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Resolution
WHEREAS, fires cause great human suffering and property destruction to
Citizens, businesses, and visitors of Ocoee, and
WHEREAS, fire fighters of Ocoee and other Central Florida area Fire
Departments daily risk their lives by combating these dangerous fires, and
WHEREAS, the readiness and skill of the fire fighting forces is directly
dependent upon their level of training and experience in actually combating
fires, and
WHEREAS, the Central Florida Fire Academy at Orlando endeavors to
provide the highest possible level of training for the fire forces of the Ocoee Fire
Department and all members of the Central Florida Fire Academy, and
WHEREAS, live fire training is critical in establishing and maintaining
the fire fighting skills of all fire fighters, and
WHEREAS, the Central Florida Fire Academy does not possess or have access
to a live fire training building within a sixty mile radius of its campus, and
WHEREAS, the Central Floria Fire Academy at Orlando is desirous of building
such a live fire training building but does not have adequate funding for such
an undertaking, and
WHEREAS, the Ocoee Board of Commissioners recognizes the value of live fire
training for fire fighters of Ocoee and other Central Florida Fire Fighters, and
WHEREAS, the cost of such a live fire training building is beyond the
resources of any individual Central Florida community, and
WHEREAS, the Ocoee Board of Commissioners appreciates the Public benefits
that can be derived by the cooperative efforts of State and local governments,
BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED that the Ocoee Board of Commissioners urges the
Legislature of the State of Florida to assist the Central Florida Fire Academy
at Orlando in the funding of a live fire training building, for the betterment of
Ilr the Central Florida fire service and the safety of its Citizens, businesses, and
visitors.
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