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	1	+	25.538.9 100th Legislative Session SC801
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	4	+	2025 South Dakota Legislature
5	5		Senate Commemoration 801
6		-	Introduced by: Senators Deibert, Crabtree, Duhamel, Larson, Nelson, Perry, Pischke, Rohl, and Zikmund and
7		-	Representatives Fitzgerald, Duffy, Emery, Greenfield, Kull, Moore, Muckey, Venhuizen, and Wittman
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10		-	A LEGISLATIVE COMMEMORATION, Recognizing and expressing gratitude to South
11		-	Dakota Wildland Fire and Black Hills volunteer fire departments for their
12		-	quick response and cooperation on Black Hills wildfires.
13		-	WHEREAS, South Dakota Wildland Fire, an agency of the Department of Public Safety,
14		-	was created on July 1, 2001, to work closely with federal agencies, volunteer and municipal
15		-	fire departments, other states, and South Dakota residents, to deliver fire mana gement
16		-	services within the state and in other states, as part of a national fire management system;
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18		-	WHEREAS, Wildland Fire employs engine personnel, hand crews, fuel mitigation
19		-	technicians, administrative support, and additional seasonal firefighters to fulfill its mission of
20		-	preventing, mitigating, and suppressing wildfires; and
21		-	WHEREAS, the volunteer firefighters in the Black Hills area sacrifice time with their loved
22		-	ones to train and prepare each year for fire season; and
23		-	WHEREAS, South Dakota Wildland Fire provides solid and consistent leadership to the
24		-	numerous volunteer fire departments in and around the Black Hills to protect people and
25		-	property; and
26		-	WHEREAS, South Dakota Wildland Fire and volunteer fire departments responded to two
27		-	hundred and fifty-four fires in the Black Hills area in 2024, and their quick action kept these
28		-	fires small, burning only two thousand nine hundred sixty-five acres; and
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35		-	WHEREAS, this quick response to fires would not be possible without Black Hills volunteer
36		-	firefighters, their cooperative spirit, and their commitment to protecting their friends and
37		-	neighbors;
38		-	NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT COMMEMORATED, by the One Hundredth Legislature of the State
39		-	of South Dakota, that South Dakota Wildland Fire and the Black Hills volunteer firefighters
40		-	consistently exhibit cooperation, commitment, and courage in protecting South Dak ota’s
41		-	residents, visitors, livelihoods, and natural treasures.
	12	+	Introduced by: Senator Deibert
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	14	+	Underscores indicate new language.
	15	+	Overstrikes indicate deleted language.
	16	+	A LEGISLATIVE COMMEMORATION, Recognizing and expressing gratitude to South 1
	17	+	Dakota Wildland Fire and Black Hills volunteer fire departments for their 2
	18	+	quick response and cooperation on Black Hills wildfires. 3
	19	+	WHEREAS, South Dakota Wildland Fire, an agency of the Department of Public Safety, 4
	20	+	was created on July 1, 2001, to work closely with federal agencies, volunteer and municipal 5
	21	+	fire departments, other states, and South Dakota residents, to deliver fire management 6
	22	+	services within the state and in other states, as part of a national fire management system; 7
	23	+	and 8
	24	+	WHEREAS, Wildland Fire employs engine personnel, hand crews, fuel mitigation 9
	25	+	technicians, administrative support, and additional seasonal firefighters to fulfill its mission of 10
	26	+	preventing, mitigating, and suppressing wildfires; and 11
	27	+	WHEREAS, the volunteer firefighters in the Black Hills area sacrifice time with their loved 12
	28	+	ones to train and prepare each year for fire season; and 13
	29	+	WHEREAS, South Dakota Wildland Fire provides solid and consistent leadership to the 14
	30	+	numerous volunteer fire departments in and around the Black Hills to protect people and 15
	31	+	property; and 16
	32	+	WHEREAS, South Dakota Wildland Fire and volunteer fire departments responded to two 17
	33	+	hundred and fifty-four fires in the Black Hills area in 2024, and their quick action kept these 18
	34	+	fires small, burning only two thousand nine hundred sixty-five acres; and 19
	35	+	WHEREAS, this quick response to fires would not be possible without Black Hills volunteer 20
	36	+	firefighters, their cooperative spirit, and their commitment to protecting their friends and 21
	37	+	neighbors; 22
	38	+	NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT COMMEMORATED, by the One Hundredth Legislature of the State 23
	39	+	of South Dakota, that South Dakota Wildland Fire and the Black Hills volunteer firefighters 24 25.538.9 2 SC801
	40	+	Underscores indicate new language.
	41	+	Overstrikes indicate deleted language.
	42	+	consistently exhibit cooperation, commitment, and courage in protecting South Dakota’s 1
	43	+	residents, visitors, livelihoods, and natural treasures. 2