2016
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 16-002
       
       
       BY SENATOR(S) Baumgardner and Merrifield, Cooke, Jones, Roberts,
       Aguilar, Carroll, Crowder, Donovan, Garcia, Grantham, Guzman, Heath,
       Hill, Hodge, Holbert, Jahn, Johnston, Kefalas, Kerr, Lambert, Lundberg,
       Marble, Martinez Humenik, Neville T., Newell, Scheffel, Scott,
       Sonnenberg, Steadman, Tate, Todd, Ulibarri, Woods, Cadman;
       also REPRESENTATIVE(S) Hamner and Thurlow, Becker K., Buck,
       Singer, Arndt, Becker J., Brown, Buckner, Carver, Conti, Coram, Court,
       Danielson, DelGrosso, Dore, Duran, Esgar, Everett, Fields, Foote,
       Garnett, Ginal, Humphrey, Joshi, Kagan, Klingenschmitt, Kraft-Tharp,
       Landgraf, Lawrence, Lebsock, Lee, Leonard, Lontine, Lundeen,
       McCann, Melton, Mitsch Bush, Moreno, Navarro, Neville P., Nordberg,
       Pabon, Pettersen, Primavera, Priola, Rankin, Ransom, Rosenthal, Roupe,
       Ryden, Saine, Salazar, Sias, Tyler, Van Winkle, Vigil, Willett, Williams,
       Wilson, Windholz, Winter, Wist, Young, Hullinghorst.
       
       
          CONCERNING THE RECOGNITION OF COLORADO
       FIREFIGHTERS KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY. 
       
       
          WHEREAS, More than 12,000 career and volunteer firefighters
       comprise the Colorado fire service; and
       
          WHEREAS, Personnel of the Colorado fire service respond to more
       than 500,000 calls for help each year, often placing themselves directly
       in harm's way for the safety of others; and
       
          WHEREAS, Fire services personnel are often the first to respond to
       an emergency, whether it involves a fire, medical emergency, spill of
       hazardous materials, natural disaster, act of terrorism, or transportation
       accident; and
       
          WHEREAS, Approximately 100 fire and emergency services
       personnel die annually in the line of duty in the United States; and 
       
          WHEREAS, Most recently, the following firefighters have given their
       lives in service to the people of Colorado:
       
               Richard Lee Marchman, a volunteer firefighter for the Indian
               Peaks Fire Protection District, collapsed and died on July 9, 2014,
               after assisting in the rescue of a hiker with a broken ankle;
       
               Willard Clapper, a volunteer firefighter for the Aspen Fire
               Protection District, died on October 16, 2014, after battling
               lymphoma, which was determined to be line-of-duty under
               Colorado's presumptive cancer law;
       
               John Whelan, a firefighter for the Denver Fire Department, died
               on July 16, 2015, from injuries sustained during firefighting
               activities;
       
               Craig Moilanen, a firefighter with the North Metro Fire Rescue
               District and formerly of the Foothills Fire Protection District, died
               on October 8, 2015, after a two-year battle with cancer; and
       
          WHEREAS, The Colorado Fallen Firefighters Memorial in Lakewood
       contains the names of 145 firefighters who have fallen while working to
       protect lives and property in Colorado; now, therefore,
       
          Be It Resolved by the Senate of the Seventieth General Assembly of the
       State of Colorado, the House of Representatives concurring herein:
       
          (1)  That we, the members of the Colorado General Assembly, honor
       and pay tribute to the ultimate sacrifice paid by these fallen firefighters;
       and
       
          (2)  Express our sympathy to the families and friends of those service
       members who have died.
       
          Be It Further Resolved, That copies of this Joint Resolution be sent to
       Ken Watkins, President, Colorado State Fire Chiefs; Mike Rogers,
       President, Colorado Professional Fire Fighters; Paul Cooke, Director,
       Colorado Division of Fire Prevention and Control; Eric Tade, Fire Chief,
       Denver Fire Department; David Ramos, Fire Chief, North Metro Fire
       Rescue District; Norman Bowers, Fire Chief, Indian Peaks Fire Protection
       District; Rick Balentine, Fire Chief, Aspen Fire Protection District; and
       Brian Zoril, Fire Chief, Foothills Fire Protection District.
       
       
       
       
       
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       Bill L. Cadman               Dickey Lee Hullinghorst
       PRESIDENT OF                    SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE
       THE SENATE                        OF REPRESENTATIVES
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       Effie Ameen                           Marilyn Eddins
       SECRETARY OF                CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE
THE SENATE                        OF REPRESENTATIVES