Bill Text: SC H3636 | 2019-2020 | 123rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Rodney R. Jewett, Jr.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-01-17 - Introduced, adopted, returned with concurrence [H3636 Detail]
Download: South_Carolina-2019-H3636-Introduced.html
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR RODNEY R. JEWETT, JR., OF GEORGETOWN COUNTY, FIRE CAPTAIN IN THE MURRELLS INLET-GARDEN CITY FIRE DISTRICT, AND TO CONGRATULATE HIM UPON HIS INDUCTION INTO THE DISTRICT'S LIFE MEMBERSHIP.
Whereas, the members of South Carolina General Assembly are pleased to learn that Rodney R. Jewett, Jr., has been honored for his years of dedicated service to the Murrells Inlet-Garden City Fire District (MIGCFD) with Life Membership in the district; and
Whereas, nominations are evaluated by the Chief of the Fire District and recommended to the Board of Directors for their approval, and honorees receive plaques at the Annual Awards Banquet; and
Whereas, an inductee must have been an active member for at least fifteen consecutive years and at least fifty-five years of age, having demonstrated outstanding service to their community and to the Fire District during that time; and
Whereas, before moving to South Carolina, Mr. Jewett served with distinction in the United States Coast Guard from August 1985 to September 1989; and
Whereas, he served in New York State with the Oswego Volunteer Fire Company, and now a resident of Murrells Inlet, he joined the MIGCFD in October 1995, where he has risen to the rank of fire captain; and
Whereas, after joining the MIGCFD in 1995 as a firefighter, Captain Jewett was promoted to the rank of engineer in 1996, to lieutenant in 2000, and to captain in 2004. He has also served as head of the MIGCFD Water Rescue Unit; and
Whereas, recognized by his peers as the 2012 MIGCFD Firefighter of the Year, Captain Jewett oversees a seventeen-person fire company where he is responsible for the safety and wellbeing of personnel assigned to his company and the professional development of current and new personnel assigned there; and
Whereas, together with his wife, Kelly, he has a very successful exterminating business, and they are now proud grandparents; and
Whereas, the General Assembly appreciates the dedicated service that Rodney Jewett has provided to the MIGCFD, to its employees and volunteers, and to the people who live, work, and visit there, and the members celebrate his recognition as a Lifetime Member of the district. Now, therefore,
Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring:
That the members of the South Carolina General Assembly, by this resolution, recognize and honor Rodney R. Jewett, Jr., of Georgetown County, Fire Captain in the Murrells Inlet-Garden City Fire District, and congratulate him upon his induction into the district's Life Membership.
Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be presented to Rodney R. Jewett, Jr.
