[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 111 (Tuesday, July 2, 2019)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E870]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            IN RECOGNITION OF DEPUTY CHIEF DEAN L. MELANSON

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                        HON. WILLIAM R. KEATING

                            of massachusetts

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, July 2, 2019

  Mr. KEATING. Madam Speaker, I rise today in recognition of the 
retirement of Deputy Chief Dean L. Melanson, after over three decades 
of service with the Hyannis Fire Department.
  Deputy Chief Melanson's 44 years in the line of duty began in 1975 at 
the Acton Fire's Auxiliary Department. Later, he joined the Hyannis 
Fire Department in 1985 as a Fire Prevention Officer and quickly came 
to assume positions of leadership.
  Deputy Chief Melanson is widely recognized as an expert on fire 
prevention, and over the course of his career, Hyannis transitioned 
from a small vacation community to a much larger, more urbanized 
municipality. It was with his knowledge and expertise that greater 
public work projects were undertaken and completed to accommodate the 
town's growing population.
  Further, as an instructor at the Massachusetts Fire Academy, 
Barnstable County Fire Academy and in the Fire Sciences Division at 
Cape Cod Community College, Deputy Chief Melanson helped to shape the 
training and readiness of the next generation of public servants.
  Deputy Chief Melanson has dedicated his life to serving his 
community, and I wish him many years of well-deserved happiness and 
more with his family in retirement.
  Madam Speaker, I am proud to honor Dean L. Melanson, Deputy Chief of 
the Hyannis Fire Department, and I ask that my colleagues join me in 
recognizing his years of dedication to his community.

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