; Whereas Freedom House Paramedic Chief John Moon was the first nonphysician to perform an endotracheal intubation in the field; Whereas the emergency medical services agency would also incorporate many other lifesaving procedures, including treatments for severe asthma attacks, tourniquets for uncontrolled bleeding, and advanced resuscitation techniques for individuals in cardiac arrest; Whereas Freedom House Ambulance Service was ended in 1975 when a newly elected mayor bent to pressure from the wealthier, White neighborhoods when they questioned why they were receiving inadequate prehospital emergency care compared to low-income, predominantly Black neighborhoods who were receiving state-of-the-art prehospital emergency care; and Whereas Freedom House Ambulance Service saved countless lives in Pittsburgh’s most underserved neighborhoods and served as the blueprint for the Nation’s first prehospital care textbook and the first set of national standards for emergency medical services: Now, therefore, be it