Bill Text: TX HR703 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Commemorating the 20th anniversary of Texas Task Force 1.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-03-17 - Reported enrolled [HR703 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HR703-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 703 |
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WHEREAS, In 2017, the Texas Task Force 1 | ||
urban-search-and-rescue team is celebrating 20 years of saving | ||
lives in the Lone Star State and across the nation; and | ||
WHEREAS, Texas Task Force 1 was established by the Texas | ||
Legislature in 1997 to train firefighters, medical specialists, | ||
dogs and their handlers, heavy equipment operators, structural | ||
engineers, and other specialty first responders in the techniques | ||
of search, rescue, and recovery, so that these skilled personnel | ||
might deploy during times of natural or man-made disaster; and | ||
WHEREAS, Headquartered in College Station, TX-TF1 is | ||
sponsored by the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service and | ||
operates under the direction of the Texas Division of Emergency | ||
Management; the task force coordinates the state's swift-water | ||
rescue program and, in conjunction with Texas Military Forces, the | ||
state's Helicopter Search and Rescue Team; and | ||
WHEREAS, Over the past two decades, the unit has been | ||
deployed by three governors to 87 disasters within the state, and | ||
its members have removed, rescued, or recovered countless Texans | ||
during such severe weather events as the 2015 Blanco River Flood and | ||
the 2016 Dallas--Fort Worth Metroplex tornadoes; and | ||
WHEREAS, In 2001, the Federal Emergency Management Agency | ||
designated this elite group as one of 28 national search-and-rescue | ||
teams, and TX-TF1 has since played a vital role in the response to | ||
42 disasters outside of the state, including Hurricanes Katrina, | ||
Rita, and Ike and the attack on the World Trade Center in New York | ||
City on September 11, 2001; and | ||
WHEREAS, For 20 years, the skilled and intrepid men and women | ||
of Texas Task Force 1 have swiftly answered the call to action and | ||
delivered expert and compassionate assistance to people in their | ||
hour of direst need, and they are truly deserving of special | ||
recognition on this notable occasion; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby commemorate the 20th anniversary of Texas Task | ||
Force 1 and extend to its members sincere gratitude for their | ||
lif | ||
esaving efforts and best wishes for continued success in their | ||
important work; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for Texas Task Force 1 as an expression of high regard by | ||
the Texas House of Representatives. | ||
Kacal | ||
Raney | ||
______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 703 was adopted by the House on March | ||
16, 2017, by a non-record vote. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||