SALF’s Resolution Passes at US Conference of Mayors Meeting in Las Vegas
Community Response Committees to be Created in Cities Nationwide
June 08 , 2006
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Spizzirri and FEMA Director R. David Paulison at US Conference of Mayors (USMC) in Las Vegas. Spizzirri and Paulison see eye to eye on the importance of community emergency preparedness.
Citing the need for cities to take the lead in providing Americans with vital life saving skills for emergencies, SALF’s founder Carol Spizzirri, in conjunction with Mayor Rita Mullins of Palatine, IL, spearheaded the passage of the Community Response System Initiative Resolution at the 74th Annual Meeting of the US Conference of Mayors.
The resolution, voted on by mayors from cities nationwide, calls for mayors to formulate Community Response System Initiative (CRSI) committees that will train citizens, including children (K-12), to be active bystanders in cases of emergency by using life supporting first aid skills. The committees will also investigate preparedness issues that support life saving efforts for communities in case of emergency.
The conference was a gathering of over 200 of the nation’s mayors June 2-6 to confer on issues affecting America’s cities. Policy committees at the conference debated various resolutions which were open to be voted on by the entire membership.
“We went to the mayor’s conference with high hopes that our nation’s mayors cared as much about equipping our communities with life supporting first aid skills as we do,” said SALF’s president and founder Carol Spizzirri. “The successful passage of this resolution supporting training in these basic life saving skills proves that our nation’s mayors are equally dedicated to this important mission.”
Spizzirri and Sen. John McCain (AZ) at US Conference of Mayors. McCain offered encouragement to Spizzirri’s work securing passage of SALF’s Community Response System Initiative resolution.
Spizzirri congratulates Mayor Ray Nagin on his successful reelection in
New Orleans. Nagin was among the many supporters of SALF’s resolution calling for the formulation of Community Response System Initiative committees in cities across the nation.
Other elected officials who provided critical assistance in the passage of the CRIS resolution include Irma Anderson, Mayor of Richmond, CA. Mayor Anderson serves as chair of the Children, Health and Human Services committee and used her influence to guide the resolution through her committee which allowed the resolution be passed by the conference as a whole.
Irma Anderson, Mayor of Richmond, CA and Chair of the Health Cmte. for the USCM offered Carol Spizzirri unparalleled support in passage of the CRSI resolution.
David Wallace, Mayor of Sugar Land, TX (center) chairs a meeting of the US Conference of Mayors Homeland Security Task Force. Panelists include George Foresman (l) Under Secretary for Preparedness and FEMA Director R. David Paulison.
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