Full Text of HR0478 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to congratulate Terrence P. | 4 | | Mastandrea of Lake Zurich on the occasion of his retirement as | 5 | | Chief of the Lake Zurich Fire Rescue Department after 21 years | 6 | | of dedicated service; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Terrence Mastandrea earned his bachelor's degree | 8 | | in business administration from Lewis University in Romeoville | 9 | | in 1980; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Terrence Mastandrea began his firefighting career | 11 | | with the Lewis University Fire and Security Department, where | 12 | | he served as a firefighter and patrol officer from 1977 to 1978 | 13 | | and as fire chief and security sergeant from 1978 to 1980; | 14 | | after working at LPM Corporation in Des Plaines from 1980 to | 15 | | 1981, he began working at the Skokie Fire Department as a | 16 | | firefighter/paramedic in 1981; he steadily ascended the ranks, | 17 | | becoming duty chief of the department in 1988; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Terrence Mastandrea began his tenure with the Lake | 19 | | Zurich Fire Rescue Department as the fire-rescue chief and | 20 | | director of emergency management in 1990; as a member of the | 21 | | Village Executive Leadership Team, he has been instrumental in | 22 | | the execution of the department's mission to deliver effective, |
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| 1 | | timely, and professional services to the Lake Zurich community; | 2 | | and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, During Terrence Mastandrea's tenure, the Lake | 4 | | Zurich Fire Rescue Department has planned, developed, and | 5 | | directed numerous progressive service activities relating to | 6 | | fire, emergency medical, emergency management, specialized | 7 | | rescue, and code enforcement for the Village of Lake Zurich and | 8 | | the Lake Zurich Rural Fire Protection District; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Terrence Mastandrea has been a member of numerous | 10 | | civic and emergency service organizations, including the | 11 | | National Fire Academy, the University of Maryland Fire and | 12 | | Rescue Institute's National Fire Service Staff and Command, the | 13 | | Illinois Fire Chiefs Association, the Lake County Fire Chiefs | 14 | | Association, the Northeastern Illinois Fire Chiefs | 15 | | Association, the MABAS Incident Command Team, the Mid America | 16 | | MABAS Consortium Task Force, the Northwest Community Hospital | 17 | | Large-Scale Emergency Planning Task Force, the Lake County | 18 | | Emergency Telephone Systems Board, the Lake County | 19 | | Pharmaceutical Mass Distribution Planning Task Force, and the | 20 | | Illinois Fire Chiefs Association Educational and Research | 21 | | Foundation Board; he has also served as a consultant to the | 22 | | Illinois Fire Chiefs Promotional Evaluation and Assessment | 23 | | Services and has delivered numerous presentations to the | 24 | | Illinois Fire Chiefs Association Conference Program and the |
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| 1 | | Northern Illinois University MBA Career Development Program, | 2 | | among others; and | 3 | | WHEREAS, Terrence Mastandrea has been the recipient of | 4 | | numerous awards and accolades, including the MABAS and IFCA | 5 | | "Humanitarian Service Medal" for deployments during Hurricane | 6 | | Katrina in 2005 and the Utica Tornado Deployment in 2004, the | 7 | | Village of Lake Zurich "Outstanding Government Employee" award | 8 | | in 1999, 2001, and 2005, and the Governors Award in 2001; he | 9 | | also placed 1st during the regional Firefighters Combat | 10 | | Challenge in 1994 and 2nd in the national Firefighters Combat | 11 | | Challenge in 1995; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Terrence Mastandrea serves as a model of hard | 13 | | work, integrity, and dedication for the people of the State of | 14 | | Illinois; therefore, be it
| 15 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 16 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 17 | | we congratulate Terrence P. Mastandrea on the occasion of his | 18 | | retirement and wish him many happy and healthy retirement | 19 | | years; and be it further
| 20 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 21 | | presented to Terrence Mastandrea as a symbol of our esteem and | 22 | | respect.
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