[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 157 (Wednesday, September 28, 2022)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E992]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            RECOGNIZING FRISCO, TEXAS FIRE CHIEF MARK PILAND

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                            HON. VAN TAYLOR

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                     Wednesday, September 28, 2022

  Mr. TAYLOR. Madam Speaker, today, I rise to recognize Frisco Fire 
Chief Mark Piland on his distinguished thirty-five plus year career in 
Fire-Rescue upon his well-deserved retirement.
  Mark Piland earned a Bachelor of Psychology from Old Dominion 
University prior to obtaining a Master of Public Health with a 
concentration in Epidemiology from Eastern Virginia Medical School. 
Chief Piland is also a graduate of The National Fire Academy's 
Executive Fire Officer Program, the Executive Leader Program at the 
Naval Postgraduate School Center for Homeland Defense and Security, and 
The Senior Executives in State and Local Government at the Kennedy 
School at Harvard.
  Prior to joining the Frisco Fire Department, Piland served as the 
Fire Chief for Volusia County Fire Services and as a Shift Commander in 
Operations for the Virginia Beach Fire Department. For 16 years Piland 
also served on Virginia Task Force 2, a FEMA Urban Search and Rescue 
Team as Task Force Leader, East Coast Task Force Leader Representative, 
and as an Incident Support Team Leader for the Federal Urban Search & 
Rescue Response System with deployments to the Pentagon during the 
attacks of 9/11, Hurricane Katrina, and the 2010 earthquake in Haiti.
  Since joining the Frisco Fire Department in 2013, Chief Piland has 
helped to oversee the tremendous growth of the Fire Department in one 
of the fastest-growing cities in the nation. Under his steadfast 
leadership, the Department has continued to develop a number of 
community programs to enhance fire safety education as well as the 
opening of several new stations and a state-of-the-art Public Safety 
Training Center.
  Chief Mark Piland has made a lasting impact through his many efforts 
to strengthen fire safety in the City of Frisco. Now upon his 
retirement, I ask my colleagues in the House of Representatives to join 
me in thanking Chief Piland for his dedicated career and wish him the 
best as he prepares to begin a new chapter of his life.

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