Bill Text: IL HR0535 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Recognizes the Peoria Heights Fire Department on its 100th anniversary.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-08-16 - Resolution Adopted [HR0535 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HR0535-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives wish to recognize the Peoria Heights Fire | ||||||
| 4 | Department on the occasion of its 100th anniversary in July of | ||||||
| 5 | 2017; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, There have been nine fire chiefs since the | ||||||
| 7 | department was incorporated in 1917; the first, E.J. Brayton, | ||||||
| 8 | served for three years; the longest running fire chief was | ||||||
| 9 | William "Bill" Bair, who served from 1953 to 1998; the current | ||||||
| 10 | chief, Greg Walters, was appointed on September 12, 2012; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, The department started with seven volunteers who | ||||||
| 12 | responded from their homes, manning three hand-operated hose | ||||||
| 13 | carts that were stored in the yards of the volunteers; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, The department responds to approximately 850 | ||||||
| 15 | calls per year; today, the department provides fire | ||||||
| 16 | suppression, fire prevention, technical rescue response | ||||||
| 17 | (vehicle accidents, elevator rescues), and emergency medical | ||||||
| 18 | services within a 2.3 square mile response area; and
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| 19 | WHEREAS, The Peoria Heights Fire Department was a major | ||||||
| 20 | player in the rescue and recovery operation following the 2013 | ||||||
| 21 | Washington, Illinois F-4 tornado; personnel from the | ||||||
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| 1 | department were stationed at Washington's fire station for | ||||||
| 2 | seven days following the tornado, working side by side with | ||||||
| 3 | members of other departments from around central Illinois; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, Since its inception, the members of Peoria Heights | ||||||
| 5 | Fire Department have always been ready willing and able to | ||||||
| 6 | assist their neighbors in their time of need, whether it was | ||||||
| 7 | due to the ravages of fire or from a natural disaster, the | ||||||
| 8 | department has responded; therefore, be it
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| 9 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 10 | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 11 | recognize the Peoria Heights Fire Department on its 100th | ||||||
| 12 | anniversary, and we wish it many more successful years; and be | ||||||
| 13 | it further
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| 14 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 15 | presented to the Peoria Heights Fire Department as a symbol of | ||||||
| 16 | our respect and esteem.
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