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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 congratulate Grayslake Fire | ||||||
| 4 | Chief Don Mobley on the occasion of his retirement as Fire | ||||||
| 5 | Chief on December 19, 2008; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Don Mobley began his long and distinguished career | ||||||
| 7 | with the Grayslake Fire Department as a volunteer in 1979; he | ||||||
| 8 | rose through the ranks as a volunteer firefighter, eventually | ||||||
| 9 | becoming the department's first full-time employee, | ||||||
| 10 | Lieutenant, Director of Fire Prevention, Assistant Chief, and | ||||||
| 11 | Fire Chief; he has also been a licensed paramedic for 28 years; | ||||||
| 12 | and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, As Fire Chief, Don Mobley was responsible for | ||||||
| 14 | insuring fast and effective emergency response to more than | ||||||
| 15 | 32,000 residents of the Grayslake Fire Protection District; | ||||||
| 16 | during his tenure, the Fire Department's responses increased | ||||||
| 17 | from less than 1,500 to more than 3,650, with the department | ||||||
| 18 | growing from 10 full-time employees to more than 30; and
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| 19 | WHEREAS, Don Mobley is a member of numerous fire service | ||||||
| 20 | organizations, having served as President, Vice President, and | ||||||
| 21 | Treasurer of the Lake County Fire Chiefs Association, the Lake | ||||||
| 22 | and McHenry Counties Specialized Response Teams, the | ||||||
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| 1 | Metropolitan Fire Chiefs Association, and the Northeast Fire | ||||||
| 2 | Chiefs Association; he has also served on numerous ad-hoc | ||||||
| 3 | committees to improve the delivery of emergency service | ||||||
| 4 | throughout Lake County and the State of Illinois, such as the | ||||||
| 5 | Lake County Emergency Operations Plan committee, and was the | ||||||
| 6 | co-author of the Region X Mass Casualty Plan; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, An emergency responder at heart, Don Mobley also | ||||||
| 8 | assisted in the management of some of the largest disaster | ||||||
| 9 | operations in the country, including operations during | ||||||
| 10 | Hurricane Katrina, the 2007 California wildfires, and the 2008 | ||||||
| 11 | Mississippi River flooding; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, Don Mobley has accepted a new position as a Fire | ||||||
| 13 | Program Specialist with the Federal Emergency Management | ||||||
| 14 | Agency in Chicago, a position that he will undoubtedly perform | ||||||
| 15 | with the same vigor that he has exhibited as Fire Chief; and | ||||||
| 16 | WHEREAS, Don Mobley's tireless commitment to the citizens | ||||||
| 17 | of Grayslake will be remembered fondly by the many people he | ||||||
| 18 | has helped in his 29 years of dedicated service; therefore, be | ||||||
| 19 | it
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| 20 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 21 | NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 22 | congratulate Don Mobley on the occasion of his retirement as | ||||||
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| 1 | Fire Chief of Grayslake and wish him continued success and | ||||||
| 2 | happiness with his future career; and be it further
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| 3 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 4 | presented to Don Mobley as a symbol of our esteem and respect.
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