Full Text of HR0584 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The Illinois House of Representatives wishes to | 3 | | congratulate the Breese Fire Department on the occasion of its | 4 | | 125th anniversary and recognize its tradition of bravery and | 5 | | dedication; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, The Breese Fire Department was founded in January | 7 | | of 1892, twenty-one years after the founding of the town of | 8 | | Breese; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, The Breese Volunteer Fire Department No. 1, | 10 | | started with seventeen men who, before the department received | 11 | | horses, pulled the fire pump to emergencies; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, The Breese Fire Department's pump was purchased, | 13 | | and the fire house was completed in October of 1892, a little | 14 | | more than nine months after the founding of the department; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, The department purchased its first motorized fire | 16 | | truck in 1918, which was funded by firemen picnics, masked | 17 | | balls, dances, and taxes from the Breese Township; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, Today, the Breese Fire Department averages one | 19 | | hundred and twenty emergency calls a year, has six emergency | 20 | | vehicles, and thirty-five volunteer firefighters; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, The Breese Fire Department exemplifies the best | 2 | | qualities of rural Illinois and the community spirit that | 3 | | defines the small towns and villages of this great State; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, The department continues to live up to its motto, | 5 | | "Semper Paratus" or "Always Ready"; therefore, be it
| 6 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 7 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 8 | | congratulate the Breese Fire Department on its 125th | 9 | | anniversary, and that we wish it 125 more years of continued | 10 | | operation and faithful service to its community; and be it | 11 | | further
| 12 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be sent | 13 | | to the Breese Fire Department and Chief Robert Wuest.
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