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RESOLUTION
2013 -11 -06
WHEREAS, the Bachelors Hall Volunteer Fire Department is celebrating fifty (50) years of
dedicated service in providing fire protection to the Bachelors Hall community; and
WHEREAS, the Bachelors Hall Volunteer Fire Department was chartered and formed in
1963; and
WHEREAS, the original location for the Bachelors Hall Volunteer Fire Department was
Route 863, Berry Hill Road; and
WHEREAS, the first active fire chief was Charlie Merchant and the fire department has
approximately 23 active members; and
WHEREAS, the department's first call was for a brush fire on Melvin Gray's farm; and
WHEREAS, the Bachelors Hall Volunteer Fire Department is presently located on 1301
Berry Hill Road, directly across from where the original station was; and
WHEREAS, the Bachelors Hall Volunteer Fire Department has twenty -two (22) dedicated
members with Allen Roberts serving as fire chief-, and
WHEREAS, the Bachelors Hall Volunteer Fire Department, as of November 19, 2013, has
been officially recognized by the Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors as a Medical Transport
Agency within Pittsylvania County, enabling the station to further broaden its services to the
citizens in the Bachelors Hall community; then
BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED that the Board of Supervisors of Pittsylvania County, on the
behalf of the citizens of Pittsylvania County, congratulate and thank the Bachelors Hall Volunteer
Fire Department and its members for providing 50 years of invaluable service to the citizens of
Pittsylvania County and the Board of Supervisors wishes the Bachelors Hall Volunteer Fire
Department and its members a safe and successful future providing protection to the citizens of
Pittsylvania County; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution be presented to the
Bachelors Hall Volunteer Fire Department at their Community Day celebration on Saturday,
November 23, 2013.
Given under my hand this 215`
day of November, 2013.
James H. Snead, Chairman
Pittsylvania County Lard of Supervisors
Otis S. Hawker, Interim Clerk
Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors