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PROPOSED RESOLUTION
HONORING CHIEF RALPH ENSIGN FOR MORE THAN FOUR DECADES IN FIRE SERVICE
WHEREAS, Ralph Ensign started his fire service career as a firefighter/paramedic with the Winnetka Fire Department in 1976; and
WHEREAS, Ralph Ensign earned a bachelor's degree in fire service management from Southern Illinois University in 1978; and
WHEREAS, Ralph Ensign joined the Highland Park Fire Department in 1978, and was promoted to lieutenant in 1989; and
WHEREAS, Ralph Ensign was promoted to captain with the Highland Park Fire Department in 1991; and
WHEREAS, Ralph Ensign was hired as Deputy Fire Chief for the Village of Glenview Fire Department in 2008; and
WHEREAS, Ralph Ensign was promoted to Chief of the Village of Glenview Fire Department in 2014; and
WHEREAS, Ralph Ensign served as Chief of the Village of Winnetka Fire Department from November 2010 to January 2011; and
WHEREAS, Ralph Ensign has also been a paid-on-call and paid-on-premise firefighter with the Northfield Fire-Rescue Department, where his father retired as an Assistant Chief in 1979; and
WHEREAS, Ralph Ensign was instrumental in the design and construction of Fire Station 6, which was moved from Glenview Road in the downtown area to 1215 Waukegan Road; and
WHEREAS, Ralph Ensign was a critical voice in planning the replacement for Fire Station 8 at 1901 Landwehr Road; and
WHEREAS, Ralph Ensign worked to train the next generation of life-savers with the creation of, a paramedic training ride-a-long program through Advocate Lutheran General Hospital
WHEREAS, Ralph Ensign not only worked to stop fires, but stop them before they start with the implementation of a smoke detector installation program; and
WHEREAS, Ralph Ensign co-founded the Mutual Aid Box Alarm System (MABAS) Division III Hazardous Materials Response Team, a partnership of 19 north suburban communities to share fire department personnel, equipment and resources when needed; and
WHEREAS, Ralph Ensign has been pr...
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