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LISLE-WOODRIDGE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT

Fire Protection District earns top Accreditation Chief Keith Krestan looks back on all the hard work that came to fruition for his organization

BY RYAN OSTRY Bugle Staff

@RyanOstry_BR18 rostry@buglenewspapers.com The Lisle-Woodridge Fire Protection District has achieved an accolade not many can say.

Through hard work and being a prominent organization, the District has achieved Agency Accreditation through the Center for Public Safety Excellence (CPSE) granted by the Commission on Fire Accreditation International (CFAI).

“It means a lot to the organization, but we’re really glad because it means a lot to the community,” said Chief Keith Krestan. “The Fire District has adopted a continuous quality of making sure of programs and services that we deliver are up to date and relevant.”

While putting themselves in harms way on a daily basis, the Lisle-Woodridge Fire Protection District has adopted an attitude and message that they want civilians to know.

Employing firefighters and paramedics in the country, each is committed to protecting the community while continually identifying ways to improve delivery of emergency services.

The Fire District said they are proud of their ability to maintain the Insurance Services Office (ISO) Class 1 rating, while addressing emerging

It means a lot to the organization, but we re really glad because it means a lot to the community. The Fire District has adopted a continuous quality of making sure of programs and services that we deliver are up to date and relevant. trends throughout the community and they continue to make the LisleWoodridge Fire District a better and safer place to live, work and recreate during an ever changing social, economic and political environment.

While receiving this award in Atlanta, Georgia at the Fire Rescue International (FRI) conference, Krestan said that really breaking down each department and seeing the progress and availability they have made is what that determines the award Accreditation.

“The focus of this process is to work with departments so that they basically do a self assessment of their organization administratively and operationally,” Krestan said. “That

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Through hard work and being a prominent organization, the District has achieved Agency Accreditation through the Center for Public Safety Excellence (CPSE) granted by the Commission on Fire Accreditation International (CFAI). determines if they are actually doing what they say they and how do they compare to practices.”

The CPSE, who is an independent, nonprofit organization with the mission to lead the fire and emergency services to excellence through the continuous quality improvement process of accrediting, credentialing, educating and promoting appropriate best practice standards, had a week-long visit from a Site Assessment Team representing CPSE which also played into the Accreditation.

The Fire District committed to this journey in 2016 and has spent countless staff hours over the past three years examining past, current and fu-

ture service levels and internal performance to compare them to industry best practices.

With citizens from the community greatly benefiting from the Accreditation process through improved programs and services; Krestan said that it is a great assessment to see not only what they have done well, but what they can work on to improve in the future.

“Whether its CPR training or other programs we have within, it forces you to assess yourself to improve in all different areas,” Krestan said. “It really just shows how you measure up to the industries best practices.”

The Lisle-Woodridge Fire District

joins a select group of fire districts, which are accredited, and ISO Class 1.

The (ISO) is a national insurance engineering organization that assigns a public protection classification to jurisdictions based on fire agency services.

A Class 1 rating indicates the highest level of services provided to the community, and Krestan was pleased to see the hard work come to fruition.

“It’s the entire teams group effort that put us in position to have this accreditation,” Krestan said. “I can’t thank everyone enough for all of their combined efforts for this, and we are all very proud of the things this organization has accomplished.”

LOCAL NEWS >> LISLE

Resident participates in STEM challenge leadership academy Heather Chang looks to do big things in her future

BY RYAN OSTRY Bugle Staff

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Although many summer fun options including Chicago’s very own Lollapalooza captured the attendance of a lot of high school students, that wasn’t the case for Heather Chang.

Chang, who has chosen to advance her skillset in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), have been actively participating in ComEd’s Icebox Derby Challenge.

“Ever since I was really young I’ve always wanted to go into STEM,”

Chang said. “For me it’s a field that’s always growing, everyday you can come into a job and it’s something new and just the fact that I can always learn and become a better person has always interested me.”

The idea behind STEM is to make the United States more competitive in technology development by bringing up generations of students who can excel in high-tech jobs.

For Chang, perusing and being a part of STEM is even more prevalent to her because of the small percentage of women in the field.

“There’s not a lot of girls in the field and I feel like going into STEM helps

fix the disparity which exists from male to female,” Chang said.

The Icebox Derby Challenge took place at Daley Plaza before shifting focus to being fully immersed in the Exelon Foundation’s STEM Innovation Leadership Academy, she said the challenge helped her leadership and team bonding skills for a future job.

“Making a car out of a refrigerator was pretty neat because it’s not something that you get to do very often,” Chang said. “It also incorporated a lot of STEM activities which I was able to learn outside of the traditional classroom setting.”

At the STEM Innovation Leadership Academy, which is a week-long event that aims to create a pipeline

for young women to learn more about STEM jobs and careers, was a part of a recent study by the Exelon Foundation that revealed that nearly four in five high school girls believe that action must be taken to address the global issue.

The Academy, which Chang was admitted into after the Icebox Derby Challenge, is a camp that focuses on energy and is a free week-long overnight program held at the Illinois Institute of Technology, where young women get to learn about energy and STEM in fun, interactive ways, such as field trips, site visits, keynote speakers, panels of women leaders from across the city, leadership development training and an energy challenge which will resulted in cool

prizes.

“It shows you so many cool things but what I also really loved about it was it shows you how to be a leader in your community,” Chang said.

As a resident from Lisle and current senior at Naperville North High School, Chang is a part of many activities in her school, teaches piano, holds down a job and wants to continue to engage and learn more about what she plans to eventually major in college, chemical engineering.

“I want to also go back to school after I get my undergrad to get my Masters and professional degree in Chemistry,” Chang said. “My long term goal is to do research in Chemistry, more specifically environmental conservation.”

