[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 3224]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        RETIREMENT OF MIKE BROWN

  (Mr. McCLINTOCK asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. McCLINTOCK. Mr. Speaker, I rise to express the heartfelt 
gratitude of the people of the Tahoe Basin for Chief Mike Brown of the 
North Lake Tahoe Fire Department.
  On March 18, Chief Brown will close a distinguished career of 26 
years with that department, including 9 years as its chief, and a total 
of 37 years as a firefighter.
  The greatest environmental threat to the Tahoe Basin is catastrophic 
wildfire. Chief Brown has led the fight to develop community wildfire 
protection plans, promote best practices for fire management, and 
educate the public on maintaining defensible space.
  His success is measured not only in the fires he has extinguished 
but, far more important and far less appreciated, the fires he has 
prevented.
  Chief Brown has been a tireless advocate for restoring sound 
management to our public lands to protect our communities, and Tahoe 
has been most fortunate to have had him.

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