92_HR0361 LRB9209012RHrh 1 HOUSE RESOLUTION 2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 3 Representatives are pleased to recognize milestone events in 4 the lives of the citizens of the State of Illinois; and 5 WHEREAS, It has come to our attention that after 25 years 6 of service with the Homewood Fire Department, Assistant Chief 7 Dan Rossi will be hanging up his coat, hat, and boots on May 8 24, 2001; and 9 WHEREAS, Dan Rossi has served as a firefighter for 28 10 years, three of those years as a volunteer firefighter in 11 Frankfort; and 12 WHEREAS, Dan Rossi joined the Homewood Fire Department as 13 a full-time firefighter in 1976, becoming a lieutenant in 14 1979; he was promoted to Assistant Chief in 1997; in 15 addition, he has served as a paramedic since 1976 and a 16 paramedic coordinator since 1977; he has run the paramedic 17 program in Homewood for 23 of its 27 year existence; and 18 WHEREAS, During his tenure, Dan Rossi has seen his staff 19 double to its current size of 50 employees; in addition he 20 has purchased additional customized ambulances to meet the 21 need of the village; and 22 WHEREAS, Dan Rossi has experienced many exciting times 23 during his tenure, including the delivery of three babies; 24 and 25 WHEREAS, Dan Rossi's work has not gone unnoticed by his 26 peers or his supervisors; he was honored as fireman of the 27 year in the mid-1980s; and 28 WHEREAS, After so many years on the job, Dan Rossi has 29 attained a wealth of knowledge to pass on to the next 30 generation of firefighters and paramedics; over his 25 year -2- LRB9209012RHrh 1 career he has been on tens of thousands of calls and put out 2 hundreds of fires; he considers becoming a firefighter more 3 than a job, but, rather, a lifestyle; and 4 WHEREAS, On May 24, 2001, the Homewood Fire Department 5 will honor the distinguished 25-year service and dedication 6 that Dan Rossi has given the Homewood community; therefore, 7 be it 8 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 9 NINETY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that 10 we congratulate Dan Rossi on his retirement from 25 years of 11 dedication and service as Homewood Fire Department Assistant 12 Chief and we wish him well in all of his future endeavors; 13 and be it further 14 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 15 presented to Dan Rossi as an expression of our esteem.