Full Text of HR0257 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to congratulate John Schuldt, | 4 | | Carpentersville Fire Chief, on being named the 2011 Illinois | 5 | | Fire Chief of the Year by the Illinois Fire Chiefs Association; | 6 | | and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, The Illinois Fire Chiefs Association consists of | 8 | | 1,222 fire chiefs and officers from fire departments and fire | 9 | | protection districts from across the State; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, John Schuldt has served as Fire Chief of | 11 | | Carpentersville since 1996, and won the award in the category | 12 | | for a full-time paid or combination department that serves a | 13 | | population of more than 25,000 people; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, The Illinois Fire Chiefs Association recognized | 15 | | Chief Schuldt for his local, State, and national contributions | 16 | | to the firefighting community; on the local level, he has held | 17 | | sessions with teenagers on the dangers of alcohol and drugs, | 18 | | designed a fire prevention program for seniors, and helped | 19 | | develop the Kane County Investigators Task Force that sends | 20 | | certified investigators to fire departments that need them; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Statewise, he was appointed to the Illinois Fire |
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| 1 | | Advisory Commission by Governor Pat Quinn in 2010; he also | 2 | | served as the Illinois Fire Chiefs Association's president in | 3 | | 2005 and 2006, during which time the group successfully pushed | 4 | | the State to require self-extinguishing cigarettes; on the | 5 | | national level, Chief Schuldt, as president of the Association, | 6 | | sat on the first committee that discussed inter mutual aid with | 7 | | 35 other states; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, The Carpenter Park healing field for about 1,900 | 9 | | missing-in-action Vietnam War veterans was brought to the | 10 | | community by Chief Schuldt and was a large factor in the | 11 | | Illinois Fire Chiefs Association's decision to award him as | 12 | | 2011 Illinois Fire Chief of the Year; he is a Carpentersville | 13 | | native and has 34 years of service in the fire department; | 14 | | therefore, be it
| 15 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 16 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 17 | | we congratulate Chief Schuldt on his award and thank him for | 18 | | his years of service to the community; and be it further
| 19 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 20 | | presented to Carpentersville Fire Chief John Schuldt as a | 21 | | symbol of our respect and esteem.
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