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Quinteion Curtis sworn in as interim fire chief of Dolton
Summary
Quinteion Curtis took the oath to serve as interim fire chief for the village of Dolton, thanking family, colleagues and community partners and outlining an open-door approach for the department.
Quinteion Curtis took the oath of office as interim fire chief of the village of Dolton in Cook County during a swearing-in ceremony in which he pledged to “support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of Illinois” and to “faithfully discharge the duties of the office.”
Curtis, addressing attendees after the oath, thanked the village mayor and trustees for the appointment and acknowledged family members and colleagues who attended, including Chief James Parks, Fire Commissioner John Brooks and Alderman Jeanette Taylor. He also described community work with the Black Fire Brigade and said the organization has trained participants and served the Black community for years.
“I'd like to thank my mother and father…who's definitely looking down on me,” Curtis said. He described the Black Fire Brigade’s work and offered figures: “we put over 1,100 kids through school, over 550 single moms, over 50 homeless kids” and said the group is “responsible for over $40,000,000 a year in the black community as first responders,” attributing those statements to his remarks. He also told the audience that Dolton now has two new firehouses that the group can use, phrasing that as part of his remarks about welcoming youth and community into the department.
Curtis said he is honored to lead the department and described a public, open-door approach: “The fire department is open to everybody. It's not my building. It's your building…You call. We're coming.” He named several people in attendance and thanked members of the Chicago-area fire and police communities for their support during his remarks.
The ceremony included a short intermission for photos. The transcript of the event contains the oath and Curtis’s remarks; the meeting record does not show a separate recorded vote or formal motion related to the appointment in the provided excerpt.
Details Curtis provided about the Black Fire Brigade and the two firehouses were presented as his statements during the ceremony and are reported here as attributed comments.
