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THE OFFICIAL COPY CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FIRST READER COPY.
INTRODUCTORY*
CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL
Introduced by: Councilmember D'Adamo
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ORDINANCE concerning
Title
City Property - Naming Engine Company 27, Truck 26 Fire Station to be Allan M. Roberts Fire Station
FOR the purpose of naming the Engine Company 27, Truck 26 Fire Station, located at 4315 Mannasota Avenue, to be the Allan M. Roberts Fire Station.
Body
BY authority of
Article 5 - Finance, Property, and Procurement
Section 20-2
Baltimore City Code
(Edition 2000)
Recitals
Allan M. Roberts was a 19-year veteran of the Baltimore City Fire Department. He entered the Fire Academy on April 20, 1987, and after graduation on July 2, he was assigned to Engine 37. He later transferred to Truck 26 and eventually became the First Acting Lieutenant on D Shift.
During his career with the Fire Department, he received awards and recognition for his service. He received an Exemplary Performance Award for the rescue of an infant from an apartment fire, on February 28, 1994. For this he received a Mayor's Citation, City Council Ceremonial Resolution #5510, and the African American Exposition Recognition Award. He received another Exemplary Performance Award on July 19, 2002, for his service during the Howard Street Tunnel Fire of July 18-23, 2001. He also received a Certificate of Appreciation on March 21, 1999.
On October 10, 2006, Firefighter Allan Roberts was working an overtime shift at Engine 41 when reports of a dwelling fire, with 2 people trapped, was received. His unit was among those that responded to this fire at 514 South Macon Street. He and 2 others advanced a line through a door of the dwelling, and they soon became trapped. Although the men were rescued, Allan Roberts did not recover from his injuries, and he lost his life because he tried to save others. At his funeral, Mayor Martin O'Malley summed it all up when he told Allan Roberts' children that we owe them a debt that we will never be able to repay.
SECTION 1. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE, That the Engine Company 27, Truck 26 Fire Station, located at 4315 Mannasota Avenue, is named the Allan M. Roberts Fire Station.
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, That this Ordinance takes effect on the 30th day after the date it is enacted.
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