Full Text of HR1262 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to recognize the 8 Illinois fire | 4 | | departments that received 2013 Life Safety Awards for their | 5 | | commitment to fire prevention efforts in their communities; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, The Bedford Township Fire Department, the | 7 | | Bourbonnais Fire Protection District, the Countryside Fire | 8 | | Protection District, the Darien-Woodridge Fire District, | 9 | | Gurnee Fire Rescue, the River Forest Fire Department, the | 10 | | Tuscola Fire Department, and the Wheeling Fire Department each | 11 | | received the 2013 Life Safety Award from the National | 12 | | Association of State Fire Marshals Fire Research and Education | 13 | | Foundation and Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance Company; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, The primary requirement to qualify for the award | 15 | | is that the department have a record of zero fire deaths in | 16 | | residential structures or a 10% reduction of fire deaths in | 17 | | their district from the prior year; in addition, departments | 18 | | must also document active and effective fire prevention | 19 | | programs; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, This year's award recipients utilized an array of | 21 | | fire prevention and public education techniques; among other | 22 | | activities, award recipients organized educational programs |
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| 1 | | designed to teach children basic evacuation skills and how to | 2 | | call 9-1-1, promoted fire safety at community events, conducted | 3 | | fire safety inspections, and checked and installed free smoke | 4 | | detectors; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, The 2013 Life Safety Award recognizes that fire | 6 | | prevention efforts do indeed make a difference in saving | 7 | | peoples lives; therefore, be it
| 8 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 9 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 10 | | we recognize the Bedford Township Fire Department, the | 11 | | Bourbonnais Fire Protection District, the Countryside Fire | 12 | | Protection District, the Darien-Woodridge Fire District, | 13 | | Gurnee Fire Rescue, the River Forest Fire Department, the | 14 | | Tuscola Fire Department, and the Wheeling Fire Department on | 15 | | receiving the 2013 Life Safety Award and we thank them for | 16 | | their commitment to fire prevention; and be it further
| 17 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 18 | | presented to the Bedford Township Fire Department, the | 19 | | Bourbonnais Fire Protection District, the Countryside Fire | 20 | | Protection District, the Darien-Woodridge Fire District, | 21 | | Gurnee Fire Rescue, the River Forest Fire Department, the | 22 | | Tuscola Fire Department, and the Wheeling Fire Department.
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