2022-11-03 Bachelors Hall 60 Years PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
RESOLUTION # 2022-11-03
RESOLUTION HONORING BACHELOR'S HALL FIRE AND RESCUE DEPARTMENT'S SIXTY
(60) YEARS OF SERVICE
VIRGINIA: At the Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors'("Board")Business Meeting on Tuesday,November
15, 2022,the following Resolution was presented and adopted:
WHEREAS, the Bachelors Hall Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department ("Bachelors Hall") is celebrating
sixty (60) years of dedicated service in providing Fire and EMS protection to the Bachelors Hall community; and
WHEREAS, Bachelors Hall was chartered and formed in 1963;and
WHEREAS,the original location for Bachelors Hall was Route 863,Berry Hill Road; and
WHEREAS,the first active Fire Chief was Charlie Merchant and the Fire Department had approximately twenty-
three(23)active members; and
WHEREAS,the Department's first call was for a brush fire on Melvin Gray's farm;and
WHEREAS,on November 19,2013,Bachelors Hall was officially recognized by the Board as a Medical Transport
Agency within the County;thus;enabling it to further broaden its services to the citizens in the Bachelors Hall community;
and
WHEREAS, Bachelors Hall is presently located on 1301 Berry Hill Road,directly across from where the original
station was; and
WHEREAS, Bachelors Hall has twenty-two(22)dedicated members with Tim Cassell serving as Fire Chief; and
BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED that the Board,on the behalf of County citizens,congratulates and thanks Bachelors
Hall and its members for providing sixty(60)years of invaluable service to County citizens and the Board wishes Bachelors
Hall and its members a safe and successful future providing protection to County citizens; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be presented to Bachelors Hall.
Adopted this 15th day of November,2022.
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Pitts ania Coun Board o Supervisors
J. Vaden Hunt, Esq. (Clerk)
Interim County Administrator/County Attorney