85S10585 JGH-D
By: Cyrier H.R. No. 25
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, An exemplary life dedicated to the safety of his
community drew to a close with the death of former Bastrop fire
chief Michael C. Fisher on July 4, 2017, at the age of 74; and
WHEREAS, Mike Fisher was born on October 6, 1942, to Merle and
Mary Fisher, and he attended Cameron Junior College and Oklahoma
State University; he was a loving husband to Bonnie Sue Fisher for
43 years and the proud father of three children, Mary Sue, Wesley,
and Robert; he also took great joy in welcoming into his family
seven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren; and
WHEREAS, Over the course of a distinguished career as a first
responder and emergency manager, Mr. Fisher served with the Bastrop
Fire Department from 1973 to 2013, and he led the agency as chief
from 1985 to 1995; he also held the office of director of water and
wastewater for Bastrop, and for 20 years, he was the city's
emergency management coordinator; and
WHEREAS, Following his retirement from that post in 2005,
Mr. Fisher served as deputy director of emergency management for
Bastrop County; as an incident commander during the catastrophic
wildfire in 2011, his skilled and rapid response helped save many
lives, and he also provided invaluable support to other regional
disaster response efforts, including the Burnet County floods in
2007 and the fertilizer plant explosion in West in 2013; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Fisher was a member of the Capital Area Type 3
Incident Management Team and the Capital Area Council of
Governments' Homeland Security Task Force, and he played an
instrumental role in the creation of the Texas Emergency Management
Assistance Team, a statewide network of multidisciplinary experts
who provide quick response to disasters; his numerous honors
include two Awards of Distinction from the Bastrop Chamber of
Commerce and a Phoenix Award for Outstanding Contributions to
Disaster Recovery by a Public Official from the U.S. Small Business
Administration; and
WHEREAS, For four and a half decades, Mike Fisher devoted
himself to protecting the lives and property of the people of
Bastrop and Bastrop County, and he leaves behind a record of service
that his loved ones can remember with pride; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas
Legislature, 1st Called Session, hereby pay tribute to the memory
of Michael C. Fisher and extend heartfelt sympathy to all who mourn
his passing; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for his family and that when the Texas House of
Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Mike
Fisher.