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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives are pleased to congratulate Assistant Chief
4Rodney Oxe on his retirement from the Batavia Fire Department;
5and
 
6    WHEREAS, He began his career with the Batavia Fire
7Department as a paid, on-call firefighter on April 7, 1971,
8after serving in Vietnam; he was promoted to Lieutenant on
9November 17, 1975, to Captain on January 18, 1984, and to his
10current position as Assistant Chief on August 5, 1992; and
 
11    WHEREAS, He has also served as the Department Mechanic
12since January of 1984; in addition, he also worked full-time at
13the Fermi Lab Fire Department from 1977 to 2008; and
 
14    WHEREAS, During his time with the Fire Department,
15Assistant Chief Oxe has been instrumental in the purchase of
16all the fire apparatus and writing specifications for the
17vehicles purchased; he has also been responsible for the daily
18maintenance of the entire fleet; and
 
19    WHEREAS, He was named Firefighter of the Year in 1990 and
20has served as Incident Commander and Acting Fire Chief in times
21of need; and

 

 

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2    WHEREAS, He holds a bachelor's degree in Fire Service
3Administration and many certifications, including Firefighter
4III, Emergency Medical Technician B, Fire Officer II, Fire
5Prevention Officer I, Instructor II, Tunnel Rescue, Fire
6Apparatus Engineer, Confined Space and Trench Rescue, and the
7highest certification for a fire department mechanic,
8Emergency Vehicle Technician; and
 
9    WHEREAS, He is a member of the Kane County Fire Chiefs
10Association, the Illinois Fire Chiefs Association, and the
11Illinois Fire Apparatus Mechanics Association, where he served
12as President in 1988, 1990, and 1991; and
 
13    WHEREAS, He and his wife, Sharron, are the proud parents of
14Daryn and Dawn and the proud grandparents of Sawyer, Spencer,
15Sydni, and Taylor; therefore, be it
 
16    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
17NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
18we congratulate Assistant Chief Rodney Oxe on his retirement
19and wish him all the best in his future endeavors; and be it
20further
 
21    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
22presented to Assistant Chief Rodney Oxe as a symbol of our

 

 

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