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 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 Larry  Swanson
 6    of  St.  Charles  will  retire as Fire Chief on May 31, 2002,
 7    after serving with the Department for 34 years; and

 8        WHEREAS, Chief Swanson began with the  St.  Charles  Fire
 9    Department  as  a paid-on-call firefighter and was hired as a
10    career firefighter when the Department  was  manned  by  only
11    five  full-time  firefighters; he rose to the rank of Captain
12    before being named Fire Chief in 1981; Chief Swanson  is  the
13    longest-serving  full-time  fire  chief,  and  second longest
14    serving fire chief, in the Department's 160 year history; and

15        WHEREAS, Chief Swanson's  distinguished  career  includes
16    being    a   driving   force   in   the   formation   of   an
17    intergovernmental agency to provide ambulance service for the
18    Fox Valley area; he also served as Chairman of the  Emergency
19    Telephone  System  Board  that oversees 9-1-1 service in Kane
20    County, and as President of the Mutual Aid Box  Alarm  System
21    (MABAS) Division XIII and its predecessor, Kane County Mutual
22    Aid;  he  has  held  office  in  the  Kane County Fire Chiefs
23    Association over the years and is a member  of  the  Illinois
24    Fire Chiefs and International Fire Chiefs Associations; and

25        WHEREAS,  During the St. Charles Fire Department's growth
26    from just five full-time firefighters,  Chief  Larry  Swanson
27    has provided the leadership necessary  to guide it forward to
28    its now 33 career firefighters, 35 paid-on-call firefighters,
29    and  12  contract  paramedics  who  are housed in three fully
30    staffed  fire  stations;  also,  under  his   guidance,   the
31    Department  has  achieved  an Insurance Services Office (ISO)
32    rating  as  a  Class  2  community  for  insurance  purposes;
 
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 1    therefore, be it

 2        RESOLVED,  BY  THE  HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES   OF   THE
 3    NINETY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
 4    we  congratulate  Fire  Chief Larry Swanson of St. Charles on
 5    the occasion of his retirement, thank him for  his  countless
 6    hours  of  service  with the St. Charles Fire Department, and
 7    wish him well in all his future endeavors; and be it further

 8        RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be sent
 9    to Fire Chief Larry Swanson as an expression of our esteem.

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