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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives wish to congratulate Donald Gould, Jr. on the
4occasion of his retirement as chief of the Prospect Heights
5Fire Protection District; and
 
6    WHEREAS, Donald Gould, Jr. has served the Prospect Heights
7Fire Protection District since beginning as a volunteer in
81969; he was promoted to assistant chief in 1981, appointed
9chief in 1988, and became the district's first full-time chief
10in 2000; and
 
11    WHEREAS, Donald Gould, Jr. is the fourth fire chief in the
12history of the Prospect Heights Fire Protection District; his
13predecessors include his late father, Donald Gould, Sr.; and
 
14    WHEREAS, Donald Gould, Jr. has spent his career championing
15firefighting education by graduating from the School of Fire
16Protection at Oklahoma State University, becoming one of the
17first certified chief officers in the State of Illinois, and
18developing a firefighter certification training program; and
 
19    WHEREAS, Donald Gould, Jr. promoted safety and well-being
20in the communities served by the district and worked to bring
21paramedic services to Prospect Heights; and
 

 

 

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1    WHEREAS, Donald Gould, Jr. secured public trust and
2authority through a referendum to issue $1.1 million in bonds
3to expand the fire station and modernize the fleet; and
 
4    WHEREAS, During the 28 years of Donald Gould, Jr.'s
5leadership, the Prospect Heights Fire Protection District has
6expanded from 30 paid-on-call firefighters responding to 600
7calls a year from a single station to 50-plus part-time and
8full-time firefighters responding to about 2,000 calls a year
9from two stations; therefore, be it
 
10    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
11NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
12congratulate Donald Gould, Jr. on the occasion of his
13retirement and wish him continued success and happiness in the
14future; and be it further
 
15    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
16presented to Donald Gould, Jr. as a symbol of our esteem and
17respect.