Full Text of HR0625 95th General Assembly
HR0625 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are pleased to congratulate Chief Robert | 4 |
| Tinucci on the occasion of his retirement from the | 5 |
| Darien-Woodridge Fire District after 33 years of service; and
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| WHEREAS, Chief Robert Tinucci began his career as a | 7 |
| firefighter with the former Downers Grove Estate Fire | 8 |
| Protection District in 1974, when he signed on as a | 9 |
| part-time/POC firefighter; he became a full-time Lieutenant in | 10 |
| 1976, then served as a captain/shift commander from 1978 to | 11 |
| 1989; he served as assistant chief from 1989 until 1991, when | 12 |
| he was promoted to fire chief/administrator; he has also | 13 |
| performed in many other positions, including training officer, | 14 |
| shift commander, fire inspector, health and safety officer, | 15 |
| fire investigator, public information officer, purchasing | 16 |
| coordinator, and building and grounds; and
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| WHEREAS, Chief Robert Tinucci has been instrumental in many | 18 |
| vital changes in the Darien-Woodridge Fire District over the | 19 |
| last 33 years; in the early 1980's he initiated and developed a | 20 |
| formal training program to attain State of Illinois Firefighter | 21 |
| Certification for all personnel and developed further minimum | 22 |
| standards to require State certifications for various officers | 23 |
| ranks and specialty team positions; he coordinated the |
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| implementation of Advanced Life Support/Paramedic staffing in | 2 |
| the district in 1979; he was integral in the transformation of | 3 |
| the department from part-time/POC staffing into full-time | 4 |
| professional staffing augmented by part-time personnel, | 5 |
| providing an economical approach to maintain staffing levels in | 6 |
| the fire district; he was instrumental in the consolidation of | 7 |
| the Downers Grove Estate and Belmont Fire Districts in 1988 and | 8 |
| was directly responsible for the operational planning and | 9 |
| integration of the consolidated fire district's response | 10 |
| procedures, personnel, and equipment; he was directly | 11 |
| responsible for the development of "Automatic Aid" among | 12 |
| several neighboring fire departments and for the development of | 13 |
| formal mutual aid through the former Cook-DuPage Mutual Aid | 14 |
| Association and the present MABAS System; he was instrumental | 15 |
| in advancing the District's ISO Public Grading from a | 16 |
| combination Class 5/9, to a Class 3 Public Grading District | 17 |
| wide; he assisted in the development of guidelines and methods | 18 |
| for personnel administration, including hiring, promotional | 19 |
| criteria, recruitment, and professional development; he has | 20 |
| provided consultation to the initial and current Board of Fire | 21 |
| Commissioners; he has developed administrative methods and | 22 |
| procedures for all aspects of the fire district's | 23 |
| administration, which have increased the efficiency of | 24 |
| operations with a limited staff; he directly coordinated the | 25 |
| consolidation of the fire district's 911 Communications Center | 26 |
| with the Pleasantview Fire Protection District; he was the |
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| Pension Board President from 1978 to 1991 and has been a member | 2 |
| of the pension board since 1978; he was directly responsible | 3 |
| for the district's facility planning involving their | 4 |
| space-needs analysis, ADA compliance, and other future needs, | 5 |
| culminating with the design and construction of their new | 6 |
| headquarters facility; he served as the primary representative | 7 |
| for the design, procurement, budgeting, and construction of the | 8 |
| district's facility; he initiated and coordinated the | 9 |
| functional consolidation of the fire district's Apparatus | 10 |
| Maintenance and Training Programs with several fire districts; | 11 |
| and he was responsible for the development of the Southwest | 12 |
| United Fire Districts into a separate entity through an | 13 |
| Intergovernmental Cooperation Agreement; and
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| WHEREAS, Chief Robert Tinucci has also been very active in | 15 |
| other civic organizations; he has been an active member of the | 16 |
| International Fire Chiefs Association since 1991; he has been | 17 |
| an active member of the Illinois Fire Chiefs Association since | 18 |
| 1985; he has been an active member of the DuPage County Fire | 19 |
| Chiefs Association since 1991; he served as fire service | 20 |
| liaison for the 100 Club of DuPage County for 3 years; he has | 21 |
| been an active member of the Northern Illinois Alliance of Fire | 22 |
| Protection Districts since 1991; he has served as Vice | 23 |
| President, President, and Training Committee Chair of MABAS | 24 |
| Division 10; he has served in various roles in the Southwest | 25 |
| United Fire Districts; he was instrumental in the formation of |
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| the Darien Area Public Administrators in 1991 and has served as | 2 |
| the coordinator of DAPA since its inception; he has been an | 3 |
| active member of Woodridge Public Administrators since 1991; | 4 |
| and he has served as an alumni board member with the Hinsdale | 5 |
| South High School Foundation since 2005; and | 6 |
| WHEREAS, In his 33 year career, Chief Robert Tinucci led | 7 |
| his fire district without anyone under his command suffering | 8 |
| serious injury or line of duty death; and | 9 |
| WHEREAS, Chief Robert Tinucci has lived in the Darien area | 10 |
| for 40 years; he and his wife, Jean, have 3 children, Jamie, | 11 |
| Carrie, and Joe; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 13 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 14 |
| congratulate Chief Robert Tinucci on his retirement, thank him | 15 |
| for his years of public service, and wish him continued success | 16 |
| and happiness in the future; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 |
| presented to Chief Robert Tinucci as a symbol of our esteem and | 19 |
| respect.
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