Full Text of HR0441 95th General Assembly
HR0441 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are pleased to congratulate James "Jay" | 4 |
| Reardon on his retirement as Fire Chief of the Village of | 5 |
| Northbrook on May 3, 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, James "Jay" Reardon has performed 40 years of | 7 |
| dedicated fire service; his fire service career began in | 8 |
| Evergreen Park; his career has taken him to Hoffman Estates, | 9 |
| Cary, Portage, Michigan, Collier County, Florida, and | 10 |
| Northbrook, where he has served as Fire Chief since June 1994; | 11 |
| he concurrently served a total of 28 years with the Air Force | 12 |
| Reserve, retiring in 2004 at the rank of Major; and
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| WHEREAS, James "Jay" Reardon's service in the Village of | 14 |
| Northbrook includes numerous accomplishments; under his | 15 |
| command, Northbrook's fire department received an Insurance | 16 |
| Services Office Fire Department Class 2 Rating, making the fire | 17 |
| department one of the top twenty best rated fire departments in | 18 |
| Illinois; he secured grants to construct and equip a new | 19 |
| regional emergency dispatch center; he was integral in the | 20 |
| modernization and equipping of the fire department into a | 21 |
| recognized state of the art operation; and he developed a | 22 |
| highly competent and dedicated firefighting and professional | 23 |
| staff second to none; and
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| WHEREAS, James "Jay" Reardon's personnel file in full of | 2 |
| thank you notes, letters of appreciation, certificates of | 3 |
| training, and correspondence from many grateful individuals, | 4 |
| including the Governor of the State of Illinois and the | 5 |
| President of the United States; he has touched the lives of | 6 |
| many citizens in the Village of Northbrook while serving as | 7 |
| fire chief; his endless enthusiasm and stellar work ethic have | 8 |
| inspired many who have had the pleasure of working with him; | 9 |
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| WHEREAS, During his tenure with the Village of Northbrook, | 11 |
| James "Jay" Reardon has served as President of the Mutual Aid | 12 |
| Box Alarm System and President of the Illinois Fire Chiefs | 13 |
| Association; he was appointed to the 2000 Blue Ribbon Panel for | 14 |
| the Fire Service's Issues; he served on the Statewide Terrorism | 15 |
| Preparedness Task Force; he chaired the Legislative Committee | 16 |
| of the Northeast Illinois Public Safety Training Academy; in | 17 |
| 2002 he was named "Illinois Fire Chief of the Year" and was | 18 |
| named Fire Chiefs Magazine's International Career Fire Chief of | 19 |
| the Year; in 2003 he was awarded the International Fire Chiefs | 20 |
| prestigious Presidents Leadership Award from championing | 21 |
| inter-state mutual aid initiatives; he has also tirelessly | 22 |
| served on countless regional, State, and national committees | 23 |
| and task forces for the betterment of the nation's fire | 24 |
| services; and
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| WHEREAS, James "Jay" Reardon's background in Disaster | 2 |
| Planning, Incident Management, and Recovery Operations has | 3 |
| served him well as he led the mobilization and deployment of | 4 |
| mutual aid forces responding to Chicago's LaSalle Bank building | 5 |
| fire, Metra train crash, Utica tornado, and Hurricane Katrina | 6 |
| in Louisiana; and
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| WHEREAS, Upon his retirement, James "Jay" Reardon will | 8 |
| assume the duties as the Chief Executive Officer of the Mutual | 9 |
| Aid Box Alarm System, where he will direct Statewide fire, EMS, | 10 |
| and Special Operation team responses associated with large | 11 |
| scale events and Declarations of Disaster; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 13 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 14 |
| congratulate James "Jay" Reardon on his retirement, thank him | 15 |
| for his service to the Village of Northbrook and the State of | 16 |
| Illinois, and wish him continued success and happiness in the | 17 |
| future; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 19 |
| presented to James "Jay" Reardon as a symbol of our esteem and | 20 |
| respect.
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