Bill Text: IL HR0372 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Designates the new building at the Illinois Fire Service Institute as the "Richard L. Jaehne Building" in honor of Mr. Jaehne and his many accomplishments as director of the Illinois Fire Service Institute.

Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 16-10)

Status: (Passed) 2011-05-31 - Resolution Adopted 112-002-001 [HR0372 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2011-HR0372-Introduced.html

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HOUSE RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
Representatives are pleased to honor those who contribute to
the well-being of the State of Illinois and its residents; and
WHEREAS, Richard Jaehne earned his bachelor's degree from
the University of Utah in 1968; he subsequently earned his
master's degree in systems management from the University of
Southern California in 1979; he participated in numerous
military professional education resident courses, including
the Department of the Navy Total's Quality Leadership Course in
1993 and programs at the Marine Corps Command and Staff College
in 1983 and the Air War College in 1987; he is also certified
as a Type 3 FEMA Incident Management Team member; and
WHEREAS, After earning his bachelor's degree, Richard
Jaehne was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the United
States Marine Corps; he subsequently attained the rank of
Colonel; during his tenure, he served in Vietnam, the Far East,
Latin America, the Middle East, Europe, and Washington, D.C.;
he also served as the Commandant of the NATO School in
Oberammergau, Germany and as Director of the Operations
Department at the United States Marine Corps Headquarters in
Washington, D.C.; he retired from the United States Marine
Corps on September 30, 1997, after more than 29 years of active

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service around the world; and
WHEREAS, Richard Jaehne was awarded the Navy Cross while
serving as a platoon leader with Company K, Third Battalion,
Seventh Marine Regiment of the First Marine Division in
connection with combat operations against the enemy in the
Republic of Vietnam on August 28, 1969; he also earned three
Defense Superior Service Medals, the Legion of Merit, the
Bronze Star with Combat "V", the Purple Heart, the Meritorious
Service Medal, two Combat Action Ribbons, the German Honor
Cross in Silver, and the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry with
Silver Star; and
WHEREAS, Richard Jaehne is the author of numerous
publications, including "NATO School Vision 2000", which was
presented to the Supreme Allied Commander, Allied Powers
Europe, "Traumatic Stress, A Personal View From Combat", and
numerous articles for professional journals and hundreds of
speeches of note to international and U.S. crisis management
and security forums; he is also the co-developer of the seminar
entitled "Where the Battle Begins", which relates leadership in
high-risk situations between the military and fire service; and
WHEREAS, Richard Jaehne has served with distinction as the
director of the Illinois Fire Service Institute, the statutory
Illinois State Fire Academy; as director, he leads an

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inter-agency team that has developed and delivers unified
command training programs which meet the new National Incident
Management System standards to first responders, local and
elected officials, and the United States Postal Service; he has
also supervised the delivery of more than 600,000 student hours
of training to some 55,000 firefighters and other first
responders annually; and
WHEREAS, Richard Jaehne is a member of the Illinois
Governor's Terrorism Task Force and a Co-Chair of the task
force's Training Committee; he was a member of the Governor's
Blue Ribbon Fire Service Committee and the Governor's Fire
Advisory Commission; he is a past-Vice President of the North
American Fire Training Directors; he is also a member of the
congressionally-mandated FEMA Region V Regional Advisory
Council; and
WHEREAS, In 2002, Richard Jaehne developed and led a series
of 17 homeland security planning workshops statewide
culminating in a 2-day Homeland Security Summit, attended by
community leaders from across Illinois and the Illinois
Homeland Security Coordinator; and
WHEREAS, Richard Jaehne received the Mutual Aid Box Alarm
System (MABAS) President's Leadership Award in 2006 for
sustained support in fire and homeland security preparedness

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and programs; and
WHEREAS, Richard Jaehne serves as a model of hard work,
integrity, and dedication for the people of the State of
Illinois; therefore, be it
RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
we designate the new building at the Illinois Fire Service
Institute as the "Richard L. Jaehne Building" in honor of
Richard L. Jaehne and his many accomplishments; and be it
further
RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
presented to Richard Jaehne as a symbol of our esteem and
respect.