Virginia SR 135: Commending Wanda Willis.

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17103940D 

SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 135 

Offered February 6, 2017 

Commending Wanda Willis. 

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Patron-- Obenshain 

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WHEREAS, Wanda Willis retired as a lieutenant with the 
Harrisonburg Fire Department on December 31, 2016, after more than 30 years of 
working to serve and safeguard the members of the community as a dispatcher and 
fire prevention officer; and

WHEREAS, Wanda Willis began her career as a dispatcher for 
Augusta County in 1982, then joined the Harrisonburg Fire Department as a 
dispatcher in 1983; and

WHEREAS, after a devastating house fire, Wanda Willis was 
inspired to serve the community as a part-time fire prevention specialist 
beginning in 1990; she oversaw the creation of several fire prevention and 
safety programs and became a full-time fire prevention specialist in 2001; and 

WHEREAS, throughout her career, Wanda Willis presented fire 
prevention and safety programs to students in third grade, sixth grade, and 
ninth grade and designed programs for freshmen at Eastern Mennonite University 
and James Madison University; and 

WHEREAS, Wanda Willis helped members of the community to 
understand the importance of fire prevention by incorporating real-world events 
into her lessons; she increased awareness of family escape plans and techniques 
families can use to prevent childhood injuries; and 

WHEREAS, Wanda Willis established the Free Pizza/Free Smoke 
Alarm Event, where families received a free pizza for allowing firefighters to 
test their smoke alarms, and she supported child car seat checks, which 
corrected thousands of improperly installed car seats in the area; and 

WHEREAS, respected for her expertise, Wanda Willis founded 
Safe Kids Central Shenandoah Valley and was selected to serve the Commonwealth 
on the State Child Fatality Review Team from 2004 to 2010, which reviews every 
child fatality incident in Virginia; now, therefore, be it 

RESOLVED by the Senate of Virginia, That Wanda Willis hereby 
be commended for her three decades of service to the community on the occasion 
of her retirement as a lieutenant with the Harrisonburg Fire Department in 
2016; and, be it 

RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the Senate prepare a copy 
of this resolution for presentation to Wanda Willis as an expression of the 
Senate of Virginia�s admiration for her commitment to protecting the lives and 
property of all Harrisonburg residents by promoting fire safety.