81R38023 JGH-D
By: Legler H.R. No. 2933
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Fire Marshal David Brannon and Deputy Fire Marshal
Debbie Taylor of the Pasadena Fire Department have been recognized
with the 2009 John R. Rauch Award from the Texas Chapter of the
International Association of Arson Investigators; and
WHEREAS, Awarded for excellence in arson investigation
training and in the promotion of fire education, the Rauch Award was
presented at the annual Texas Fire and Arson Investigators
Conference in Austin on March 26, 2009; and
WHEREAS, Marshal Brannon and Deputy Marshal Taylor received
the award for their creation and implementation of a juvenile
fire-setter intervention program in Pasadena; designed for youth
who might have an unhealthy interest in fire, the program helps to
divert these children from behavior that could endanger themselves
or others; and
WHEREAS, Participants in the program range in age from 3 to
17; after a child goes through an initial session with fire
department staff, Deputy Marshal Taylor follows up with the child
for a year; in the past five years, the program has boasted a 100
percent success rate in preventing risky or harmful behavior; and
WHEREAS, With this innovative effort, David Brannon and
Debbie Taylor have contributed greatly to the safety of their
community, and they are indeed deserving of this prestigious
recognition from their peers; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas
Legislature hereby congratulate Pasadena Fire Marshal David
Brannon and Deputy Fire Marshal Debbie Taylor on winning the John R.
Rauch Award and extend to them 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 Marshal Brannon and Deputy Marshal Taylor as an
expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives.