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Honoring and Recognizing Phillip Goldsmith, The City of Philadelphia's Managing Director and Fran Dougherty, Office of the Managing Director who served as Project Manager and commending them for their quick actions and prompt response to a major fire on February 13, 2004 that threatened to engulf the lives and properties of the near neighbors and surrounding communities.
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WHEREAS, On the afternoon of Friday, February 13, 2004, at the start of evening rush hour, a twenty inch gas main was accidentally breached at an open excavation at the intersection of Ogontz and Olney Avenues; and
WHEREAS, The ruptured main ignited a fire that threatened to engulf structures in the surrounding communities and within minutes of the incident, the Office of the City Managing Director implemented the Emergency Plan of the City of Philadelphia; and
WHEREAS, The City Managing Director coordinated the responses of officials from city departments, city agencies, utility companies, the private sector, LaSalle University and the American Red Cross to contain the fire and to secure the safety of the surrounding community; and
WHEREAS, LaSalle University offered its facilities and personnel for the purpose of allowing the Red Cross to set up a community emergency response center to provide shelter, food and housing for neighborhood residents at the Tom Gola Arena; and
WHEREAS, The dedicated men and women of the Philadelphia Police, Fire and Streets Departments, the Philadelphia Gas Works; the Philadelphia Water Department; the Philadelphia Electric Company; the Philadelphia School District, the Fairmont Park Commission, Licenses and Inspections, the Office of Emergency Management, the American Red Cross, PENNDOT; Comcast Cablevision, Verizon Communications; LaSalle University, the Philadelphia City Managing Director's Office worked tirelessly to protect the lives and property of the community...
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