LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION commemorating the 70th Anniversary of the Fleming
Fire Department Company No. 2 to be celebrated on February 2, 2013

WHEREAS, This Legislative Body is proud to commemorate the 70th Anniver-
sary of the Fleming Fire Department Company No. 2, and to honor its past
and present firefighting members for 70 years of fire protection to the
citizens of Fleming, New York, and its surrounding communities; and
WHEREAS, This auspicious occasion will be celebrated at a dinner to be
held on Saturday, February 2, 2013, at Springside Inn, Auburn, New York;
and
WHEREAS, The Fleming Fire Department Company No. 2 is one of two sepa-
rate fire companies organized to service the Town of Fleming; organized
in 1943, the Company moved to the old Grist Mill at the corner of Rt. 34
and Mills Street the following year; and
WHEREAS, In the beginning, the Fleming Fire Department Company No. 2
used a homemade fire truck rebuilt from a converted old milk truck; in
April of 1954, the Company purchased its first apparatus from the John
Bean Company; and
WHEREAS, The Fleming Fire Department Company No. 2 held its first
fundraising carnival in 1956; the carnivals were held annually until the
late 1980s when the members decided to replace the carnivals with regu-
lar chicken barbeques and raffles to raise funds necessary for the fire
department; and
WHEREAS, In 1962, the Fleming Fire Department Company No. 2 converted
an old gasoline tanker into a water tanker to be used for the fire
department until 1965, when the members were able to purchase a new
tanker; and
WHEREAS, Today, under the direction of Fire Chief, Rick Saxton and
Company President, Peter Pinckney, the Fleming Fire Department Company
No. 2 is now equipped with four apparatus including an ambulance, a
tanker-pumper, a squad truck, and a fire engine; and
WHEREAS, Fire departments are an integral part of community protection
services in every locality of our State; during the past 70 years, the
courageous and devoted firefighters of the Fleming Fire Department
Company No. 2 have valiantly responded to all types of fire emergencies
and have won the praise and respect of the community which they serve;
and
WHEREAS, With a membership of dedicated firefighters, the record of
the Fleming Fire Department Company No. 2 in public service and fire
protection is one to be envied; for 24 hours a day, for 365 days a year,
for 70 years, whenever the alarm sounded, these noble volunteers left
their homes and went to the aid of their neighbors; and
WHEREAS, The brave firefighters of the Fleming Fire Department Company
No. 2 are prepared to risk their lives every day to help save the lives
of others and to protect homes and property from the destruction caused
by fire; and
WHEREAS, In addition to the skill and devoted service demonstrated by
individual firefighters, the Fleming Fire Department Company No. 2
reflects the history and development of firefighting over the past 70
years; and
WHEREAS, This Legislative Body cannot express sufficient gratitude to
those devoted individuals who recognize that the preservation of life
and property is a sacred responsibility and who make that responsibility
their own by serving as firefighters; and
WHEREAS, It is the sense of this Legislative Body that we should give
special recognition to those who work so assiduously for the betterment
of their communities, and acknowledge publicly the heroic good works

performed by the volunteer fire departments of this great Empire State,
their officers and auxiliaries; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
proudly commemorate the 70th Anniversary of the Fleming Fire Department
Company No. 2 to be celebrated on February 2, 2013; and be it further
RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be tran-
smitted to Rick Saxton, Fire Chief, the Fleming Fire Department Company
No. 2.