Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 14–Assemblymen Price, Anderson, Angle, Arberry, Bache, Beers, Berman, Brower, Brown, Buckley, Carpenter, Cegavske, Chowning, Claborn, Collins, de Braga, Dini, Freeman, Gibbons, Giunchigliani, Goldwater, Gustavson, Hettrick, Humke, Koivisto, Lee, Leslie, Manendo, Marvel, McClain, Mortenson, Neighbors, Nolan, Oceguera, Ohrenschall, Parks, Parnell, Perkins, Smith, Tiffany, Von Tobel and Williams

 

Joint Sponsors: Senators Jacobsen, Amodei, Care, Carlton, Coffin, James, Mathews, McGinness, Neal, O’Connell, O’Donnell, Porter, Raggio, Rawson, Rhoads, Schneider, Shaffer, Titus, Townsend, Washington and Wiener

 

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Assembly Concurrent RESOLUTION—Commending all Nevada firefighters who fought the wildland fires in Nevada and other western states during the 2000 fire season.

 

   Whereas, With weather conditions throughout the 2000 fire season

 both hotter and drier than normal, causing fuels such as grasses, leaves and

 pine needles to be extremely flammable, Nevada and other western states

 suffered great losses because of wildland fires; and

   Whereas, The normal weather pattern was affected by La Niña,

 leaving in her wake the potential for a devastating fire season, with high

 winds and lightning adding fuel to the already hazardous fire
conditions; and

   Whereas, In the 2000 fire season, Nevada had over 1,000 fires that

 burned 635,715 acres of land, with over 7 million acres burned

 nationwide, almost double the 10-year average, causing some to declare

 that fire season one of the most severe in the nation’s history; and

   Whereas, The ruthless wildland fires had a critical impact on the

 residents of our state, with the lives of many people endangered and their

 homes destroyed, the destruction of forests and vegetation, and the

 devastation of wildlife and their habitats; and

   Whereas, With many of the western states burning at the same time,

 these ferocious fires were contained through the heroic efforts of our

 firefighters, struggling to control existing fires while new ones were

 reported every day; and

   Whereas, With temperatures sometimes nearing 100 degrees and

 erratic winds increasing the danger of fighting the fires, the courageous

 firefighters worked to stop the spread of the fires; and

   Whereas, Under the most difficult conditions, with manpower, aircraft,

 supplies, equipment and other resources spread very thin, our firefighters

 managed to quell the fires after a long, exhausting fight; now, therefore,
be it

   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of Nevada, the Senate

 Concurring, That it is important to recognize the firefighters from the

 Nevada Division of Forestry of the State Department of Conservation and

 Natural Resources, State Fire Marshal Division of the Department of

 Motor Vehicles and Public Safety, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Bureau of

 Land Management, Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service and

 Forest Service, as well as the professional firefighters from various other

local, state and federal agencies and the countless volunteers, who joined

together to fight these fires; and be it further

   Resolved, That the residents of the State of Nevada will be forever

 grateful to all the brave men and women who put their lives on the line in

 the most difficult of circumstances, working in unison with firefighters

 from other states and nations to contain the fires in all the western states;

 and be it further

   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly prepare and transmit

 a copy of this resolution to the chief officers of the Nevada Division of

 Forestry of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources,

 State Fire Marshal Division of the Department of Motor Vehicles and

 Public Safety, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Bureau of Land Management,

 Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service and Forest Service.

 

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