H.R. No. 583

	R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, The Pasadena Volunteer Fire Department has served
	the city and surrounding communities for more than eight decades,
	and it is indeed fitting to recognize the enormous contributions of
	this noteworthy organization; and
	WHEREAS, The largest single-municipality, all-volunteer fire
	department in the United States, the Pasadena Volunteer Fire
	Department was founded in 1930 with an initial membership of 25
	firefighters; today, its ranks include more than 200 active
	firefighters and 50 semi-active firefighters who dedicate
	themselves to the safety and security of their fellow citizens; and
	WHEREAS, The PVFD has mutual aid agreements with all of its
	neighboring cities and many other nearby municipal and industrial
	fire departments and responds to approximately 170 alarms per month
	in its almost 60-square-mile service area; it provides mutual aid
	protection to Ellington Field, NASA's Johnson Space Center, and the
	University of Houston-Clear Lake, and it is an active member of the
	Channel Industries Mutual Aid organization, which responds to
	emergencies at petrochemical plants and refineries in the region;
	moreover, the department is the parent organization to the Pasadena
	Fire Marshal's Office, which handles inspections, fire prevention,
	and cause and origin investigations; and
	WHEREAS, Since 2006, the department has benefited from the
	able guidance of Chief Lanny Armstrong; his strong leadership team
	includes assistant chief Richard Lawhorn and district chiefs
	Granville Brasfield, Frank Butler, Dana Jenkins, Michael Kainer,
	Bill Moon, Dwight Ottele, Steve Owen, and John Stokes; and
	WHEREAS, The courageous firefighters serving and protecting
	Pasadena residents over the past 81 years have set the highest
	standards of excellence, and their department is a source of
	tremendous pride to the community; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas
	Legislature hereby honor the Pasadena Volunteer Fire Department and
	extend to its members sincere best wishes for continued success in
	their important work; and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
	prepared for the department as an expression of high regard by the
	Texas House of Representatives.
	Legler
	Straus Gonzales of Williamson Morrison
	Aliseda Gonzalez Munoz, Jr.
	Allen Gooden Murphy
	Alonzo Guillen Naishtat
	Alvarado Gutierrez Nash
	Anchia Hamilton Oliveira
	Anderson of Dallas Hancock Orr
	Anderson of McLennan Hardcastle Otto
	Aycock Harless Parker
	Beck Harper-Brown Patrick
	Berman Hartnett Paxton
	Bohac Hernandez Luna Pena
	Bonnen Hilderbran Perry
	Branch Hochberg Phillips
	Brown Hopson Pickett
	Burkett Howard of Fort Bend Pitts
	Burnam Howard of Travis Price
	Button Huberty Quintanilla
	Cain Hughes Raymond
	Callegari Hunter Reynolds
	Carter Isaac Riddle
	Castro Jackson Ritter
	Chisum Johnson Rodriguez
	Christian Keffer Schwertner
	Coleman King of Parker Scott
	Cook King of Taylor Sheets
	Craddick King of Zavala Sheffield
	Creighton Kleinschmidt Shelton
	Crownover Kolkhorst Simpson
	Darby Kuempel Smith of Harris
	Davis of Dallas Landtroop Smith of Tarrant
	J. Davis of Harris Larson Smithee
	S. Davis of Harris Laubenberg Solomons
	Deshotel Lavender Strama
	Driver Legler Taylor of Collin
	Dukes Lewis Taylor of Galveston
	Dutton Lozano Thompson
	Eiland Lucio III Torres
	Eissler Lyne Truitt
	Elkins Madden Turner
	Farias Mallory Caraway Veasey
	Farrar Margo Villarreal
	Fletcher Marquez Vo
	Flynn Martinez Walle
	Frullo Martinez Fischer Weber
	Gallego McClendon White
	Garza Menendez Woolley
	Geren Miles Workman
	Giddings Miller of Comal Zedler
	Gonzales of Hidalgo Miller of Erath Zerwas
	______________________________
	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.R. No. 583 was adopted by the House on March 3,
	2011, by a non-record vote.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House