Full Text of HR0644 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Chief James P. "Jay" | 4 | | Reardon on the occasion of his retirement as CEO of MABAS-IL; | 5 | | and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Chief Reardon's career includes over 30 years in | 7 | | the emergency services field within various local and federal | 8 | | government positions; he began in Evergreen Park, where he | 9 | | served as a cadet, firefighter, and apparatus engineer; he then | 10 | | accepted an entry-level firefighter position with the Hoffman | 11 | | Estates Fire Department, where he received paramedic | 12 | | certification and promotions to the rank of tactical lieutenant | 13 | | and captain-shift commander; during his tenure with Hoffman | 14 | | Estates Fire Department, he also served as an on-call | 15 | | firefighter for Cary; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, Chief Reardon was recruited to Portage, Michigan | 17 | | as assistant fire chief of emergency operations; he was | 18 | | promoted to the position of fire chief for Portage; he was then | 19 | | recruited to Collier County, Florida as administrator of | 20 | | division of emergency services; he was subsequently recruited | 21 | | to the position of fire chief for the Village of Northbrook; | 22 | | and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Chief Reardon was the area incident commander in | 2 | | charge of mobilization and deployment of mutual aid emergency | 3 | | forces responding to Chicago's LaSalle Bank Building Fire, the | 4 | | Metra train crash, the Utica tornado, and Hurricane Katrina in | 5 | | Louisiana; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, Chief Reardon attended the National Fire Academy; | 7 | | he has a Bachelor of Science in Fire Service Management from | 8 | | Southern Illinois University - Carbondale and graduated with | 9 | | honors from Western Michigan University with a Master of Public | 10 | | Administration; he was recently awarded a postgraduate Harvard | 11 | | University Scholarship to the John F. Kennedy School of | 12 | | Government; in 2003, he was awarded the Chief Fire Officer | 13 | | designation by the Commission on Fire Accreditation | 14 | | International, Inc.; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, Chief Reardon was named Illinois Fire Chief of the | 16 | | Year by his peers and colleagues at the 2002 Illinois Fire | 17 | | Chiefs Annual Symposium; he was named Fire Chiefs Magazine's | 18 | | International Career Fire Chief of the Year in 2002; in 2003, | 19 | | he was awarded the International Fire Chiefs prestigious | 20 | | President's Leadership Award for championing inter-state | 21 | | mutual aid initiatives; he was also selected by the | 22 | | International Association of Fire Chiefs as one of three | 23 | | selected experts in the development and publication of their | 24 | | NFPA 1710 Implementation Guide for Fire Chiefs; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Chief Reardon is past president of the Illinois | 2 | | Fire Chiefs Association and was appointed by Governor Ryan to | 3 | | serve on the 2000 Blue Ribbon Panel for fire service issues | 4 | | along with the statewide Terrorism Preparedness Task Force; he | 5 | | previously served as Illinois Fire Chiefs' representative to | 6 | | the Great Lakes Division Board of the International Association | 7 | | of Fire Chiefs; he serves on several national committees | 8 | | including the International Association of Fire Chiefs | 9 | | Domestic Terrorism Committee, the Homeland Security | 10 | | Coordinating Council, the Emergency Responder Technology | 11 | | Transfer Group, and the National Mutual Aid Task Force; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, Chief Reardon's career also involved services | 13 | | within the federal government; he served as liaison between the | 14 | | Department of Defense and local communities in the reuse, | 15 | | economic redevelopment, and civilian conversion of military | 16 | | institutions scheduled for closure; he was an active reservist | 17 | | with the United States Air Force, previously assigned to F-16 | 18 | | Tactical Units and C-130 Airlift Wings; he was selected as | 19 | | Disaster Preparedness Officer of the Year for the Air Force | 20 | | Reserve; he served as officer in charge of readiness for 22nd | 21 | | Air Force, Dobbins Air Force Base, Georgia; his military career | 22 | | concluded in November of 2004 when he retired after 28 years of | 23 | | service; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Chief Reardon has instructed at various colleges | 2 | | and conferences and authored numerous articles published in | 3 | | various trade journals; therefore, be it
| 4 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 5 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 6 | | congratulate Chief James P. "Jay" Reardon on his retirement as | 7 | | CEO of MABAS-IL, and we wish him the best in all his future | 8 | | endeavors; and be it further
| 9 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 10 | | presented to Chief Reardon as an expression of our esteem and | 11 | | respect.
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