Full Text of HR1379 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate the staff and | 4 | | administration of the Norwood Park Fire Protection District on | 5 | | the occasion of its 75th anniversary on August 25, 2016; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Norwood Park Fire Protection District services | 7 | | were first provided to Norwood Park residents from the garage | 8 | | of Walter E. Schoenfeld at 4318 Ottawa Street, which served as | 9 | | Norwood Park's first fire station; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, In 1947, the first official fire station was made | 11 | | at the corner of Montrose Avenue and Ottawa Street; the station | 12 | | was a former church that was relocated from Montrose Avenue and | 13 | | Thatcher Avenue; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, The Montrose and Ottawa station was expanded in | 15 | | 1954, 1956, and 1960; a second fire station was constructed in | 16 | | 1954 at 7301 Lawrence Avenue in Harwood Heights; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, The volunteer fire department was reorganized in | 18 | | 1958 as the Norwood Park Fire Protection District, with Tobias | 19 | | Schaden (Norridge), Hubert Huening (Harwood Heights) and | 20 | | Lucien E. Bond (Norwood Park Township) serving as the first | 21 | | trustees; Walter E. Schoenfeld served as the first Volunteer |
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| 1 | | Fire Chief before becoming the first full-time Fire Chief, | 2 | | having been appointed on January 1, 1959; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, On February 1, 1961, the Norwood Park Fire | 4 | | Protection District went to 24-hour, full-time fire | 5 | | protection; the first full-time firefighters were Ed Jilka, Les | 6 | | Richards, Paul Schoenfeld, and Alan Campbell; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, The Norwood Park Fire Protection District | 8 | | initiated its first ambulance service in 1954; the district was | 9 | | also a pioneer in the field of paramedics, starting in 1978; | 10 | | and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, A new fire station was constructed in 1988 at 7447 | 12 | | West Lawrence Avenue, consolidating both stations to better | 13 | | serve their communities; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, The Norwood Park Fire Protection District has | 15 | | grown to 35 full-time firefighters and paramedics and is | 16 | | currently led by Fire Chief Kevin J. Stenson; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, The Norwood Park Fire Protection District serves | 18 | | as a model of hard work, integrity, and dedication for the | 19 | | people of the State of Illinois; therefore, be it
| 20 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| 1 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 2 | | congratulate the staff and administration of the Norwood Park | 3 | | Fire Protection District on the occasion of its 75th | 4 | | anniversary and wish them continued success and happiness in | 5 | | the future; and be it further
| 6 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 7 | | presented to the Norwood Park Fire Protection District as a | 8 | | symbol of our esteem and respect.
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