[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 25 (Friday, February 8, 2019)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E153]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  HONORING FIRE CAPTAIN STEVE BECKER AS PUBLIC SAFETY HERO OF THE YEAR

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                           HON. MIKE THOMPSON

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Friday, February 8, 2019

  Mr. THOMPSON of California. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor Fire 
Captain Steve Becker, whom I have named a Public Safety Hero of the 
Year in Napa County, California.
  Mr. Becker was born in Auburn, California, moved to Napa as a young 
child, and has lived in Yountville for the past twenty years. He took 
general education courses and received EMT and Law Enforcement 
certifications from Napa Valley College. He graduated from California 
Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo with a Bachelor of 
Science degree in Recreation Administration, with a focus in 
Programming and Leadership.
  Mr. Becker began his career in 1990 as a Reserve Firefighter with the 
Napa Fire Department. From 1991 to 1996 he served in other fire 
departments as well. He worked for the San Luis Obispo County Fire 
Department, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Fire Department, Cal Poly Police 
Department and the San Luis Obispo County Sheriffs Office. In 1996 Mr. 
Becker became a Professional Firefighter in the Napa Fire Department. 
He was appointed as a Department Shift Inspector/Investigator in 2001 
and in 2010 was promoted to be a Department Captain.
  Throughout his life Mr. Becker has remained focused on public service 
and safety and the greater good of our community. After a Napa student 
caught on fire from a flame jetting incident at a science camp in the 
summer of 2018, Mr. Becker became determined to prevent such instances 
from occurring. He devoted much of his time to researching flame 
jetting and has become a passionate advocate for flame arrestors and 
H.R. 806, which would require compliant flame mitigation devices to be 
used on portable fuel containers for flammable liquid fuels.
  Madam Speaker, we thank Steve Becker for his dedication. For this 
reason, it is fitting and proper that we honor him here today.

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