Full Text of HR1250 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Robert Wysong on the | 4 | | occasion of his retirement from the Streamwood Fire Department | 5 | | after over 32 years of service; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Robert Wysong started his career in 1975 by | 7 | | obtaining his State-certified EMT license; from 1976 to 1978 he | 8 | | worked for the Schiller Park Emergency Squad; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Robert Wysong joined the Streamwood Fire | 10 | | Department in 1980 as an on-call firefighter; he became a | 11 | | full-time firefighter in 1982; he was promoted to Lieutenant in | 12 | | 1997 and to Battalion Chief in 2011; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Robert Wysong formal education includes receiving | 14 | | his Associate of Applied Science of Criminal Law in 1975, his | 15 | | Associate Degree of Liberal Arts in 1976, his paramedic | 16 | | State-certification in 1983, and his Associate of Applied | 17 | | Science of Fire Science and Safety in 1985; he was certified by | 18 | | the State of Illinois as a Firefighter III in 1985, Instructor | 19 | | I in 1985, Fire Officer I in 1988, Hazardous Material | 20 | | Technician in 1988, Instructor II in 1991, Fire Officer II in | 21 | | 1992, and Fire Investigator in 1997; he was certified by the | 22 | | Department of Homeland Security as a Weapons of Mass |
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| 1 | | Destruction Technician in 2002, a Weapons of Mass Destruction | 2 | | IMS in 2002, an Incident Response to Terrorist Bombing | 3 | | Specialist in 2003, a Radiological/Nuclear Technician in 2006, | 4 | | and a Tank Car Specialist in 2010; he has been certified by | 5 | | FEMA for Incident Command Company Officer Level 100, 200, and | 6 | | 700, Middle Incident Command and Control ICS 300, Upper | 7 | | Incident Command and Control ICS 400, Command and Control of | 8 | | Incident Operations, Hazardous Materials Incident Management, | 9 | | and Incident Command for Structural Collapse; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Robert Wysong's accomplishments include being a | 11 | | Field Instructor for the Illinois Fire Service Institute at the | 12 | | University of Illinois at Champaign/Urbana in 2003, as a Staff | 13 | | Instructor for Elgin Community College in 2009, as a Staff | 14 | | Instructor for the Northern Illinois Public Safety Training | 15 | | Academy since 2011, and as the Illinois Task Force 1 Urban | 16 | | Search and Rescue Team as a Hazardous Material Team Manager in | 17 | | 2002; he helped develop an agri-terrorism class for the | 18 | | Department of Homeland Security, worked with the local police | 19 | | department to establish the Prom Night Program at Streamwood | 20 | | High School, and was one of the original founding fathers of | 21 | | Fire Explorer Post 1998; and | 22 | | WHEREAS, Robert Wysong has lived in Bloomingdale since | 23 | | 1999; he and his wife, Beverlee, have been married for over 29 | 24 | | years and have 2 golden retrievers, Charlie and Hunter; he |
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| 1 | | enjoys hunting and shooting, fishing, and traveling; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, A celebration in honor of Robert Wysong will be | 3 | | held on August 22, 2014 at the Fireside Ale House in | 4 | | Streamwood; therefore, be it
| 5 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 6 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 7 | | we congratulate Robert Wysong on his retirement from the | 8 | | Streamwood Fire Department and wish him success in all his | 9 | | future endeavors; and be it further
| 10 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 11 | | presented to Robert Wysong as an expression of our esteem and | 12 | | respect.
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