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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives are pleased to honor milestones in the lives
4 of citizens of the State of Illinois; and
5 WHEREAS, It has come to the attention of this Body that
6 South Chicago Heights Fire Chief Angelo Petrarca will retire
7 on January 31, 2000; and
8 WHEREAS, Angelo Petrarca joined the South Chicago Heights
9 Fire Department in June of 1960; he became a Lieutenant in
10 May of 1971, was appointed the Assistant Fire Chief in May of
11 1973, and on May 1, 1974 became the Fire Chief of South
12 Chicago Heights; and
13 WHEREAS, Fire Chief Angelo Petrarca has been a member of
14 the International Fire Chief Association since 1974, a member
15 of the Illinois Fire Chief Association since 1984, a member
16 of the International Association of Arson Investigators since
17 1992, the chairperson of the Emergency Telephone Systems
18 Board E-9-1-1 (ETSB) since 1994, a member of NENA (National
19 Emergency Number Association) since 1994, and the
20 Chairperson/President of the Firemen Pension Fund since 1974;
21 and
22 WHEREAS, Fire Chief Angelo Petrarca is a member of the
23 South Chicago Heights Y2K readiness committee; he also was a
24 past President of the WILCO Fire Chiefs Association in the
25 4th district, comprised of 18 fire departments; while serving
26 as President he was the chairperson and author of the MABAS
27 (Mutual Aid Box Alarm System), which laid out guidelines for
28 a planned response of all 18 departments during emergency
29 disaster situations when additional resources were needed;
30 and
31 WHEREAS, Fire Chief Angelo Petrarca will be remembered
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1 for improving the response time of the department from an
2 average of 6 to 7 minutes to the current 2 minutes, from the
3 time of the call to the actual arrival of EMS personnel on
4 site; and
5 WHEREAS, Fire Chief Angelo Petrarca is to be commended
6 for his many years of dedication and service to the people of
7 South Chicago Heights; therefore, be it
8 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
9 NINETY-FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
10 we say thank you to Fire Chief Angelo Petrarca for a job well
11 done; we wish him nothing but the best as he looks into the
12 future; and be it further
13 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
14 presented to Fire Chief Angelo Petrarca, along with our
15 sincere regards.