Full Text of HR0168 095th General Assembly
HR0168 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the | 3 |
| State of Illinois wish to honor all fire fighters and emergency | 4 |
| medical technicians for the service they provide in responding | 5 |
| to emergencies throughout the State; and
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| WHEREAS, The three main goals in firefighting are (in | 7 |
| order) life safety, incident stabilization, and property | 8 |
| conservation; firefighting is an inherently dangerous | 9 |
| occupation; as such, the skills required for safe operations | 10 |
| are regularly practiced during training evolutions throughout | 11 |
| a fire fighter's career; in the United States, the preeminent | 12 |
| fire training and standards organization is the National Fire | 13 |
| Protection Association (NFPA); often initial firefighting | 14 |
| skills are taught during a local, regional, or state approved | 15 |
| fire academy; depending on the requirements of a department, | 16 |
| additional skills and certifications such as technical rescue | 17 |
| and Paramedicine may also be taught at this time; and
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| WHEREAS, Firefighters work closely with other emergency | 19 |
| response agencies, most particularly local and state police | 20 |
| departments; as every fire scene is technically a crime scene | 21 |
| until deemed otherwise by a qualified investigator, there is | 22 |
| often overlap between the responsibilities of responding | 23 |
| firefighters and police officers such as evidence and scene |
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| protection, initial observations of first respondents, and | 2 |
| chain of evidence issues; the increasing role of firefighters | 3 |
| in providing emergency medical services also brings | 4 |
| firefighters into common overlap with law enforcement; one | 5 |
| example of this is a common state law requiring all gunshot | 6 |
| wounds to be reported to law enforcement agencies; and
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| WHEREAS, Most career (full time, paid) firefighters in | 8 |
| North America are represented by the International Association | 9 |
| of Fire Fighters; and
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| WHEREAS, Fire fighting has several basic skills: | 11 |
| prevention, self preservation, rescue, preservation of | 12 |
| property and fire control; firefighting is further broken down | 13 |
| into skills which include size-up, extinguishment, | 14 |
| ventilation, and salvage and overhaul; search and rescue, is | 15 |
| performed early in any fire scenario and many times is in | 16 |
| unison with extinguishment and ventilation; and
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| WHEREAS, Emergency Medical Technicians are trained in | 18 |
| practical emergency medical knowledge and skills that can be | 19 |
| deployed within a rapid time frame; patient treatment | 20 |
| guidelines are described in protocols following both national | 21 |
| guidelines and local medical policies; the goal of EMT | 22 |
| intervention is to rapidly evaluate a patient's condition and | 23 |
| to maintain a patient's airway, breathing and circulation by |
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| CPR and defibrillation; in addition, EMT intervention aims to | 2 |
| control external bleeding, prevent shock, and prevent further | 3 |
| injury or disability by immobilizing potential spinal or other | 4 |
| bone fractures, while expediting the safe and timely transport | 5 |
| of the patient to a hospital emergency department for | 6 |
| definitive medical care; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 8 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 9 |
| honor the firefighters and EMTs of Illinois for the heroic | 10 |
| service they provide.
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