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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of
3 the State of Illinois wish to congratulate Arthur Barnings on
4 the occasion of his retirement as a trustee from the Homer
5 Township Fire Protection District on May 1, 2003; and
6 WHEREAS, Mr. Barnings started in the Chicago Fire
7 Department in 1957 and retired in 1987 as deputy fire chief;
8 he was appointed as a Homer Township trustee in 1989 and
9 appointed Homer Fire Protection District trustee in 1991; and
10 WHEREAS, During his time as trustee, the Fire Protection
11 District went from one person on duty 24 hours a day and a
12 total of 18 firefighters to nine firefighter paramedics on
13 duty 24 hours a day, a full-time Public Education and Fire
14 Prevention Bureau, and 86 firefighters; and
15 WHEREAS, Two new fire stations were built, and the main
16 station was remodeled; new ambulances, fire equipment, and
17 state-of-the-art safety equipment were purchased; and
18 WHEREAS, Mr. Barnings believes that education and
19 prevention are the most important things a fire department
20 can offer its citizens; the district has become a
21 well-educated, equipped, and progressive fire protection
22 district; therefore, be it
23 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
24 NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
25 we congratulate Arthur Barnings on the occasion of his
26 retirement as a trustee for the Homer Township Fire
27 Protection District after 46 years of fire service to the
28 people of Homer Township and Chicago; and be it further
29 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
30 presented to Arthur Barnings as a token of our respect and
31 esteem.