Bill Text: IL HR0122 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Honors Norridge Police Department Corporal Vaughan Watts for his work in responding to a house fire in Norridge on January 7, 2015.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-02-18 - Resolution Adopted [HR0122 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-HR0122-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives are pleased to honor those who risk their lives | ||||||
| 4 | to protect and serve the people of this State; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, At 5:08 AM on January 7, 2015, Norridge Police | ||||||
| 6 | Department Corporal Vaughan Watts, along with members of the | ||||||
| 7 | Norridge Police Department, the Norwood Park Fire Department, | ||||||
| 8 | the Harwood Heights Police Department, the Elmwood Park Fire | ||||||
| 9 | Department, and the River Grove Fire Department, responded to a | ||||||
| 10 | house fire at 7911 West Gunnison Street in Norridge; while | ||||||
| 11 | traveling to the scene of the fire, the responders were | ||||||
| 12 | notified that there were trapped victims in the home; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, Upon arriving at the scene, Corporal Vaughan Watts | ||||||
| 14 | and the other responders found fire coming out of windows on 2 | ||||||
| 15 | sides of the building and heavy smoke on the first and second | ||||||
| 16 | floors; the responders immediately began searching for | ||||||
| 17 | victims, eventually finding several victims hanging out of | ||||||
| 18 | windows on the 2nd floor; all available crew members were then | ||||||
| 19 | called to the rear of the house with ground ladders; and
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| 20 | WHEREAS, Working as a team, the responders were able to | ||||||
| 21 | successfully ladder the building and assist victims onto the | ||||||
| 22 | ladders and down to safety; the victims were handed over to | ||||||
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| 1 | Emergency Medical Services crews to check for injuries or smoke | ||||||
| 2 | inhalation; the victims were subsequently transported to local | ||||||
| 3 | hospitals and were released later that afternoon; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, After the victims were removed from the building, | ||||||
| 5 | the responders began to attack the fire with multiple hose | ||||||
| 6 | lines and elevated master streams; after several hours, the | ||||||
| 7 | fire was successfully controlled; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, Corporal Vaughan Watts serves as a model of hard | ||||||
| 9 | work, integrity, and dedication for the people of the State of | ||||||
| 10 | Illinois; therefore, be it
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| 11 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 12 | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 13 | honor Norridge Police Department Corporal Vaughan Watts for his | ||||||
| 14 | work and wish him continued success in the future; and be it | ||||||
| 15 | further
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| 16 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 17 | presented to Corporal Vaughan Watts as a symbol of our esteem | ||||||
| 18 | and respect.
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