A Resolution recognizing "Black History Month" in Pennsylvania by commemorating the recently passed 50th anniversary of the closure of Freedom House Ambulance Service.

This House Resolution (HR 413) commemorates the 50th anniversary of the closure of Freedom House Ambulance Service, the first U.S. ambulance service staffed by professionally trained paramedics, which operated in Pittsburgh's Hill District from 1967 to 1975. It honors the service's role in pioneering emergency medical care in predominantly Black neighborhoods - where prior response times were slow and medical treatment was unavailable - and its influence on modern emergency medical systems nationwide. The resolution recognizes the service's 1968 founding (training 25 Black paramedics), its high response standards, and its legacy of advancing community health equity. As a commemorative resolution, it does not create new laws but formally acknowledges this milestone during Pennsylvania's Black History Month.