Presidential Document2024-25590
National First Responders Day, 2024
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November 1, 2024
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October 25, 2024
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 212 (Friday, November 1, 2024)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 87259-87260]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-25590]
Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 212 / Friday, November 1, 2024 /
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Title 3--
The President
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Proclamation 10845 of October 25, 2024
National First Responders Day, 2024
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
On National First Responders Day, we recognize and
celebrate all the brave first responders across our
country who risk their lives to keep the rest of us
safe.
Our first responders represent the best of who we are
as a people. They are the police officers and sheriff's
deputies who answer our calls, ready to help, no matter
the situation. They are the firefighters running toward
the flames to protect our communities. They are
emergency medical technicians, paramedics, 911
dispatchers, 988 crisis responders, and all the medical
professionals providing emergency care, who sacrifice
so much to be there for us when a crisis hits. Our
first responders are everyday heroes, and we are so
grateful for their service. In the wake of Hurricane
Milton and Hurricane Helene, we witnessed the courage
and bravery of our first responders firsthand and just
how much they sacrifice to keep the rest of us safe,
including the brave search and rescue teams who have
saved thousands of lives in the aftermath of the
storms.
My Administration is committed to supporting our first
responders and ensuring they have access to the
resources they need to thrive. During the COVID-19
pandemic, I signed the American Rescue Plan to keep
first responders on the job, which provided billions of
dollars to help cities, States, and Tribal Nations
retain and hire more law enforcement officers,
firefighters, and emergency health providers and pay
their bonuses and overtime. I also signed the
Protecting America's First Responders Act, which
expanded death, disability, and education benefits for
first responders killed or permanently disabled in the
line of duty and their families. My Administration is
also making sure that firefighters are getting the
health care they need by launching the National
Firefighter Registry for Cancer--our Nation's largest
effort to reduce the risk of cancer among
firefighters--providing access to job-related
disability benefits for firefighters diagnosed with
certain kinds of cancer or lung disease, and protecting
firefighters from toxic PFAS chemicals in their gear
and equipment.
My Administration is working to make our communities
safer and more resilient while keeping our first
responders safe. I signed the most significant gun
safety law in nearly 30 years while also strengthening
background checks for gun purchasers and cracking down
on illegal gun sales and ghost guns. And my Investing
in America agenda included funding to make our
communities more resilient to natural disasters.
This month, Vice President Harris and I visited North
Carolina and Florida in the aftermath of Hurricane
Helene and Hurricane Milton. Lives were lost. Entire
neighborhoods had been turned into debris. Portions of
entire cities were underwater. But our first responders
stepped up in this time of need, picking up the pieces
and acting as a source of strength for everyone else.
Today, may we honor the critical role first responders
play in our lives--showing up in our darkest times to
provide hope, light, and care.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., President of
the United States of America, by virtue of the
authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws
of the United States, do hereby proclaim October 28,
2024,
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as National First Responders Day. I call upon all the
people of the United States to observe this day with
appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities to
honor our brave first responders and to pay tribute to
those who have lost their lives in the line of duty.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
twenty-fifth day of October, in the year of our Lord
two thousand twenty-four, and of the Independence of
the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
ninth.
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[FR Doc. 2024-25590
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