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Streator names former captain next fire chief · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Streeter name's former captain next fire Chief Written by Bill Frescoes.
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  to you by Everlett. While the vacant Streeter City Manager
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  role was filled with a new face, the next fire
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  chief will be a familiar one. After a short stint
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  as the interim chief, Captain Brian Park has been named
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  the next fire Chief, the Streeter Fire Department announced Tuesday morning. Park,
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  a lifelong Streeter resident and twenty year veteran of the department,
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  will take over as chief effective June eighth. He succeeds
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  retiring Chief Gary Byrd. A nineteen ninety five graduate of
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  Streeter High School, Park earned a bachelor's degree in economics
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  from Illinois State University. Park then joined the Streeter Fire
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  Department in two thousand and two. He was promoted to
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  lieutenant in twenty sixteen and captain in twenty twenty four.
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  He holds certification as an Advanced Fire Officer and as
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  a licensed Emergency Medical technician. Park still lives in Streeter
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  with his wife, Tiffany, and their children, Ella and Tyler.
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  In a previous release, the department said Park has been
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  in a leadership role in multiple areas throughout his time
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  with the department. Throughout his career with the Streeter Fire Department,
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  Captain Park has demonstrated a strong commitment to emergency refrostponse,
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  firefighter development, and public service officials said in a statement.
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  His leadership has played an important role in the department's
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  continued mission of protecting the citizens and visitors of Street. Specifically,
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  he has played a key role in advancing the expansion
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  of emergency medical services, the Streeter Fire American Red Cross
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  smoke Alarm program, and public information campaigns. Looking ahead, Park
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  said he plans to build on the department's existing foundation
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  while working with its firefighters and EMS personnel. This appointment
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  is truly the honor of my lifetime, Park said in
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  a statement. I look forward to serving my fellow Streeter
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  residence and making our fire department the best it can be.
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  The department is in a great position thanks to the
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  hard work of all Streeter firefighters past and present, and
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  the leadership of retiring Chief Gary Byrd.