Excerpts from the ChicagoTribune.com:
Five new firefighters were recently sworn in as members of the Skokie Fire Department at a crowded Skokie Village Board meeting.
Among those sworn in Nov. 6 were Thomas Vasis Jr., Steven Grothendieck, Rayburn Roybskie, Jacob Gasior and Patrick Herling.
The Skokie Fire Department is without a permanent fire chief since the summer when Jim Walters stepped down to take a job as chief in Schaumburg. Since then, Ken Borre has served as acting fire chief, but no announcement about a permanent chief has yet been made.
In September, the department was re-accredited from the Commission on Fire Accreditation International and the Center for Public Safety. According to village officials, Skokie is one of about 240 agencies worldwide to achieve Internationally Accredited Agency status.
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