PRINTER'S NO. 1018
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
868
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY MILLER, JULY 17, 2023
REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION, JULY 17, 2023
AN ACT
Designating a portion of State Route 2005, known as Lehigh
Street, in Allentown, Lehigh County, from Segment 0060/Offset
1800 to the intersection with Vultee Street, as the Chief
Christopher Kiskeravage Memorial Highway.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Chief Christopher Kiskeravage Memorial Highway.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) Chief Christopher Kiskeravage was a volunteer with
the Shenandoah Ambulance Corp as a teenager and continued
life as a career firefighter and paramedic.
(2) Chief Kiskeravage worked at Cetronia Ambulance as a
paramedic and was a member of the International Association
of Fire Fighters for the Easton Fire Department from 1989
until 1996 and the Allentown Fire Department from 1996 until
2019, when he retired as Assistant Chief.
(3) Chief Kiskeravage was a member of the Lehigh County
Special Operations team, Pennsylvania Urban Search and Rescue
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(4) Chief Kiskeravage was a Pennsylvania State Fire
Academy Instructor and was instrumental in the development of
the Allentown Fire Department Technical Rescue team.
(5) After retiring from Allentown where he was in
command of the fire academy, Chief Kiskeravage was appointed
as South Whitehall Township's first Fire Commissioner.
(6) Chief Kiskeravage trained firefighters across the
globe with Bucks County Community College's Fire and Public
Safety.
(7) Chief Kiskeravage also traveled internationally, as
well as across the United States, teaching emergency medical
technicians and topics related to fire suppression and
hazardous materials.
(8) On June 9, 2023, Chief Kiskeravage passed away at
the age of 56, after a lengthy battle with cancer.
(b) Designation.--The portion of State Route 2005, known as
Lehigh Street, in Allentown, Lehigh County, from Segment
0060/Offset 1800 to the intersection with Vultee Street, is
designated as the Chief Christopher Kiskeravage Memorial
Highway.
(c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and
maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the highway to
traffic in both directions on the highway.
Section 2. Effective date.
This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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