Star May 13, 1999
 
 

ESDA leader gets standing ovation in Mokena

Mokena officials gave a standing ovation at a recent Board of Trustees meeting to the village's longtime Emergency Services and Disaster Agency coordinator, who resigned earlier this month.  Harold Damron, ESDA's coordinator in Mokena for 14 year, is leaving his post to take a job with Will County's ESDA.  during his tenure in Mokena, Damron helped increase volunteer interest in the agency, enhance the village's warning siren system and improve ESDA's equipment and emergency response fleet, village officials said.

ESDA works closely with local police and fire agencies during emergencies and coordinates teams of volunteers to respond to emergency scenes.  This spring, Damron's team was called to the site of the Amtrak crash in Bourbonnais.  Damron thanked village leaders for their support over the years.  He said he will keep posted on village affairs through his wife, Barb, who is the village's finance director.