[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 242 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 242

Honoring the 14 Federal firefighters who died while fighting a wildfire 
                    near Glenwood Springs, Colorado.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                July 13 (legislative day, July 11), 1994

  Mr. Campbell (for himself, Mr. Baucus, Mr. Johnston, Mr. Reid, Mr. 
   Bryan, Mr. Bingaman, Mr. DeConcini, Mr. Burns, Mr. Packwood, Ms. 
Mikulski, Mr. Bumpers, Mr. Daschle, Mr. Craig, Mr. Mathews, Mr. Brown, 
Mr. Dorgan, Mr. Biden, Mr. Hatfield, Mr. Kempthorne, Mr. Dole, and Mr. 
Stevens) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

                             July 20, 1994

             Committee discharged; considered and agreed to

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Honoring the 14 Federal firefighters who died while fighting a wildfire 
                    near Glenwood Springs, Colorado.

Whereas on July 6, 1994, 14 Federal firefighters from the United States Forest 
        Service and the Bureau of Land Management perished while heroically 
        fighting a raging wildfire on Storm King Mountain near Glenwood Springs, 
        Colorado;
Whereas the firefighters died when they were overswept by a wildfire whipped by 
        high and erratic winds;
Whereas the 14 firefighters who gave their lives were Kathi J. Beck, hot shot 
        crewmember, Prineville, Oregon, Tamara J. Bickett, hot shot crewmember, 
        Prineville, Oregon, Scott A. Blecha, hot shot crewmember, Prineville, 
        Oregon, Levi Brinkley, hot shot crewmember, Prineville, Oregon, Robert 
        Browning, helitack, Grand Junction, Colorado, Douglas Dunbar, hot shot 
        crewmember, Prineville, Oregon, Terri A. Hagen, hot shot crewmember, 
        Prineville, Oregon, Bonnie J. Holtby, hot shot crewmember, Prineville, 
        Oregon, Robert A. Johnson, hot shot crewmember, Prineville, Oregon, Jon 
        R. Kelso, hot shot squad leader, Prineville, Oregon, Donald Mackey, 
        smokejumper, Missoula, Montana, Roger Roth, smokejumper, McCall, Idaho, 
        James Thrash, smokejumper, McCall, Idaho, and Richard Tyler, helitack, 
        Grand Junction, Colorado; and
Whereas these brave men and women gave their lives in an attempt to protect 
        American lives, property, and natural resources: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate honors, and will always remember, the 14 
Federal firefighters who died on July 6, 1994, for their heroic efforts 
in trying to contain a fire on Storm King Mountain near Glenwood 
Springs, Colorado, in order to protect American lives, property, and 
natural resources.
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