Full Text of HR0146 96th General Assembly
HR0146 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are pleased to congratulate Oak Brook Fire | 4 |
| Department Chief Jim Bodony on the occasion of his retirement | 5 |
| on March 13, 2009; and
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| WHEREAS, Chief Jim Bodony received his associate's degree | 7 |
| in Fire Science from the College of DuPage in 1970 and his | 8 |
| bachelor's degree in Fire Service Management from Lewis | 9 |
| University in June of 1975; he was appointed to the Lewis | 10 |
| University Fire Science Advisory Board in 1976; and
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| WHEREAS, Chief Jim Bodony began his career with the Oak | 12 |
| Brook Fire Department on June 16, 1972; he went to Oak Brook | 13 |
| following his discharge from the military, having served in the | 14 |
| United States Air Force, where he was assigned to the Air Force | 15 |
| Firefighting School at Chanute Air Force Base in Rantoul; and
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| WHEREAS, Chief Jim Bodony was promoted to the rank of | 17 |
| Lieutenant in January of 1982; he was named Department Training | 18 |
| Officer in May of 1991; he was then promoted to Captain in | 19 |
| February of 1994 and to Battalion Chief in January of 2003; he | 20 |
| was named Chief of the Department in July of 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, Chief Jim Bodony has seen the Department grow and |
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| expand in the level of service it provides to the community | 2 |
| during his more than three and a half decade career; during the | 3 |
| early 1970s, the Department consisted of a small group of | 4 |
| career firefighters supplemented by a sizable group of | 5 |
| volunteers, many of whom were Franciscan Brothers from the St. | 6 |
| Pascal Friary; he, along with other members of the Department, | 7 |
| built fire trucks for the Department out of a used oil tank | 8 |
| truck and a used Public Works pickup truck; and
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| WHEREAS, Chief Jim Bodony was one of the first firefighters | 10 |
| to be trained as Emergency Medical Technicians (EMT) and was | 11 |
| assigned to the ambulance when the Department took over | 12 |
| operation of the Village ambulance service, a service | 13 |
| previously done by the Police Department; he was in the first | 14 |
| group of Illinois firefighters to train and become State | 15 |
| Certified and taught one of the first State Certification | 16 |
| programs for Fire Apparatus Engineers, which was conducted in | 17 |
| Oak Brook; throughout his career, he has been instrumental in | 18 |
| the Department's Training program, teaching many classes and | 19 |
| drills, mentoring new firefighters, and teaching classes | 20 |
| around the State; he initiated and supervised the installation | 21 |
| of a Village-wide Emergency Vehicle Traffic Signal Pre-emption | 22 |
| system at all traffic signals in Oak Brook; he was tasked with | 23 |
| authoring the first written disaster plan for the Village and | 24 |
| developed the first box card system for the Department to | 25 |
| provide for an orderly method of securing mutual aid from |
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| neighboring fire departments; and | 2 |
| WHEREAS, As a company officer and later Shift Commander, | 3 |
| Chief Jim Bodony served in every aspect of the Department's | 4 |
| operations, including firefighting, auto extrication, | 5 |
| emergency medical care, fire inspection, public education, | 6 |
| training and administration; as Chief, he continued the | 7 |
| Department's mission of maintaining a highly trained staff | 8 |
| delivering excellent service to the community on every call; | 9 |
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| WHEREAS, Chief Jim Bodony has served on the Executive Board | 11 |
| of the DuPage County Fire Chief's Association and the Board of | 12 |
| MABAS Division 12, a part of the State-wide fire mutual aid | 13 |
| organization; he is a member of the International Association | 14 |
| of Fire Chiefs, The Illinois Fire Chiefs Association, and the | 15 |
| DuPage County Fire Chiefs Association; he is also an active | 16 |
| member of the Glen Ellyn Volunteer Fire Company in his home | 17 |
| town of Glen Ellyn, where he resides with his wife, Lynne; | 18 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 20 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 21 |
| congratulate Jim Bodony on the occasion of his retirement and | 22 |
| wish him many happy and healthy retirement years; and be it | 23 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 |
| presented to Jim Bodony as a symbol of our esteem and respect.
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