[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 81 (Tuesday, June 18, 2002)]
[House]
[Page H3613]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 TRIBUTE TO THOSE WHO PUT OUT WILDFIRES

  (Mr. GIBBONS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GIBBONS. Mr. Speaker, as summer days get longer and hotter, the 
risk of forest fires continues to increase. Just last week a 1,500-acre 
wildfire burned in Pioche, Nevada. Dedicated firefighters kept the 
blaze from the small Nevada town, located about 190 miles north of Las 
Vegas.
  Today I would like to echo the sentiments expressed by Lincoln County 
Sheriff's Sergeant John Wilcock. He said, ``If it hadn't been for the 
quick response by volunteer firefighters and the BLM, the town could 
have been gone.''
  Thank you to all of our Nation's firefighters who risk their own 
lives every day to save the homes and lives of others. As a proud 
resident and Representative of a Western State, I know firsthand the 
unique challenges our firefighters face in preventing and putting out 
wildfires. Nevadans value your work, your commitment and your heroism.

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