[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 6 (Tuesday, January 10, 2017)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E39]
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                           EDWARD C. McNAMARA

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                           HON. ED PERLMUTTER

                              of colorado

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, January 10, 2017

  Mr. PERLMUTTER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Edward C. 
McNamara for his many years of outstanding service with the National 
Ski Patrol.
   The National Ski Patrol (NSP), the largest winter rescue 
organization, is a federally chartered nonprofit membership association 
dedicated to serving the public and the mountain recreation industry. 
For 75 years, the NSP has been on the forefront of safety and emergency 
care education programs.
   Ed McNamara, a retired U.S. Army National Guard Colonel, has served 
on federal, state and local emergency medical and Homeland Security 
advisory committees. He is a nationally registered Paramedic and has 
been deployed with federal disaster medical teams responding to 
national emergencies.
   Ed began his tenure with the NSP in 1979 when he became a patroller 
with the Watatic Mountain Ski Patrol in Ashby, Massachusetts. Over the 
years, Ed has held several leadership positions including Outdoor 
Emergency Care Instructor, National Outdoor Emergency Care Director and 
Board Chair of the National Ski Patrol. He recently received the 
prestigious Minnie Dole award. This award is one of NSP's most rarely 
given awards, which recognizes those exceptional few patrollers who 
exemplify the long-term dedication, devotion, and self-sacrifice of the 
founder of the NSP, Charles Minot ``Minnie'' Dole.
   Ed has worked passionately over the years to improve outdoor safety 
care which is reflected in his exemplary contributions as Chief Editor 
of the Outdoor Emergency Care Manual 5th Edition. This teaching manual 
provides a road map for national practices and procedures for outdoor 
safety care.
   I extend my deepest gratitude to Edward McNamara for his dedication 
to the continuing education and safety of the snow sport industry.

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