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.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
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 | ||
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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 | ||