[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 72 (Thursday, May 13, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E841]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




      IN HONOR OF THE RETIREMENT OF BREWSTER FIRE CHIEF ROY JONES

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                           HON. BILL DELAHUNT

                            of massachusetts

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, May 13, 2010

  Mr. DELAHUNT. Madam Speaker, I rise before you today to honor the 
retirement of a distinguished member of the Brewster Fire Department, 
Chief Roy Jones. For 37 years, Roy has selflessly served the people of 
Brewster and Cape Cod as a member of the Fire Department, and spent an 
impressive 29 years as Fire Chief.
  The heroism and bravado of fire-fighters inspire many children to 
dream of one day donning their own bright yellow fire-suit and grasping 
a fire hose in their hands as they storm a building engulfed by flames. 
Like countless children before him, Roy, too, was enraptured by the 
blaring sirens and towering ladders introduced to him at his first 
firehouse visit. By the age of 18, he served as a volunteer firefighter 
in the towns of Harwich and Eastham on Cape Cod. Nothing could tear him 
from his passion--he even lived and worked in a firehouse during his 
college years in Maryland.
  With his youth interrupted by the war in Vietnam, Roy took his fire-
fighting expertise--and the invaluable life skills attributed to the 
diligence that only a life-long firefighter possesses--to the U.S. Air 
Force. Following his laudable service, which brought him far from the 
dunes of Cape Cod to the exotic South Pacific, he returned home to 
Massachusetts, where he founded the first rescue squad in the town of 
Brewster.
  From volunteer to captain to chief, Roy Jones lived his childhood 
dream each day, leaving behind an impressive resume and hundreds of 
lives and memories saved. Now, Roy had folded his 'bunker gear' for the 
final time, laying to rest not only years of firefighting experience, 
but of tremendous and admirable leadership. As he acclimates himself to 
a new life of retirement and--if he allows himself to slow down--a life 
of unprecedented leisure, I applaud his dedication to public safety and 
the people of Brewster. On behalf of a very grateful constituency, 
thank you on a job well done.

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