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RESOLUTION HONORING RESOLUTION NO. 2002!315
THE SEVENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY
OF THE RODEO HERCULES
FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT
WHEREAS,the Rodeo Volunteer Fire Department dedicated its original brick firehouse on Third Street in
Rodeo in April 1927. Ten years after the firehouse was built, the importance of the growing department was
recognized and in 1937 the official Rodeo Fire District was formed; and
WHEREAS, in 1946 the Board of Commissioners, led by Chief Lloyd Cooper, approved an order to have a
firefighter on duty at all times,day and night. In 1965 Arthur Cooper was hired as the first paid Fire Chief for
the Rodeo Fire Protection District; and
WHEREAS, in the 1984's the District r as a azo tl"to'itidlu—a e-pity of Hercules and became the Rodeo-
Hercules Fire Protection District In`� cul 8 buil�'its fit pe anent fire station and in 1995 the District,
through funding received rthq akeSid, pct of 1994 as well as the
Contra Costa County Red `lcertt" € c ;rebuilt the°eisting`fe sta�ti" irT Ideo, and
"VitWHEREAS, today to 'servitag an. rea of approxirtrt�ly 26 sgtireIli i a population of
approximately 34, k0the carni dnity from two fire s atlons–one in Pls �lvs: d one in Rodeo.
NOW, THE l ; E IT RESOLVED that the Board�of Sup visors of Co a t County does
hereby honor 'A `Hercurat�",o�tes Fire Protection District at"the cele� of there
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MARK IJeSACJL , D. GLOVER
District IV Supervisor h " strict V Supervisor
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GAYL &OLREMA
District II Supervisor
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of an order
entered into the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date aforesaid.
John Sweeten,County Administrator and clerk of the Board of
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Deputy Clerk