Full Text of HR0010 94th General Assembly
HR0010 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Thomas P. Moran began his career with the Oak Lawn | 3 |
| Fire Department on February 1, 1966, when he was appointed as a | 4 |
| firefighter; in 1969, he was promoted to the rank of Engineer | 5 |
| and in 1974, to the rank of Lieutenant; he went on to begin | 6 |
| service as Lieutenant/Inspector in 1980; on October 1, 1986, he | 7 |
| was appointed Director of Fire Prevention, and on November 1, | 8 |
| 1986, he was promoted to the rank of Captain; he served as | 9 |
| Division Chief of Support Services from October of 1988 until | 10 |
| April of 1992, when he was appointed Division Chief of | 11 |
| Administrative Services; on October 1, 1993, he was appointed | 12 |
| Fire Chief of Oak Lawn, the position he will retire from on | 13 |
| February 1, 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, Chief Moran has numerous State certifications, | 15 |
| including Fire Officer III, Certified Instructor IV, and | 16 |
| Hazardous Material Incident Commander; he has served as an | 17 |
| instructor in several locations, including at the Oak Lawn Fire | 18 |
| Academy from April of 1986 until the present, at Moraine Valley | 19 |
| Community College from August 1986 through December 1988, and | 20 |
| at the Fire Service Institute from November of 1990 through | 21 |
| February of 1996; and
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| WHEREAS, Chief Moran is affiliated with several | 23 |
| professional organizations, including the following: the | 24 |
| Illinois Fire Chiefs; the Illinois Fire Inspectors; the | 25 |
| National Fire Protection Association; the Building Officials | 26 |
| and Code Administrators; 1st District Fire Chiefs/Divisions | 27 |
| 21, where he served as District Marshal from 2002 through 2005; | 28 |
| the Emergency Telephone Safety Board of the Village of Oak Lawn | 29 |
| Fire Department; the Illinois Professional Firefighters; and | 30 |
| the Oak Lawn Fire Department Club; and
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| WHEREAS, Two of Chief Moran's most memorable experiences as | 32 |
| a firefighter occurred in 1967; first was the snowstorm of |
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| 1967, when toboggans and sleds were used to supplement | 2 |
| emergency responses due to 28 inches of snow and drifting; then | 3 |
| on April 21, 1967, he was on duty when a tornado struck in Oak | 4 |
| Lawn; he was a member of the initial team of fire personnel who | 5 |
| responded to the devastation and destruction throughout the | 6 |
| town; the team eventually searched hundreds of occupancies for | 7 |
| trapped or injured residents and transported several victims to | 8 |
| area hospitals for treatment; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1968, he responded into the City of Chicago to | 10 |
| assist in fighting the horrendous structure fires following the | 11 |
| death of Martin Luther King, Jr.; he also assisted during the | 12 |
| same season when Floods Creek overflowed; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 14 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 15 |
| we congratulate Chief Thomas P. Moran on the occasion of his | 16 |
| retirement from the Oak Lawn Fire Department after 39 years of | 17 |
| service; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 19 |
| presented to Chief Moran as an expression of our respect and | 20 |
| esteem and with best wishes for a relaxing retirement.
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