Public Attendance
Members of the public are welcome to attend the Memorial for Tim Hart at Cody High School football field on Saturday. There is a seating chart located under the SEATING tab to help you find a spot to sit. Please use the North Entrance but the South Entrance is also available if you need a handicapped accessible way to enter.
If you are with the Forest Service and planning to attend, please see guidance below.
Forest Service Employee Attendance
Subject: Official Attendance at Tim Hart's Memorial Ceremony
Ceremonies to honor the contributions of employees who die in the line of duty are an important
tribute to the deceased and their family. The Forest Service’s intent is to conduct these activities
honoring our fallen firefighter with due respect.
This letter provides guidance regarding time and attendance status for employees who are
attending the memorial ceremony honoring Tim Hart as official representatives of the Forest
Service.
Who Can Attend
The ceremony will be held at Cody High School, 920 Beck Avenue, Cody, Wyoming
82414, Saturday, June 12, 2021 at 11:00 am.
Employees attending as official agency representatives are authorized salary and travel expenses,
if needed. All Northern Region Smokejumpers and Custer-Gallatin National Forest employees
are approved to attend as official agency representatives as approved by their supervisors.
Additionally, each Forest and Grassland in Region 1 is approved to send up to three official
representatives, with a focus on those who knew and worked with Tim. Forest and Grassland
Supervisors should provide the names of those representatives to Kelly Dickinson,
(kelly.dickinson@usda.gov) by noon, Wednesday June 9th.
Uniform
Proper appearance of the Agency uniform, or approved crew duty attire by all crew members, conveys a sense of unity among the coworkers and Agency representatives attending a ceremony. Unless otherwise specified, Forest Service employees attending formal services should wear a complete agency uniform (clean, pressed, and properly fitted).
The field uniform with long or short sleeves (no tie) is the approved uniform for this event; dark
green Nomex is the preferred pants. Crewmembers are allowed to wear their crew colors if so
desired.
Pay
Employees attending as designated agency representatives should code their T&A as follows:
• Employees who normally charge to WFSE and are attending the memorial as official
Forest Service representatives should charge their base 8 time as they normally would to
WFSE and any potential travel to WFSU4321 1325
• Employees who normally charge to S&E codes other than WFSE and are attending the
memorial as official Forest Service representatives should charge all their time and any
potential travel to WFSU4321 1325.
Overtime
The ceremony does not meet the criteria for the overtime pay provision (Public Law 106-558)
and coding with prefix 11 is not permitted.
Other Forest Service employees, who are not designated as official agency representatives, are
encouraged to watch via livestream (see enclosure) or attend at their own expense.
To honor the family’s wishes, the focus of attendance at the memorial will be the family members, close
friends, smokejumpers, and others from the fire community.
It is important that as we honor Tim in Cody, we also honor him by remaining prepared to
perform our mission. Those who cover their stations in a state of readiness on Saturday will also
be honoring Tim by doing so and looking after each other.
LEANNE M. MARTEN
Regional Forester
