2017-2018 Bill 3545: Jeff Allen - South Carolina Legislature Online

1 South Carolina General Assembly 2 122nd Session, 2017-2018 3 4 H. 3545 5 6 STATUS INFORMATION 7 8 Concurrent Resolution 9 Sponsors: Reps. Huggins, Ballentine, Alexander, Allison, Anderson, Anthony, Arrington, Atkinson, 10 Atwater, Bales, Bamberg, Bannister, Bedingfield, Bennett, Bernstein, Blackwell, Bowers, Bradley, 11 Brown, Burns, Caskey, Chumley, Clary, Clemmons, Clyburn, CobbHunter, Cogswell, Cole, Collins, 12 Crawford, Crosby, Daning, Davis, Delleney, Dillard, Douglas, Duckworth, Elliott, Erickson, Felder, 13 Finlay, Forrest, Forrester, Fry, Funderburk, Gagnon, Gilliard, Govan, Hamilton, Hardee, Hart, Hayes, 14 Henderson, Henegan, Herbkersman, Hewitt, Hill, Hiott, Hixon, Hosey, Howard, Jefferson, Johnson, 15 Jordan, King, Kirby, Knight, Loftis, Long, Lowe, Lucas, Mack, Magnuson, Martin, McCoy, McCravy, 16 McEachern, McKnight, Mitchell, D.C. Moss, V.S. Moss, Murphy, Neal, B. Newton, W. Newton, 17 Norman, Norrell, Ott, Parks, Pitts, Pope, Putnam, Quinn, Ridgeway, M. Rivers, S. Rivers, 18 RobinsonSimpson, Rutherford, Ryhal, Sandifer, Simrill, G.M. Smith, G.R. Smith, J.E. Smith, Sottile, 19 Spires, Stavrinakis, Stringer, Tallon, Taylor, Thayer, Thigpen, Toole, Weeks, West, Wheeler, Whipper, 20 White, Whitmire, Williams, Willis and Yow 21 Document Path: l:\council\bills\gm\24895zw17.docx 22 23 Introduced in the House on January 24, 2017 24 Introduced in the Senate on January 24, 2017 25 Adopted by the General Assembly on January 24, 2017 26 27 Summary: Jeff Allen 28 29 30 HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 31 32 Date Body Action Description with journal page number 33 1/24/2017 House Introduced, adopted, sent to Senate ( House Journalpage 22) 34 1/24/2017 Senate Introduced, adopted, returned with concurrence ( Senate Journalpage 25) 35 36 View the latest legislative information at the website 37 38 39 VERSIONS OF THIS BILL 40 41 1/24/2017 42 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 10 11 TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR JEFF ALLEN, IRMO FIRE 12 MARSHAL, UPON THE OCCASION OF HIS RETIREMENT 13 AFTER TWENTYTWO YEARS OF OUTSTANDING 14 SERVICE, AND TO WISH HIM CONTINUED SUCCESS AND 15 HAPPINESS IN ALL HIS FUTURE ENDEAVORS. 16 17 Whereas, it is altogether fitting and proper that the members of the 18 General Assembly of the State of South Carolina should pause in 19 their deliberations to express their gratitude to Jeff Allen for his 20 significant contributions to the Irmo Fire District; and 21 22 Whereas, Jeff Allen retired at the end of 2016 after an extensive 23 career in code enforcement and arson investigation, the last 24 twentytwo years of which have been as the distinguished and 25 highlyregarded fire marshal of Irmo; and 26 27 Whereas, he served as a certified police officer with the Irmo Fire 28 District for twelve years, and he began his volunteer service with 29 the Irmo Fire District in 1994 and became the fulltime fire marshal 30 in 1997; and 31 32 Whereas, Fire Marshal Allen’s career has coincided with the 33 steady growth of Irmo’s population and with an ever increasing 34 number of calls to the Fire District, which now total more than 35 three thousand annually; and 36 37 Whereas, in spite of limited funding, a plight of many other local 38 fire departments, he acquired vital grants for his district and 39 enjoyed a strong working relationship with the town of Irmo and 40 the Irmo Police Department; and 41

[3545] 2 1 Whereas, as a nationally certified instructor through Oklahoma 2 State University, Fire Marshal Allen has served as an adjunct 3 professor of fire and arson investigation and fire code enforcement 4 at the South Carolina Fire Academy and as a guest instructor of 5 arson investigation at the South Carolina Criminal Justice 6 Academy; and 7 8 Whereas, he has served his profession as the founder of the 9 Midlands Fire Marshals Association, as a member of the board of 10 directors of the South Carolina State Firefighters’ Foundation and 11 the Irmo Fire District Foundation, and as a member of the South 12 Carolina Firefighters Legislative committee; and 13 14 Whereas, deeply committed to his community, Fire Marshal Allen 15 has served on the advisory board for Safe Kids Midlands/Buckle 16 Buddies of Children’s Hospital since 1998, and on the board of 17 directors of the South Carolina Children’s Trust from 2013 to 18 2016; and 19 20 Whereas, the members of the South Carolina General Assembly 21 are grateful for the years of unparalleled dedication that Fire 22 Marshal Jeff Allen has devoted to the Irmo Fire District and wish 23 him many years of enjoyment in his wellearned retirement. Now, 24 therefore, 25 26 Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate 27 concurring: 28 29 That the members of the General Assembly of the State of South 30 Carolina, by this resolution, recognize and honor Jeff Allen, Irmo 31 Fire Marshal, upon the occasion of his retirement after twentytwo 32 years of outstanding service, and wish him continued success and 33 happiness in all his future endeavors. 34 35 Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be presented to 36 Jeff Allen, Irmo Fire Marshal. 37 XX 38

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