HJR208 Summary

• Resolution mourning the death of Warren Lee Helms, United States Air Force Veteran and former Alabama Emergency Management Agency Director, who died on April 8, 2024, at age 68.

• Helms served six years in the U.S. Air Force from 1973-1979 and began his emergency management career on September 12, 1979, responding to Hurricane Frederick in Mobile County.

• Served as State EMA Director under Governors Fob James and Don Siegelman, then opened Lee Helms Associates, LLC to assist cities and counties with disaster planning and storm cleanup.

• Recognized for community service including roles on the Montgomery City Planning Commission, Jefferson Davis High School PTA, Alabama National Emergency Number Association-911, and Board of the Humane Society of Chilton County.

• Legislature records his death with deep sadness and extends heartfelt sympathy to his surviving family members including three children, five grandchildren, and four siblings.