Bill Text: TX HR17 | 2017 | 85th Legislature 1st Special Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating Shon Blake on his retirement as chief of the Baytown Fire Department.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-08-16 - Reported enrolled [HR17 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HR17-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 17 |
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WHEREAS, Shon Blake is retiring as chief of the Baytown Fire | ||
Department in August 2017, drawing to a close an outstanding career | ||
as a firefighter that has spanned more than four decades; and | ||
WHEREAS, Chief Blake first joined the department in 1976, and | ||
over the course of his exemplary 41-year tenure, he steadily worked | ||
his way up through the ranks of the department, becoming a battalion | ||
chief in 1990 and assistant chief of operations in 2001; since his | ||
appointment as chief in October 2004, he has played a vital role in | ||
the growth of the department, spearheading efforts to improve | ||
training and expand emergency medical services; and | ||
WHEREAS, A member of the National Fire Service Incident | ||
Management System Consortium, Chief Blake has contributed to the | ||
publication of six of the consortium's Model Procedures Guides; he | ||
is also a principal member of the National Fire Protection | ||
Association's Technical Committee on Occupational Safety and | ||
Health Standards, and he serves on the Texas Commission on Fire | ||
Protection Ad-Hoc Committee on Wellness and Fitness; and | ||
WHEREAS, Chief Blake's dedication, professionalism, and | ||
commitment to protecting the lives and property of the public have | ||
greatly benefited the citizens of Baytown and earned him the | ||
respect and admiration of his fellow firefighters, and he may | ||
indeed reflect with pride on a career well spent as he embarks on | ||
the next exciting chapter of his life; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas | ||
Legislature, 1st Called Session, hereby congratulate Shon Blake on | ||
his retirement as chief of the Baytown Fire Department and extend to | ||
him sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for Chief Blake as an expression of high regard by the | ||
Texas House of Representatives. | ||
Cain | ||
______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 17 was adopted by the House on August | ||
15, 2017, by a non-record vote. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||