SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION No. 7

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

209th LEGISLATURE

PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2000 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Senator GARRY J. FURNARI

District 36 (Bergen, Essex and Passaic)

SYNOPSIS

    Designates North Service Road portion of State Highway Route No. 3 in Rutherford Borough, Bergen County, as the "Thomas E. Dunn Memorial Highway."

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

    As Introduced.

A Joint Resolution designating the North Service Road portion of State Highway Route No. 3 in Rutherford Borough, Bergen County, as the "Thomas E. Dunn Memorial Highway."

Whereas, On January 4, 1994, Rutherford Borough volunteer firefighter Thomas E. Dunn perished while searching room-to-room for survivors in a 109-year-old wood-frame house when a sudden eruption of flames engulfed him; and

Whereas, Firefighter Dunn, encountered temperatures within the house which escalated from 100 degrees to 2,000 degrees in an instant due to the nature of the construction of the dwelling, was surrounded by the flames and could not escape the inferno; and

Whereas, Mr. Dunn, an employee of the U.S. Postal Service at the Bulk Mail Center of Jersey City, was a member of the Rutherford Rescue Company No. 5 for four years; and

Whereas, Mr. Dunn, a devoted husband and father, was noted by the Rutherford Borough Administrator as having served with the utmost distinction and professionalism; and

Whereas, It is most fitting and proper for this son of New Jersey to be honored for his bravery, heroism and service by the designation of the North Service Road portion of State Highway Route No. 3 in the borough of Rutherford in his name; now, therefore,

    Be It Resolved by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

    1. The Commissioner of Transportation shall designate the North Service Road portion of State Highway Route No. 3 in Rutherford Borough, Bergen County, as the "Thomas E. Dunn Memorial Highway."

    2. The Commissioner of Transportation is authorized to erect appropriate and permanent route and directional signs bearing that designation, and indicating that the portion of the highway bearing that designation is located within the borough of Rutherford.

    3. This joint resolution shall take effect immediately.

STATEMENT

    The purpose of this joint resolution is to designate the North Service Road portion of State Highway Route No. 3 in Rutherford Borough, Bergen County, as the "Thomas E. Dunn Memorial Highway" in honor of Thomas E. Dunn, a Rutherford firefighter who died in the line of duty.