[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 12]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 16523]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




A TRIBUTE TO DAN HAVERTY IN RECOGNITION OF HIS 27 YEARS OF FIRE SERVICE

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                         HON. DANIEL E. LUNGREN

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, September 24, 2010

  Mr. DANIEL E. LUNGREN of California. Madam Speaker, I rise today to 
recognize and honor Fire Chief Dan Haverty for his 27 years of service 
to our California communities.
  Chief Haverty began his career with the Meeks Bay Fire Protection 
District in Tahoma, CA. He entered the Fire Service 27 years ago after 
experiencing the unselfish acts of compassion given to his family by 
volunteer firefighters following an airplane accident in Ketchikan, 
Alaska, which took the lives of his sister and her four children.
  Haverty has served Sacramento County since 1987 when he joined the 
Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District (SMFD) as a firefighter and ended 
his tenure in the position of Assistant Fire Chief. While serving as 
Assistant Fire Chief at SMFD, he also served as Chief Assistant Deputy 
Director for the Training and Exercises Division within the Governor's 
Office of Homeland Security. Haverty joined the Folsom Fire Department 
in July 2007 as its Fire Chief.
  Chief Haverty belongs to many professional and community 
organizations including: the International Association of Fire Chiefs, 
American Society for Public Administration Sacramento Chapter, Golden 
State Donor Services, Folsom Lake Rotary, and Holy Trinity Parish.
  In April 2005, Chief Haverty donated a portion of his liver to former 
Sacramento Roman Catholic Bishop William Weigand. For his humanitarian 
acts, Haverty was awarded the Venerable Cross ``Pro Ecellesia et 
Pontifice'' from His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI in 2005.
  Chief Haverty most recently participated as a member of the Team 
Donate Life support crew in the Race Across America. The Race Across 
America was a 3,005 mile-long bike ride across the United States. The 
purpose of Team Donate Life's participation was to promote organ 
donation and transplantation.
  I am pleased to recognize and honor Chief Dan Haverty for his 
dedication to fire safety, his service to the City of Folsom, and his 
protection of the citizens of Sacramento County.