Full Text of HR0037 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, It has come to the attention of this body that the | 3 | | East Joliet Fire Department is celebrating the 75th anniversary | 4 | | of its founding; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, In March of 1939, a vote was held at A.O. Marshall | 6 | | School in Joliet concerning the building of the Department, | 7 | | which was overwhelmingly approved; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Before the department had any equipment or a | 9 | | formal organization, William J. Bolton was selected to serve as | 10 | | Chief of the Department; and | 11 | | WHEREAS, In June of 1940, the Department acquired its first | 12 | | piece of equipment, a chemical truck purchased from the Orland | 13 | | Park Fire Department; later that year, the firemen built a | 14 | | 2-bay fire station at 409 Leach Avenue in Joliet and a 1936 | 15 | | tanker was purchased; in September of 1942, a third truck was | 16 | | obtained from the Dwight Fire Department; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, In 1950, 2-way radios were purchased for all of | 18 | | the Department's trucks; in 1953, 30 home receivers were placed | 19 | | in the volunteers' homes to alert them about fire calls; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, In 1959, an election was held to form a Fire |
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| 1 | | Protection District, which was overwhelmingly approved; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, In April of 1963, Chief Bolton passed away and | 3 | | Robert J. Klint was selected to serve as the next Chief of the | 4 | | Department; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, In May of 1964, a second station was built at 102 | 6 | | East Zarley Boulevard in Joliet; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, In 1978, a third fire station was built at 911 | 8 | | South Briggs Street in Joliet; this station now serves as | 9 | | headquarters for the Department; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, In February of 2000, Chief Klint passed away and | 11 | | Robert F. Scholtes, Jr. was appointed as acting chief; in | 12 | | October of 2000, Robert F. Scholtes, Jr. was appointed to serve | 13 | | as Chief of the Fire Department; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Today, the East Joliet Fire Department has 12 | 15 | | full-time firefighters and a core group of part-time and paid | 16 | | on-call firefighters who operate 2 engines, one 105-foot ladder | 17 | | truck, one heavy rescue truck, 3 ALS ambulances, and one | 18 | | 4-wheel-drive brush truck; therefore, be it
| 19 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 20 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we |
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| 1 | | congratulate the members of the East Joliet Fire Department on | 2 | | the occasion of the 75th anniversary of its founding, commend | 3 | | their dedication and selfless service, and extend our best | 4 | | wishes to them for continued success in the future; and be it | 5 | | further
| 6 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 7 | | presented to Robert F. Scholtes, Jr. as a symbol of our esteem | 8 | | and respect.
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