III 112th CONGRESS 2d Session S. RES. 488 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES June 7, 2012 Ms. Snowe (for herself, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Lieberman, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Brown of Massachusetts, Ms. Collins, and Ms. Ayotte) submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to June 18, 2012 Preamble amended by unanimous consent RESOLUTION Commending the efforts of the firefighters and emergency response personnel of Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Connecticut, who came together to extinguish the May 23, 2012, fire at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine.

Whereas the USS Miami (SSN–755), a Los Angeles-class nuclear attack submarine with a crew of 13 officers and 120 enlisted personnel, arrived at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard on March 1, 2012, for 20 months of scheduled maintenance; Whereas at 5:41 p.m. EDT on May 23, 2012, a 4-alarm fire occurred in the forward compartment of the USS Miami; Whereas emergency response personnel, led by the firefighters of Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, worked for nearly 10 hours in tight, obstructed quarters filled with noxious smoke and searing heat— (1)to prevent any loss of life; (2)to bring the fire under control; and (3)to successfully prevent the flames from reaching any nuclear material and allow the nuclear reactor to remain unaffected and stable throughout; Whereas 23 fire departments and emergency response teams from the States of Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Connecticut provided mutual aid support during the fire, including— (1)Pease Air Force Base, New Hampshire; (2)York County Hazardous Materials Response Team, Maine; (3)Massachusetts Port Authority Logan Airport Crash Team; (4)South Portland Fire Department, Maine; (5)Eliot Fire Department, Maine; (6)Lee Fire Department, New Hampshire; (7)Dover Ambulance, New Hampshire; (8)Portsmouth Fire Department, New Hampshire; (9)Hampton Fire Department, New Hampshire; (10)Kittery Fire Department, Maine; (11)Newcastle Fire Department, New Hampshire; (12)American Medical Response Ambulance, New Hampshire; (13)Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts; (14)Naval Submarine Base New London, Connecticut; (15)Rye Fire Department, New Hampshire; (16)Greenland Fire Department, New Hampshire; (17)York Fire Department, Maine; (18)Newington Fire Department, New Hampshire; (19)Somersworth Fire Department, New Hampshire; (20)Rollinsford Fire Department, New Hampshire; (21)South Berwick Fire Department, Maine; (22)York Ambulance, Maine; and (23)York Beach Fire Department, Maine; and Whereas the heroic actions of those firefighters, emergency response personnel, and the USS Miami crew and shipyard firefighters, 7 of whom suffered minor injuries during the fire, directly prevented catastrophe, and greatly limited the severity of the fire even in the most challenging of environments: Now, therefore, be it

That the Senate— (1)commends the exemplary and courageous service of all the firefighters and emergency response personnel who came together to successfully contain the fire, minimizing damage to a critical national security asset and ensuring no loss of life; and (2)expresses support for the Navy and the exceptionally skilled workforce at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine.

Secretary