Full Text of HR1164 96th General Assembly
HR1164 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 David F. Clark on | 4 |
| the occasion of his upcoming retirement as Deputy Director of | 5 |
| the Illinois Fire Service Institute; and
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| WHEREAS, David Clark has served as Deputy Director of the | 7 |
| Illinois Fire Service Institute since 1998 and has served as | 8 |
| the leader of more than 500 institute faculty and instructional | 9 |
| staff; during his tenure, the Institute has provided over | 10 |
| 12,000 courses to more than 500,000 fire and other emergency | 11 |
| responders and community leaders in every Illinois county, | 12 |
| classes that total more than 5 million student instructional | 13 |
| hours; and
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| WHEREAS, David Clark has served as a member of the Illinois | 15 |
| Terrorism Task Force since its inception in 2000; and
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| WHEREAS, David Clark has served as a member of the faculty | 17 |
| of the Illinois Fire Service Institute since February of 1976; | 18 |
| since 1976, he has personally provided hands-on fireman | 19 |
| training and developed a considerable body of training programs | 20 |
| for tens of thousands of firefighters from throughout Illinois | 21 |
| and the nation; and
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| WHEREAS, David Clark has been a pioneer in creating a sound | 2 |
| and practical scientific research program regarding | 3 |
| firefighter life safety issues at the Illinois Fire Service | 4 |
| Institute; and
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| WHEREAS, David Clark served as a member of the Illinois | 6 |
| Critical Incident Stress Debriefing Team, which assists | 7 |
| Illinois firefighters and their families and fire departments | 8 |
| to recover from the tragic loss of a firefighter in the line of | 9 |
| duty; and
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| WHEREAS, From 1965 to 1985, except for a period of active | 11 |
| duty service in the United States Army, David Clark served as a | 12 |
| volunteer firefighter and eventually Fire Chief for the | 13 |
| Brimfield Community Fire Protection District; from 1970 to | 14 |
| 1974, he served as a firefighter with the Normal Fire | 15 |
| Department; and
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| WHEREAS, From 1968 to 1970, David Clark served as a member | 17 |
| of the 3rd United States Infantry Regiment, known as the "Old | 18 |
| Guard", at Arlington National Cemetery; he ultimately achieved | 19 |
| the rank of Sergeant (E-5) and team leader; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 21 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 22 |
| congratulate David F. Clark on the occasion of his retirement |
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| and lifetime of service to the firefighters and citizens of the | 2 |
| State of Illinois and wish him many happy and healthy | 3 |
| retirement years; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 5 |
| presented to David Clark as a symbol of our esteem and respect.
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