OF IHE C, OF CYPRESS