HLS 21RS-3467 ORIGINAL
2021 Regular Session
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 145
BY REPRESENTATIVE COUSSAN
COMMENDATIONS: Commends Acadian Ambulance on the occasion of the company's
fiftieth anniversary
1 A RESOLUTION
2To commend Acadian Ambulance on the occasion of the company's fiftieth anniversary.
3 WHEREAS, founded in 1971, Acadian Companies is an employee-owned,
4multifaceted company with six divisions, a global reach, and a mission of improving the
5lives of patients, customers, and employees through its innovative spirit and dedicated team
6of professionals; and
7 WHEREAS, Acadian is the largest employee-owned ambulance service in the nation
8and has earned a reputation as one of the nation's most respected and accomplished medical
9transportation companies; and
10 WHEREAS, Acadian Ambulance Service began operations on September 1, 1971,
11with three co-founders, two ambulances, and eight medics covering two hundred seventy-
12nine square miles of Lafayette Parish; and
13 WHEREAS, since then, Acadian Ambulance has been in continuous operation
14through hurricanes, floods, ice storms, and even a pandemic; and
15 WHEREAS, over the past five decades, Acadian Ambulance's service area has grown
16to include thirty-five parishes in Louisiana, thirty-five counties in Texas, one county in
17Mississippi, and one county in Tennessee; their fleet includes six hundred twenty-eight
18ambulances, twelve helicopters, and five fixed-wing aircraft staffed by two thousand seven
19hundred medics who transport more than six hundred thirty-five thousand patients annually;
20and
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1 WHEREAS, Acadian Ambulance is one of the only companies in the nation to be
2accredited by both the Commission on Accreditation of Ambulance Services and the
3Commission on Accreditation of Medical Transport Systems; and
4 WHEREAS, in the 1980s, Acadian began providing medics to work on oil
5installations in the Gulf of Mexico in the form of Safety Management Systems; in 2003,
6Acadian launched the National EMS Academy, which has a fully accredited partnership with
7South Louisiana Community College and the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service
8to educate EMTs and paramedics for agencies across the United States; and
9 WHEREAS, Acadian partnered with the NAACP and local inclusion and diversity
10groups to provide a scholarship program for young men and women interested in a career
11in emergency medical services; and
12 WHEREAS, Acadian Companies has garnered international acclaim and recognition
13as a result of the dedication of its employee-owners; it has been recognized by the American
14Ambulance Association, the United States Senate, Bill Gates, Inc. Magazine, and even the
15Smithsonian Institution; and
16 WHEREAS, Acadian Ambulance Service is most deserving of the highest
17recognition for its dedicated service to the people of Louisiana and beyond for the last fifty
18years.
19 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the
20Legislature of Louisiana does hereby commend Acadian Ambulance on the occasion of the
21company's fiftieth anniversary; does hereby recognize that immense pride that Acadian has
22brought to the great state of Louisiana; and does hereby extend sincere wishes for their
23continued success over the next fifty years.
24 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
25chief executive officer of Acadian Companies.
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DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HR 145 Original 2021 Regular Session Coussan
Commends Acadian Ambulance on the occasion of the company's 50th anniversary.
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