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      87(1) SR 20 - Enrolled version - Bill Text
      
               SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 20
            
                          WHEREAS, Jimmy Dale Chew is retiring as chief of the 
         
            Stephenville Fire Department on July 30, 2021, drawing to a close 
         
            an exemplary career that has spanned more than a half century 
         
            with the department; and
         
                          WHEREAS, Hired in 1970 for a three-month, temporary 
         
            position, Chief Chew went to fight his first fire after just a 
         
            morning of training; he took to the demanding work immediately 
         
            and stayed on as a firefighter and emergency medical technician, 
         
            winning promotion to lieutenant in 1983; he was soon named 
         
            assistant fire chief, and after serving as interim chief, he was 
         
            appointed chief in 2005; during his tenure, he has expanded EMS 
         
            services, added a second fire station, and increased staff to 
         
            better meet the needs of the community; and
         
                          WHEREAS, Chief Chew is a former president of the Texas Fire 
         
            Chiefs Association; he has been a member of the board since 2012 
         
            and is the Texas Municipal League's TFCA representative; in 
         
            addition, he has served on the State Fire Marshal's Line of Duty 
         
            Death investigation taskforce; he is active in the Texas 
         
            Intrastate Fire Mutual Aid System and as a member of the regional 
         
            incident management team; the Texas A&M Forest Service has called 
         
            on his expertise to fight fires across the state, and he helped 
         
            manage the massive 2011 Possum Kingdom Lake fire; over the years, 
         
            he has assisted in the investigation of a number of major 
         
            conflagrations, including the tragic West fertilizer plant 
         
            explosion; he and four other experts produced a report that 
         
            brought about vital advancements in preventing and battling 
         
            hazardous material fires and established best practices for the 
         
            storage of ammonium nitrate; and
         
                          WHEREAS, In 2017, Chief Chew was named Fire Chief of the 
         
            Year by the Texas Fire Chiefs Association; he also received a 
         
            gubernatorial appointment as an honorary admiral in the Texas 
         
            Navy, and the City of Stephenville celebrated December 1, 2020, 
         
            as Fire Chief Jimmy Chew Day; and
         
                          WHEREAS, Through his leadership, professionalism, and 
         
            steadfast commitment to excellence, Chief Chew has greatly 
         
            benefited the residents of Stephenville, and his contributions 
         
            to firefighting have earned him the lasting respect and 
         
            admiration of colleagues all across Texas; now, therefore, be it
         
                          RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 87th 
         
            Legislature, 1st Called Session, hereby congratulate Jimmy Dale 
         
            Chew on his retirement as chief of the Stephenville Fire 
         
            Department and extend to him sincere best wishes for continued 
         
            happiness; and, be it further
         
                          RESOLVED, That an official copy of this Resolution be 
         
            prepared for Chief Chew as an expression of high regard from the 
         
            Texas Senate.
         
            Springer
         
            ________________________________  
         
                    President of the Senate
         
                    I hereby certify that the 
         
            above Resolution was adopted by 
         
            the Senate on July 26, 2021.
         
            ________________________________  
         
                    Secretary of the Senate
         
            ________________________________  
         
                      Member, Texas Senate


	SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 20
	WHEREAS, Jimmy Dale Chew is retiring as chief of the
	Stephenville Fire Department on July 30, 2021, drawing to a close
	an exemplary career that has spanned more than a half century
	with the department; and

	WHEREAS, Hired in 1970 for a three-month, temporary
	position, Chief Chew went to fight his first fire after just a
	morning of training; he took to the demanding work immediately
	and stayed on as a firefighter and emergency medical technician,
	winning promotion to lieutenant in 1983; he was soon named
	assistant fire chief, and after serving as interim chief, he was
	appointed chief in 2005; during his tenure, he has expanded EMS
	services, added a second fire station, and increased staff to
	better meet the needs of the community; and

	WHEREAS, Chief Chew is a former president of the Texas Fire
	Chiefs Association; he has been a member of the board since 2012
	and is the Texas Municipal League's TFCA representative; in
	addition, he has served on the State Fire Marshal's Line of Duty
	Death investigation taskforce; he is active in the Texas
	Intrastate Fire Mutual Aid System and as a member of the regional
	incident management team; the Texas A&M Forest Service has called
	on his expertise to fight fires across the state, and he helped
	manage the massive 2011 Possum Kingdom Lake fire; over the years,
	he has assisted in the investigation of a number of major
	conflagrations, including the tragic West fertilizer plant
	explosion; he and four other experts produced a report that
	brought about vital advancements in preventing and battling
	hazardous material fires and established best practices for the
	storage of ammonium nitrate; and

	WHEREAS, In 2017, Chief Chew was named Fire Chief of the
	Year by the Texas Fire Chiefs Association; he also received a
	gubernatorial appointment as an honorary admiral in the Texas
	Navy, and the City of Stephenville celebrated December 1, 2020,
	as Fire Chief Jimmy Chew Day; and

	WHEREAS, Through his leadership, professionalism, and
	steadfast commitment to excellence, Chief Chew has greatly
	benefited the residents of Stephenville, and his contributions
	to firefighting have earned him the lasting respect and
	admiration of colleagues all across Texas; now, therefore, be it

	RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 87th
	Legislature, 1st Called Session, hereby congratulate Jimmy Dale
	Chew on his retirement as chief of the Stephenville Fire
	Department and extend to him sincere best wishes for continued
	happiness; and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this Resolution be
	prepared for Chief Chew as an expression of high regard from the
	Texas Senate.

	Springer



		________________________________
		President of the Senate

		I hereby certify that the
		above Resolution was adopted by
		the Senate on July 26, 2021.



		________________________________
		Secretary of the Senate



		________________________________
		Member, Texas Senate