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HOUSE RESOLUTION

  
 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 
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Representatives are pleased to congratulate the members of the 
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Plainfield Fire Protection District on the occasion of the 75th 
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anniversary of the District; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, On July 1, 1935 the Plainfield Fire Protection 
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District was officially organized by ordinance and began 
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providing services through the Plainfield Volunteer Fire 
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Department; emergency medical services were initiated under a 
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separate governmental department and eventually absorbed into 
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the operations and authority of the Fire Protection District; 
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and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, Career fire officers, administrative staff, the 
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Plainfield Volunteer Fire Department, and the ambulance 
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services were all incorporated into the Fire Protection 
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District; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, 540 volunteers have served over the last 75 years, 
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protecting and serving the people of Plainfield;  and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, On August 28, 1990, a tornado hit the area and 
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killed 29 people and injured 350; schools, churches, homes, and 
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businesses were destroyed; 130 area fire departments aided the 
 


 






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Plainfield Fire Protection District during this time; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, Today the Plainfield Fire Protection District has 
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become a department with 24-hour, 7 day a week service with 
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full-time paid fire and ambulance personnel; the current Chief 
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is John Eichelberger; therefore, be it
  
 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we 
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congratulate the men and women of the Plainfield Fire 
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Protection District on this momentous anniversary; and be it 
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further
  
 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to Chief John Eichelberger as a symbol of our respect 
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and esteem.