| 1 | 1 | | H.R. No. 2366 |
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| 4 | 4 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 5 | | WHEREAS, Robert Rocha is retiring as chief of the Corpus |
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| 6 | 6 | | Christi Fire Department in 2023, after more than a decade of |
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| 7 | 7 | | dedicated service to the agency; and |
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| 8 | 8 | | WHEREAS, A native of Kansas City, Robert Rocha began his |
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| 9 | 9 | | career in 1982 with the Kansas City Fire Department, and in 2011, he |
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| 10 | 10 | | became chief of the Corpus Christi FD; he has ably overseen the |
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| 11 | 11 | | department's staff, which currently includes 446 sworn |
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| 12 | 12 | | firefighters and 16 civilian employees, and over the course of his |
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| 13 | 13 | | tenure, he has played an instrumental role in securing funding to |
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| 14 | 14 | | hire personnel, pay for training courses, and purchase equipment; |
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| 15 | 15 | | under his direction, the department has constructed two new fire |
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| 16 | 16 | | stations and established the Hazardous Materials Team as a FEMA |
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| 17 | 17 | | Type 1 response team; and |
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| 18 | 18 | | WHEREAS, This respected public servant has benefited his |
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| 19 | 19 | | professional community as president of the Metropolitan Fire Chiefs |
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| 20 | 20 | | Association and as a member of the National Fire Protection |
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| 21 | 21 | | Association Standards Committee for Mass Evacuation; moreover, he |
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| 22 | 22 | | gives generously of his time and talents to the United Way of the |
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| 23 | 23 | | Coastal Bend board of directors, the Parent Teacher Student |
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| 24 | 24 | | Association of Collegiate High School, and the finance board of Our |
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| 25 | 25 | | Lady of Guadalupe Church; and |
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| 26 | 26 | | WHEREAS, Chief Rocha holds an associate's degree in fire |
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| 27 | 27 | | science, a bachelor's degree in management and human relations, and |
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| 28 | 28 | | an executive master's degree in business administration; in all his |
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| 29 | 29 | | endeavors, he enjoys the love and support of his family, which |
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| 30 | 30 | | includes his four children, Hannah, Dominic, Gabriella, and Olivia; |
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| 31 | 31 | | and |
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| 32 | 32 | | WHEREAS, With his outstanding leadership, dedication, and |
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| 33 | 33 | | commitment to excellence, Robert Rocha is highly esteemed and |
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| 34 | 34 | | admired by his firefighting colleagues as well as by the members of |
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| 35 | 35 | | the wider community, and he will be greatly missed by all at the |
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| 36 | 36 | | Corpus Christi Fire Department; now, therefore, be it |
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| 37 | 37 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas |
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| 38 | 38 | | Legislature hereby congratulate Robert Rocha on his retirement as |
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| 39 | 39 | | chief of the Corpus Christi Fire Department and extend to him |
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| 40 | 40 | | sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it further |
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| 41 | 41 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 42 | 42 | | prepared for Chief Rocha as an expression of high regard by the |
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| 43 | 43 | | Texas House of Representatives. |
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| 44 | 44 | | Herrero |
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| 45 | 45 | | ______________________________ |
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| 46 | 46 | | Speaker of the House |
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| 47 | 47 | | I certify that H.R. No. 2366 was adopted by the House on May |
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| 48 | 48 | | 29, 2023, by a non-record vote. |
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| 49 | 49 | | ______________________________ |
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| 50 | 50 | | Chief Clerk of the House |
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