Full Text of HR1498 94th General Assembly
HR1498 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Bridgeview Fire Chief Terrence Lipinski, who has | 3 |
| served the community as Fire Chief for eleven years, marked | 4 |
| thirty years with the Bridgeview Fire Department on October 4, | 5 |
| 2006; an American flag was flown over the Capitol Building in | 6 |
| Washington, D.C. in honor of his thirty years of service in the | 7 |
| fire department; and
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| WHEREAS,
He recently announced his plan to retire; during | 9 |
| Lipinski's years as chief, the department has earned a good | 10 |
| reputation within the State fire community, specifically for | 11 |
| its sprinkler rules; and
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| WHEREAS, During his tenure, Lipinski served on the incident | 13 |
| command teams for the response effort after the tornado in | 14 |
| Utica in 2004 and Hurricane Katrina; he spent about 26 hours in | 15 |
| Utica and two weeks in Louisiana after the hurricane;
and
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| WHEREAS, He served ten years on the Executive Board for the | 17 |
| Illinois Fire Chief's Association; he was President of the | 18 |
| Bridgeview ETSB Board for eleven years; he is a member of the | 19 |
| Region 7 EMS Advisory Board and a member of the Christ Advocate | 20 |
| EMS Advisory Board; and | 21 |
| WHEREAS, He is a member of the Moraine Valley Community | 22 |
| College Fire Education Advisory Board; he is the Treasurer for | 23 |
| the Illinois Fire Chief's Association PAC; he has served as | 24 |
| President and Vice-President of MABAS Division 21 Chief's | 25 |
| Board; he was a Trustee for the Bridgeview Fireman's Pension | 26 |
| Fund for twenty-six years; and | 27 |
| WHEREAS, Chief Lipinski was appointed to the Intrastate | 28 |
| Mutual Aid Committee for the International Association of Fire | 29 |
| Chief's as a Technical Expert to assist the State of Texas in | 30 |
| developing a statewide Mutual Aid System; and |
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| WHEREAS, He is an Administrator and an Instructor for the | 2 |
| MABAS Dispatching Training; he was the Area Commander of the | 3 |
| Illinois MABAS forces outside of New Orleans; and he was | 4 |
| appointed a Lead Coordinator for the May 2006 Statewide | 5 |
| exercise and deployment; and | 6 |
| WHEREAS, Terrence Lipinski is a member of the International | 7 |
| Association of Fire Chiefs, National Fire Protection | 8 |
| Association,
Great Lakes Fire Chiefs Association, Illinois | 9 |
| Fire Chiefs Association, Metropolitan Fire Chiefs Association, | 10 |
| Cook County Fire Chiefs Association, Illinois Fire Inspectors | 11 |
| Association, Illinois Professional
Firefighters Association, | 12 |
| Illinois Firefighters Association, and the Mutual Aid Box Alarm | 13 |
| System (MABAS);
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| WHEREAS, After retiring, Mr. Lipinski plans to spend time | 15 |
| in Phoenix, Arizona, before re-joining the work force; he may | 16 |
| work as a consultant in Bridgeview, reviewing the village's | 17 |
| response to disaster situations with the Mutual Aid Box Alarm | 18 |
| System; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 20 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 21 |
| we congratulate Terrence Lipinski on his retirement and honor | 22 |
| him for his years of service and dedication to the people of | 23 |
| his community; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 25 |
| presented to Terrence Lipinski.
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