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Bolingbrook s Borland looks to lead No. 5 ranked Ohio State to a National Championship

BY MARK GREGORY Editorial Director

@Hear_The_Beard mark@buglenewspapers.com Heading into his junior season at Ohio State University, Bolingbrook graduate Tuf Borland is excited for the changes on the horizon.

Ryan Day takes over for Urban Meyer as head coach of the Buckeyes and that means a new look on both sides of the football.

“Sometimes change is a good thing. You are going to see a lot of guys that are excited to be out there and excited to be playing again and I think our performance will show,” Borland said. “There is a lot of expectation here and we are expected to live up to that. We talk about next man up and always being prepared and we have a team full of guys who can do that.

“Anytime there is a new coaching staff, there are changes and that will be evident. I don’t want to get into specifics or scheme, but it is going to allow each of us players to use our athleticism and play football like we know how.”

After redshirting his freshman season, Borland has played in all 28 games the past two seasons, despite suffering an Achilles tendon injury during spring practice. Last season he started 11 games and finished third on the team with 67 tackles, including nine tackles for loss. His performance earned him honorable mention All-Big Ten. Borland has been a two-time captain for the Buckeyes and is one of only two returning captains

from last season. If selected by his teammates again, the middle linebacker would be only the secondever three-time Ohio State captain and first from the defensive side of the ball, joining only former quarterback J.T. Barrett.

At the end of this season, Borland has a decision to make – with one year of eligibility remaining and with graduate classes already under his belt can stay at Ohio State and continue his graduate degree and play football, he can leave college and head into his chosen profession or try his hand at playing professional football.

While he has options at season’s end, Borland said he will focus on that after he helps the Buckeyes compete for a Big Ten and NCAA National Championship. Ohio State is ranked No. 5 in the nation in the preseason USA Today Coaches Poll and Associated Press ranikings.

“Coming in early gave me some advantages academically and I will graduate this fall while taking graduate level courses. I haven’t really given any thought to my future,” Borland said. “I would like to play, but right now I am just focused on this season. When I came here I was looking to provide myself with the best options for my future, whether I am lucky enough to keep playing or get ready for work and life after football.

“The biggest thing for me this year is putting everything I have into these guys and this team and if we have everyone buy in, there are no limits to what this team can

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Bolingbrook s Tuf Borland returns to Ohio State for his redshirt junior season. do. I just want to do whatever I can to help this team win and we will see what happens.”

The possibility that this is his last at Ohio State will have Borland taking time to enjoy the special

moments this season.

“That first year on campus seems like it goes by pretty slow and then now you look back I can’t believe I have been here going into my fourth season,” he said.

“It goes by pretty fast. You have to soak it all in.”

• Look next week for a complete list of allDivision-I FBS football players from the Voyager Media area.

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COLUMN >> DAVE SAYS

DAVE SAYS: Why do I need a will if I m young with little wealth?

DEAR DAVE: Why do I need a will if I’m still young and haven’t acquired a lot of wealth?

LAURA DEAR LAURA: In a case like yours, you don’t need a complicated will. But you do need an inexpensive, basic will. The larger and more complicated your estate is, the more you’d spend on estate planning and a will in order to ensure everything is properly addressed — and to keep the government’s hands off everything.

Let’s say you’re in your early- to mid-20s and single. You have a car

Upcoming Events DOWNERS GROVE ENJOY FREE LIVE MUSIC ON TUESDAY EVENINGS AT 7 P.M. from May 28 through August 20 at Veterans Memorial Pavilion in Fishel Park, on Grove Street just west of Main Street. Food, wine and beer* will be available for purchase starting at 6 p.m. each week. Bring lawn chairs, blankets, outside food, outside non-alcoholic beverages. Dogs must be leashed at all times. Leashes must be no more than six feet in length.

and a bank account, and that’s it. In this kind of scenario, it’s going to be easy to work through your estate. But it’s going to take your parents — or whoever’s left — a whole lot longer to get those few simple transactions taken care of if you don’t have a will in place.

The other thing you’ll always want to have in your will package is a health care power of attorney directive. This includes things like who’s going to make medical decisions for you if you’re unable to make decisions for yourself. As a part of this, you’d want to fill out the paperwork on whether to disconnect life support systems in the event of a coma.

These things aren’t fun to think about, but doing it will take a huge burden off the people you love. And all this becomes even more impor-

tant if you have children, because the state will step in and decide what happens to them if you don’t.

Having these things laid out ahead of time, and sharing them with your family and close friends, is a very thoughtful and mature thing to do for those who would be left behind in the event of your death. They’re already going to be distraught and grieving, and you don’t want to make it worse by leaving them with a lot of important, difficult decisions to make.

No outside alcoholic beverages allowed.

July 23- Piano Man (Elton John/Billy Joel) July 30- Hillbilly Rockstarz (Country) August 6- Dancing Queen (ABBA) August 13- Fool House (90s hits) August 20- The SyingRays (Rock and roll oldies)

of goods in these open-air markets that encourage community to gather, socialize and support small business. Vendors change weekly, so each market is a unique experience. Free parking is available in the Garfield Parking Lot, Main Street and the Commuter Parking Lots off of Burlington Avenue. There is no admission charge, so bring the whole family and friendly pets on a leash are welcome. Diverse offerings include: Artisan crafts, Baked goods, Cheeses, Food, Fresh produce, Home accessories, Jewelry, Knife sharpening,

JUNE - SEPTEMBER 14 (SATURDAYS) LISLE FRENCH MARKET. 8 a.m.-1 p.m.

Prairie Walk Pond, Garfield Avenue just north of Burlington. With an abundance of local farmers, food and artisan vendors in each location, visitors will enjoy a variety

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