Bill Text: IL HR0949 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Congratulates Fire Chief Andrew Dina of the Warrenville Fire Protection District on receiving the 2024 Fire Chief of the Year Award from the Illinois Fire Chiefs Association. Recognizes his continual commitment to providing dedicated and empathetic service to his community as well as his masterful direction of the Warrenville Fire Protection District over the past four years.

Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)

Status: (Passed) 2024-11-20 - Resolution Adopted [HR0949 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HR0949-Introduced.html

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HOUSE RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
Representatives wish to congratulate Fire Chief Andrew Dina of
the Warrenville Fire Protection District on receiving the 2024
Fire Chief of the Year Award for combination fire departments
from the Illinois Fire Chiefs Association; and
WHEREAS, The Warrenville Fire Protection District covers
18-square miles of residential, commercial, and medium
high-rise buildings and serves a population of 20,000
residents, with a daytime labor composition consisting of
40,000 people; and
WHEREAS, Fire Chief Dina has worked in the fire service
for decades, initially serving as a paid-on-call firefighter
with the Westmont Fire Department in 1985 before serving as a
full-time firefighter/paramedic with the Broadview Fire
Department from 1986 to 1989 and then the Naperville Fire
Department from 1989 to 2019; he joined the Warrenville Fire
Protection District in 2019, where he assumed the position of
fire chief in September 2020, later obtaining his Chief Fire
Officer Certification, the top certification in the State of
Illinois; and
WHEREAS, Fire Chief Dina has given his time to several

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professional and community-based organizations, serving as
president of the Metropolitan Fire Chiefs Association of
Illinois and as president of Division 16 of the Mutual Aid Box
Alarm System (MABAS), and he is the former chair of the DuPage
County Emergency Telephone System Board (ETSB) - Policy
Advisory Committee; and
WHEREAS, Fire Chief Dina, as a cancer survivor, has
dedicated his time to assisting his fellow firefighters in
cancer prevention and awareness as a mentor for the
Firefighter Cancer Support Network and as a teacher at the
Illinois Fire Service Institute in Champaign, and he continues
to visit a variety of firehouses regularly to discuss steps
that can be taken to prevent cancer; and
WHEREAS, Under Fire Chief Dina's leadership, the
Warrenville Fire Protection District has sought to uphold its
mission of responding to and mitigating emergencies in a safe
and efficient manner, serving its community by providing
high-quality public education, fire prevention, and risk
reduction services and displaying a high level of respect and
compassion for residents, visitors, and one another; and
WHEREAS, Through Fire Chief Dina's stewardship, the
Warrenville Fire Protection District has continually exhibited
the qualities of respect, integrity, passion, and dedication

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that are necessary to serve its community effectively and with
compassion; and
WHEREAS, Fire Chief Dina has led the Warrenville Fire
Protection District to more safely and efficiently respond to
calls in the pursuit of excellence in emergency and
non-emergency situations, while also creating a connection
between the Warrenville Fire Protection District and the
community it serves; therefore, be it
RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
we congratulate Fire Chief Andrew Dina of the Warrenville Fire
Protection District on receiving the 2024 Fire Chief of the
Year Award from the Illinois Fire Chiefs Association, and we
recognize his continual commitment to providing dedicated and
empathetic service to his community as well as his masterful
direction of the Warrenville Fire Protection District over the
past four years; and be it further