[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 66 (Tuesday, May 15, 2001)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E799]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           DEPUTY FIRE CHIEF PHILIP CHOVAN, MARIETTA, GEORGIA

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                             HON. BOB BARR

                               of georgia

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, May 15, 2001

  Mr. BARR of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, one would be hard pressed to find a 
better example of a life spent serving others, than that of Marietta, 
Georgia Deputy Fire Chief Philip Chovan. After serving in the United 
States Army, and following his graduation from college, Deputy Chief 
Chovan began a career protecting his friends and neighbors from fires 
and other disasters.
  During that career, Deputy Chief Chovan has continued to develop as a 
professional; earning certification after certification, and holding 
teaching positions where he has passed those skills along to others. In 
addition to engaging in practically every facet of emergency planning 
in his own department, Philip Chovan has served on disaster 
preparedness boards, such as the Georgia Local Emergency Planning 
Committee, on the Atlanta FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force, and as a 
presidentially appointed member of the Defense Science Board.
  While all of us hope we will never need the services of someone like 
Philip Chovan, I can say with great confidence he is the kind of person 
I would want protecting my home and family in an emergency. As he 
begins a well-earned retirement this year, I join the many individuals 
who Deputy Chief Chovan has protected from harm, in expressing our 
thanks and wishing him a safe and prosperous future as he pursues new 
challenges.

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