Bill Text: IL HR1336 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates the Northlake Fire Protection District on the occasion of their 75th anniversary.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Passed) 2016-06-29 - Resolution Adopted [HR1336 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-HR1336-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 congratulate the Northlake Fire | ||||||
| 4 | Protection District on the occasion of their 75th anniversary | ||||||
| 5 | in 2016; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, The Northlake Fire Protection District was | ||||||
| 7 | organized in 1941 and is located in suburban Northlake, | ||||||
| 8 | approximately 18 miles west of the city of Chicago and four | ||||||
| 9 | miles south of O'Hare Airport; the District's total service | ||||||
| 10 | area is approximately four square miles; the Northlake Fire | ||||||
| 11 | Protection District is considered a special district and is | ||||||
| 12 | supported primarily by the property owners within its | ||||||
| 13 | boundaries, serving an estimated population of 7,500; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, The Northlake Fire Protection District is | ||||||
| 15 | governed by a Board of Trustees elected by constituents from | ||||||
| 16 | the area the fire district serves; the Board is tasked with | ||||||
| 17 | being the corporate authority of the fire protection district | ||||||
| 18 | and exercises all of the powers and controls all the affairs | ||||||
| 19 | and property of the district; the Fire Chief and Deputy Chief | ||||||
| 20 | are tasked with managing the daily operations of the fire | ||||||
| 21 | district and work under the direction of the Board of Trustees; | ||||||
| 22 | Administrative Chiefs work normal business hours at the fire | ||||||
| 23 | station and are on-call 24 hours a day to respond to emergency | ||||||
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| 1 | calls within the fire district, emergency calls effecting | ||||||
| 2 | surrounding agencies, and any other pressing matters effecting | ||||||
| 3 | the fire district anytime of the day or night; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, The Northlake Fire Protection District has 19 | ||||||
| 5 | full-time employees, nine part-time employees, and provides a | ||||||
| 6 | full range of services to its residents, including fire | ||||||
| 7 | suppression, emergency medical services, fire prevention and | ||||||
| 8 | public education, hazardous material response, and community | ||||||
| 9 | events; the paramedics that serve the District are fully | ||||||
| 10 | licensed through the Loyola Emergency Medical Services System | ||||||
| 11 | and all full-time Northlake Firefighters are at minimum | ||||||
| 12 | certified Emergency Medical Technicians, while most are | ||||||
| 13 | paramedics; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, The Northlake Fire Protection District's services | ||||||
| 15 | provided from one fire station include, one ladder truck, one | ||||||
| 16 | engine, two ambulances, two utility vehicles, and two | ||||||
| 17 | administration vehicles utilized to supplement response needs; | ||||||
| 18 | the District also operates one fully equipped ALS (Advanced | ||||||
| 19 | Life Support) ambulance and has life support equipment on both | ||||||
| 20 | engines; and
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| 21 | WHEREAS, The Northlake Fire Protection District will | ||||||
| 22 | celebrate their 75th anniversary by holding a special | ||||||
| 23 | anniversary open house at the Northlake Fire Protection | ||||||
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| 1 | District station on June 25, 2016; therefore, be it
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| 2 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 3 | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 4 | congratulate Northlake Fire Protection District on the | ||||||
| 5 | occasion of their 75th anniversary and wish the District | ||||||
| 6 | continued success and happiness in the future; and be it | ||||||
| 7 | further
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| 8 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 9 | presented to Northlake Fire Protection District Fire Chief Rob | ||||||
| 10 | Hjelmgren as a symbol of our esteem and respect.
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