Bill Text: TX HR643 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating Frank B. Patterson III on his retirement as Waco-McLennan County emergency management coordinator.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2019-03-11 - Reported enrolled [HR643 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HR643-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 643 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Frank B. Patterson III is retiring as emergency | ||
| management coordinator for the City of Waco and McLennan County in | ||
| March 2019, drawing to a close nearly two decades of outstanding | ||
| service to the region; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Since joining the Waco-McLennan County Office of | ||
| Emergency Management in July 1999, Mr. Patterson has led the city | ||
| and county through six presidential-declared and three | ||
| state-declared disasters, including wildfires, tornadoes, and | ||
| floods; in the aftermath of the fertilizer plant explosion in West | ||
| in 2013, he served more than six months as incident commander, | ||
| helping guide the community through its long-term recovery, and he | ||
| has been invited to speak at nearly 100 emergency management and | ||
| first responder conferences about the lessons learned in West; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Mr. Patterson has also developed the initial | ||
| standard operating procedures for the City of Waco's CBRNE | ||
| (chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosive) | ||
| response team, modernized the emergency communications systems, | ||
| helped design the new Emergency Operations Center, and overseen the | ||
| launch of the Fire Corps program and the Community Emergency | ||
| Response Team; he has served five terms as president of the McLennan | ||
| County Fire Protection Association and 15 years as chair of the | ||
| Emergency Preparedness Advisory Committee for the Heart of Texas | ||
| Council of Governments; and | ||
| WHEREAS, A graduate of Lamar University, Mr. Patterson began | ||
| his career in 1985, and before taking over emergency management in | ||
| Waco, he worked as a firefighter in Pharr and Edinburg, as a safety | ||
| and health supervisor in Beaumont and Houston, and as fire training | ||
| instructor at Lamar University; in 1997, he was the founding | ||
| coordinator of the Fire Protection Technology Program at McLennan | ||
| Community College, and he is leaving his current position to take up | ||
| the newly created position of emergency manager at MCC; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Over the course of nearly three and a half decades, | ||
| this veteran first responder has become a nationally recognized | ||
| leader in emergency response and management, and he may indeed | ||
| reflect with pride on his career so far as he takes on the | ||
| challenges and opportunities of his new position; now, therefore, | ||
| be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby congratulate Frank Patterson on his retirement | ||
| from the Waco-McLennan County Office of Emergency Management and | ||
| extend to him sincere best wishes for continued success in his | ||
| important work; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for Mr. Patterson as an expression of high regard by the | ||
| Texas House of Representatives. | ||
| Kacal | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 643 was adopted by the House on March | ||
| 4, 2019, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
