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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, An exemplary life dedicated to the safety of his |
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community drew to a close with the death of former Bastrop fire |
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chief Michael C. Fisher on July 4, 2017, at the age of 74; and |
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WHEREAS, Mike Fisher was born on October 6, 1942, to Merle and |
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Mary Fisher, and he attended Cameron Junior College and Oklahoma |
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State University; he was a loving husband to Bonnie Sue Fisher for |
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43 years and the proud father of three children, Mary Sue, Wesley, |
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and Robert; he also took great joy in welcoming into his family |
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seven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren; and |
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WHEREAS, Over the course of a distinguished career as a first |
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responder and emergency manager, Mr. Fisher served with the Bastrop |
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Fire Department from 1973 to 2013, and he led the agency as chief |
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from 1985 to 1995; he also held the office of director of water and |
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wastewater for Bastrop, and for 20 years, he was the city's |
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emergency management coordinator; and |
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WHEREAS, Following his retirement from that post in 2005, |
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Mr. Fisher served as deputy director of emergency management for |
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Bastrop County; as an incident commander during the catastrophic |
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wildfire in 2011, his skilled and rapid response helped save many |
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lives, and he also provided invaluable support to other regional |
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disaster response efforts, including the Burnet County floods in |
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2007 and the fertilizer plant explosion in West in 2013; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Fisher was a member of the Capital Area Type 3 |
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Incident Management Team and the Capital Area Council of |
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Governments' Homeland Security Task Force, and he played an |
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instrumental role in the creation of the Texas Emergency Management |
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Assistance Team, a statewide network of multidisciplinary experts |
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who provide quick response to disasters; his numerous honors |
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include two Awards of Distinction from the Bastrop Chamber of |
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Commerce and a Phoenix Award for Outstanding Contributions to |
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Disaster Recovery by a Public Official from the U.S. Small Business |
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Administration; and |
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WHEREAS, For four and a half decades, Mike Fisher devoted |
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himself to protecting the lives and property of the people of |
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Bastrop and Bastrop County, and he leaves behind a record of service |
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that his loved ones can remember with pride; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas |
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Legislature, 1st Called Session, hereby pay tribute to the memory |
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of Michael C. Fisher and extend heartfelt sympathy to all who mourn |
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his passing; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for his family and that when the Texas House of |
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Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Mike |
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Fisher. |