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Deputy Chief Richard "Ike" Schoonover joined the
department Dec 7, 1977 as a mechanic. Richard has been in charge of
maintaining Harlem-Roscoe Fire apparatus ever since. He was promoted
to Lt. then Captain, and in 1995 to Deputy Chief. He received the Loves
Park VFW Firefighter of the Year Award in 1988.
Richard is State Certified Firefighter II and Hazmat
Awareness. He was an EMT-A from 1984 to 1990. He has attended numerous
classes and trainings while on the department. He also held an IL State
ERT License from 1982 until road rescue was put under the Fire Marshall’s
Office. He has attained 40 credit hours of basic engineer at University
of Wisconsin extension school in Janesville, 60 credit hours of business
at Rock Valley College Rockford, and has attended U Of WI certified
Service Management School.
Richard served in the US Army from Oct 1952 thru Nov
1957 and left the service as staff Sgt in charge of radio-radar repair
group. He then worked for a road construction company from January 1958
to December 1967. He was responsible for a crushing crew and crusher
maintenance. He held a Class 4 Wisconsin State explosive license for
12 years and was responsible for drilling and blasting of a rock quarry.
He then worked for Rockford Clutch Div of Borg Warner Corp from January
1968 until he retired in September of 1999. He spent 2 years as Test
Tech, 2 years as an Engineer, 14 years as a Service & Warranty manager,
and 13 years as a field service engine and heavy equipment and industrial
drives.
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Deputy Chief John Presley is the department's Fire Prevention/Safety
Chief. John joined the department in January 1982. He was
promoted to Lieutenant in 1987, to Captain in 1993, and to
Deputy Chief on September 12, 2004. He became an EMT in the
spring of 1983, and EMT-I in 1988, and an EMT-P in 1991.
He holds an Associates Degree in Applied Science, is State
Certified as Fire Officer II, Juvenile Fire Setters Interventionist,
Hazmat Incident Command, and Instructor II. He holds Fire
Tactics & Equipment Fire Services, and Emergency Medical
and Fire Service Dispatch and numerous more.
John works as a Paramedic for Kurtz Ambulance.
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Deputy Chief John Bergeron is the department's Medical Coordinator.
John joined the department as a cadet in 1981 and became a
firefighter in 1983. He was promoted to Lieutenant in 1992
and to Captain February 4, 2006. On January 21 he was promoted
to Deputy Chief.
John became an EMT-A in 1984 and an EMT-Paramedic in 1988.
John is State Certified as Firefighter III and Hazmat Ops,
Instructor II, and Fire Officer II. John has also attended
numerous medical and fire classes and is an apparatus engineer.
He also holds certificates in Roadway Extrication. John currently
sits on the Region 1 Trauma advisory commitee.
He received the Roscoe VFW Firefighter of the Year Award
in 1991 & 2008. John received the NIEMS Paramedic of the
Year in 1997. He also received the 2009 HRFD Firefighter Choice
Good Service Award.
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