FIREFIGHTERS

Articles and editorials

Bodies of 9 Firefighters Make Journey to Oregon, H5653 [13JY]

Local Man Pitches in With Relief—Upper Merion's Santillo Bolsters U.N. in Sarajevo, H7273 [9AU]

Bills and resolutions

Arson Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 183), S4730 [21AP]

California: declare state of emergency on Federal lands due to wildfires (see H.R. 4742), H5655 [13JY]

Colorado: tribute to those killed fighting wildfires (see S. Res. 242), S8908 [13JY]

Federal employees: mandatory retirement age for Federal law enforcement officers, firefighters, and air traffic controllers (see S. 1984), S3953 [25MR]

———relief of certain former employees who were transferred from the Dept. of Energy to Los Alamos County, NM (see S. 2083), S5293 [5MY]

Federal firefighters: hourly and overtime pay rates and pay equity with public sector firefighters (see S. 2091; H.R. 4514), S5449 [10MY], H4164 [26MY]

Fire prevention: grants for arson research, prevention, and control (H.R. 1727), Senate amendments (see H. Res. 413), H2838 [26AP]

Gila National Forest: tribute to those killed in helicopter crash (see S. Res. 244), S9642 [25JY]

National Firefighters Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 228; H.J. Res. 411), S13853 [30SE], H9351 [20SE]

Smokey Bear's 50th Anniversary: designate (see H.J. Res. 395), H6482 [29JY]

Taxation: deferred compensation plans of volunteer firefighters and emergency medical workers (see H.R. 4655), H5170 [27JN]

Volunteer workers: exempt firefighters and rescue squad workers from certain provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act relative to volunteer work in a professional capacity (see S. 2051; H.R. 3949), S4834 [26AP], H1057 [3MR]

Biographies

Beck, Kathi, H5651 [13JY]

Bickett, Tami, H5651 [13JY]

Blecha, Scott, H5651 [13JY]

Brinkley, Levi, H5652 [13JY]

Browning, Robert, H5651 [13JY]

Dunbar, Doug, H5652 [13JY]

Hagen, Terri, H5652 [13JY]

Holtby, Bonnie, H5652 [13JY]

Johnson, Robert, H5652 [13JY]

Kelso, Jon, H5652 [13JY]

Mackey, Don, H5652 [13JY]

Roth, Roger, H5652 [13JY]

Thrash, Jim, H5652 [13JY]

Tyler, Richard, H5652 [13JY]

Essays

Value in Effort: Bryndi Joyce, E693 [18AP]

Obituaries

Thrash, Jim, S8444 [11JY]

Remarks in House

Appleton, WI: anniversary of the Appleton Fire Dept., E2001 [29SE]

Barstow, CA: tribute to Federal firefighters at the Marine Corps Logistics Base, E553 [24MR]

California: declare state of emergency on Federal lands due to wildfires (H.R. 4742), H7210 [9AU]

Clifton Park, NY: anniversary of Jonesville Fire Dept., E783 [28AP]

Colorado: tribute to those killed fighting wildfires, H5470, H5471, H5531 [12JY], H5557, H5650-H5654 [13JY], H5778 [19JY], E1463 [14JY], E1524 [21JY]

Coxsackie, NY: anniversary of the Coxsackie Hose Co. No. 3, E887 [11MY]

Dauphin County, PA: anniversary of Colonial Park Fire Co., E742 [21AP]

Delaware County, PA: tribute to Delaware County Cares outreach program for flood relief in Georgia, H7273 [9AU]

Erie County, NY: tribute to volunteer firefighters, E679 [15AP]

Federal firefighters: hourly and overtime pay rates and pay equity with public sector firefighters (H.R. 4514), E1092 [26MY]

Fire prevention: grants for arson research, prevention, and control (H.R. 1727), Senate amendments (H. Res. 413), H2751-H2753 [26AP]

Hartford, CT: anniversary of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus fire, E1348 [28JN]

Honolulu, HI: tribute to Honolulu Fire Dept., E1736 [16AU]

Hudson, NY: tribute to H.W. Rogers Hose Co. No. 2, E1646 [4AU]

———tribute to J.W. Edmonds Hose Co. No. 1, E1648 [4AU]

Louisville, KY: tribute to public safety employees, H163 [2FE], E140 [9FE]

National Firefighters Day: designate (H.J. Res. 411), H11347 [7OC]

Nutley, NJ: anniversary of Nutley Fire Department, E43 [1FE]

Pennsylvania: community response to tornado in Royersford and Limerick, H7273 [9AU]

Rockland County, NY: anniversary of Hillburn Volunteer Fire Dept., E1662 [5AU]

Santillo, Mike: participation in Global Operations Fire and Rescue Service volunteer program in Bosnia and Herzegovina, H7273 [9AU]

Smokey Bear's 50th Anniversary: designate (H.J. Res. 395), E1611 [29JY]

Staatsburg, NY: anniversary of fire department, E1596 [28JY]

Sterling Heights, MI: tribute to retirees of Fire Fighters Union Local No. 1557, E1883 [20SE]

Torrington, CT: tribute to fire department, E546 [24MR]

West Orange, NJ: anniversary of local fire department, E282 [1MR]

Williamsport, PA: First Ward Fire Co. anniversary, E1567 [26JY]

Remarks in Senate

Brown, Carrye Burley: nomination to be Administrator of the U.S. Fire Administration, S6423 [25MY]

Cemeteries and funerals: funeral expenses for those killed fighting Western U.S. wildfires, S9671 [26JY]

Colorado: tribute to those killed fighting wildfires, S8443 [11JY], S8547 [12JY], S9599 [25JY]

———tribute to those killed fighting wildfires (S. Res. 242), S8911 [13JY], S9332 [20JY]

East Windsor, NJ: anniversary of East Windsor Volunteer Fire Co. No. 1 and Ladies Auxiliary, S6762 [9JN]

Federal firefighters: hourly and overtime pay rates and pay equity with public sector firefighters (S. 2091), S5450 [10MY]

Fire prevention: grants for arson research, prevention, and control (H.R. 1727), S5378-S5380 [6MY]

Gila National Forest: tribute to those killed in helicopter crash (S. Res. 244), S9649 [25JY]

Lansdowne, PA: anniversary of Lansdowne Fire Co., S5583 [11MY]

Modular Airborne Firefighting System: funding, S11122 [10AU]

National Firefighters Day: designate (S.J. Res. 228), S13886 [30SE]

Ovid, NY: anniversary of town and fire department, S8827 [12JY]

Volunteer workers: exempt firefighters and rescue squad workers from certain provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act relative to volunteer work in a professional capacity (S. 2051), S4890 [26AP]

Wildfires: disaster assistance to Western States, S10843 [5AU]

Texts of

H. Res. 413, Senate amendments to H.R. 1727, grants for arson research, prevention, and control, H2751 [26AP]

H.J. Res. 411, National Firefighters Day, H11348 [7OC]

H.R. 1727, Arson Prevention Act, S5378 [6MY]

S. Res. 242, tribute to those killed fighting Colorado wildfires, S8911 [13JY]

S. Res. 244, tribute to those killed in helicopter crash in the Gila National Forest, S9645, S9650 [25JY]

S.J. Res. 228, National Firefighters Day, S13886 [30SE]