By:  Barrientos                                 S.R. No. 1036
    1-1                           SENATE RESOLUTION
    1-2        WHEREAS, The safety of our children is of paramount
    1-3  importance to all citizens of the State of Texas; and
    1-4        WHEREAS, The City of Austin will soon unveil its Central
    1-5  Texas Fire Safety House after almost two years in planning; the
    1-6  ceremony will take place at Linder Elementary School on
    1-7  May 26, 1993; and
    1-8        WHEREAS, The house is a mobile replica of a two-story family
    1-9  dwelling that will be used by fire departments in Central Texas to
   1-10  show the importance of home  exit drills and smoke detectors; and
   1-11        WHEREAS, The miniature two-story home is built on a trailer
   1-12  so that it can be transported to area schools and community events;
   1-13  the Fire Safety House provides elementary school students with an
   1-14  opportunity to learn from firsthand experience how to get out of
   1-15  a house on fire; and
   1-16        WHEREAS, Most of the people killed in fires in the
   1-17  United States die in their homes; the children who will practice
   1-18  eluding injury during a fire will be less likely to suffer smoke
   1-19  inhalation or die; and
   1-20        WHEREAS, More than a dozen members of the Local United
   1-21  Brotherhood of Carpenters have been working on the project for
   1-22  months, giving freely of their time and energy; and
   1-23        WHEREAS, In addition to the invaluable help the project
    2-1  received from the union, representatives from the fire department,
    2-2  the Ben Hur Shrine Temple, KKMJ Radio, and Farmers Insurance Group
    2-3  contributed their expertise; this project has received wide
    2-4  community support; the people who have worked on the project
    2-5  deserve legislative recognition; now, therefore, be it
    2-6        RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas,
    2-7  73rd Legislature, hereby congratulate all those who made possible
    2-8  the excellent Fire Safety House that will help the children of
    2-9  Central Texas learn how to live through a fire; and, be it further
   2-10        RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared
   2-11  for them as an expression of esteem from the Senate of Texas.
   2-12                                 _____________________________________
   2-13                                        President of the Senate
   2-14                                      I hereby certify that the
   2-15                                 above Resolution was adopted by
   2-16                                 the Senate on May 24, 1993.
   2-17                                 _____________________________________
   2-18                                        Secretary of the Senate
   2-19                                 _____________________________________
   2-20                                          Member, Texas Senate