HR0257 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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HOUSE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of Representatives are pleased to congratulate John Schuldt, Carpentersville Fire Chief, on being named the 2011 Illinois Fire Chief of the Year by the Illinois Fire Chiefs Association; and

WHEREAS, The Illinois Fire Chiefs Association consists of 1,222 fire chiefs and officers from fire departments and fire protection districts from across the State; and

WHEREAS, John Schuldt has served as Fire Chief of Carpentersville since 1996, and won the award in the category for a full-time paid or combination department that serves a population of more than 25,000 people; and

WHEREAS, The Illinois Fire Chiefs Association recognized Chief Schuldt for his local, State, and national contributions to the firefighting community; on the local level, he has held sessions with teenagers on the dangers of alcohol and drugs, designed a fire prevention program for seniors, and helped develop the Kane County Investigators Task Force that sends certified investigators to fire departments that need them; and

WHEREAS, Statewise, he was appointed to the Illinois Fire Advisory Commission by Governor Pat Quinn in 2010; he also served as the Illinois Fire Chiefs Association's president in 2005 and 2006, during which time the group successfully pushed the State to require self-extinguishing cigarettes; on the national level, Chief Schuldt, as president of the Association, sat on the first committee that discussed inter mutual aid with 35 other states; and

WHEREAS, The Carpenter Park healing field for about 1,900 missing-in-action Vietnam War veterans was brought to the community by Chief Schuldt and was a large factor in the Illinois Fire Chiefs Association's decision to award him as 2011 Illinois Fire Chief of the Year; he is a Carpentersville native and has 34 years of service in the fire department; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we congratulate Chief Schuldt on his award and thank him for his years of service to the community; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to Carpentersville Fire Chief John Schuldt as a symbol of our respect and esteem.