[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 11]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 15502]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         HONORING ROGER T. BOBB

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                          HON. DALE E. KILDEE

                              of michigan

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, August 10, 2010

  Mr. KILDEE. Madam Speaker, the Genesee Charter Township Fire 
Department will honor Chief Roger T. Bobb for 45 years of service to 
the community at their 7th Annual Picnic. The Picnic will be held at 
the Township Fire Station Number 1.
  After graduating from Kearsley High School in 1959 and attending 
Michigan State University, Chief Bobb was hired as a firefighter on 
June 7, 1965. During this time, Roger Bobb was also a member of the 
Michigan National Guard, and began working as an insurance agent. In 
1973, he was promoted in the Fire Department to Captain. The following 
year, he was a member of the first graduating class of the Genesee 
County Michigan Firefighters Training Council Basic Firefighter 
Training program. He has also completed the Michigan Firefighters 
Training Council Fire Officer I Training Program. He was promoted to 
Assistant Chief in 1977 and became Fire Department Chief on January 6, 
1985.
  As part of the Genesee County Association of Fire Chiefs, Chief Bobb 
was elected a Trustee in 1985, elected Vice President in 1986, and 
elected President in 1987. He received the President's Award for 
Exemplary Service in 1999. He has also served as Chairman of the Radio 
Committee.
  Chief Bobb and his wife, Carol, have a daughter, Jennifer, and a son, 
Brian. As part of a firefighting family, his brother served with the 
Fire Department for 35 years and his late father was a charter member 
of the Fire Department and served 22 years.
  Madam Speaker, I ask the House of Representatives to join me in 
congratulating Chief Roger T. Bobb for 45 years of service to the 
Genesee Charter Township Fire Department. He is to be commended for his 
commitment to the safety and welfare of the community and I wish him 
the best in the future.

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