Texas Department of Insurance

Awards and recognition

• April 14, 2009
  Pasadena Fire Marshal David Brannon and Investigator Debbie Taylor received the John R. Rauch Award for their achievement in education and arson prevention.  The Texas Chapter of the International Association of Arson Investigators honored them for their juvenile firesetter intervention program.  See story.
  
  
• March 27, 2009
  Waco Fire Marshal Jerry Hawk was honored by A Texas Advisory Council on Arson (ATAC) for his 36 years of fire service.  Hawk, a strong believer in public education, most recently lead the We're Out to Alarm Texas smoke alarm installation program, which he attributes to the fire death-free year (2008) in Waco.  See ATAC press release. 
  
  
• March 3, 2008
  John Buck, a 14 year old, of Jefferson Texas received 200 smoke alarms from the Insurance Council of Texas for the elderly in his area. He is working on his Eagle Scout award and trying to do something good for his community.   See ICT press release. 
  
  
  If a fire and life safety public educator in your area has been recently recognized for his or her education efforts, please let us know.  Send details to TXFLSE@tdi.state.tx.us so we may recognize that educator here.
  
  

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