2005 Illinois Code - Chapter 50 Local Government 50 ILCS 740/ Illinois Fire Protection Training Act.
(50 ILCS 740/1) (from Ch. 85, par. 531)
Sec. 1.
Legislative Declaration.
It is declared as a matter
of legislative determination that in order
to promote and protect the health, safety and welfare of the public, it
is necessary and in the public interest to provide for the
encouraging and aiding of municipalities,
counties and other local governmental agencies of this State in their
efforts to raise the level of local fire protection by upgrading and
maintaining a high level of training for fire protection personnel. It
is declared to be the responsibility of the Office of the State
Fire Marshal to encourage the
participation of local governmental units in the programs established by
the Office and to aid in the establishment of adequate training
facilities.
(Source: P.A. 80‑147.)
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(50 ILCS 740/2) (from Ch. 85, par. 532)
Sec. 2.
Definitions.
As used in this Act, unless the context
requires otherwise:
a. Office means the Office of the State Fire Marshal.
b. "Local governmental agency" means any local governmental unit or
municipal corporation in this State. It does not include the State of
Illinois or any office, officer, department, division, bureau, board,
commission, or agency of the State except a State controlled university,
college, or public community college.
c. "School" means any school located within the State of Illinois
whether privately or publicly owned which offers a course in fire
protection training or related subjects and which has been approved by
the Office.
d. "Trainee" means a recruit fire fighter required to complete
initial minimum basic training requirements at an approved school to be
eligible for permanent employment as a fire fighter.
e. "Fire protection personnel" and "fire fighter" means any person
engaged in fire administration, fire prevention, fire suppression, fire
education and arson investigation, including any permanently employed,
trainee or volunteer fire fighter, whether or not such person, trainee
or volunteer is compensated for all or any fraction of his time.
f. "Basic training" and "basic level" shall mean the Firefighter II
program as promulgated by the rules and regulations of the Office.
(Source: P.A. 82‑777.)
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(50 ILCS 740/3) (from Ch. 85, par. 533)
Sec. 3.
This Act shall be administered by the Office of the State Fire Marshal.
(Source: P.A. 80‑147.)
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(50 ILCS 740/6) (from Ch. 85, par. 536)
Sec. 6.
Acceptance of contributions, etc.
‑ Deposit of funds.
The Office may accept contributions, capital grants, gifts,
donations, services or other financial assistance from any individual,
association, corporation or other organization, having a legitimate
interest in fire protection training and personnel and from the United
States of America and any of its agencies or instrumentalities,
corporate or otherwise. Such amounts of money so received shall be
deposited in the fund created by Section 10 of this Act and may be
expended, along with moneys obtained from the State of Illinois, for the
purposes specified in that Section.
(Source: P.A. 80‑147.)
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(50 ILCS 740/7) (from Ch. 85, par. 537)
Sec. 7.
Selection and certification of schools.
The Office shall select and certify the fire training
program at the University of Illinois and other schools within the State of
Illinois for the purpose of providing basic training for trainees, and
advanced or inservice training for permanent fire protection personnel
which schools may be either publicly or privately owned and operated.
(Source: P.A. 80‑147.)
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(50 ILCS 740/8) (from Ch. 85, par. 538)
Sec. 8.
Rules and minimum standards for schools.
The Office
shall adopt rules and minimum standards for such
schools which shall include but not be limited to the following:
a. Minimum courses of study, resources, facilities, apparatus,
equipment, reference material, established records and procedures as
determined by the Office.
b. Minimum requirements for instructors.
c. Minimum basic training requirements, which a trainee must
satisfactorily complete before being eligible for permanent employment
as a fire fighter in the fire department of a participating local
governmental agency.
Those requirements shall include training in first aid (including
cardiopulmonary resuscitation).
(Source: P.A. 88‑661, eff. 1‑1‑95.)
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(50 ILCS 740/9) (from Ch. 85, par. 539)
Sec. 9.
Training participation; funding.
All local governmental agencies
and individuals may elect to participate
in the training programs under this Act, subject to the rules and regulations
of the Office. The participation may be for certification
only, or for
certification and reimbursement for training expenses as further provided
in this Act. To be eligible to receive reimbursement for training of
individuals,
a local governmental agency shall require by ordinance that a trainee complete
a basic course approved by the Office, and pass the State
test for certification at the basic level within the probationary period
as established by the local governmental agency. A certified copy of the
ordinance must be on file with the Office.
The Office may by rule provide for reimbursement funding for trainees who
are volunteers or paid on call fire protection personnel beyond their
probationary
period, but not to exceed 3 years from the date of initial employment.
The Office may reimburse for basic or advanced training of individuals who
were permanently employed fire protection personnel prior to the date of
the ordinance. Individuals may receive reimbursement if employed
by a unit
of local government that participates for reimbursement funding
and the
individual is otherwise eligible.
Failure of any trainee to complete the basic training and
certification
within the required period will render that individual and local governmental
agency ineligible for reimbursement funding for basic training for that
individual in the fiscal year in which his probationary period ends. The
individual may later become certified without reimbursement.
Any participating local governmental agency may elect to withdraw from
the training program by repealing the original ordinance, and a certified
copy
of the ordinance must be filed with the Office.
(Source: P.A. 90‑20, eff. 6‑20‑97.)
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(50 ILCS 740/10) (from Ch. 85, par. 540)
Sec. 10.
Training expenses; reimbursement.
The Office, not later than
May 30th of each year,
from funds appropriated for this purpose, shall reimburse the local
governmental agencies or individuals participating in the training
program in an amount equalling one‑half of the total sum paid by
them during
the period established by the Office for tuition
at training schools, salary of
trainees while in school, necessary travel expenses, and room and board
for each trainee. In addition to reimbursement provided herein by the
Office to the local governmental agencies for participation by trainees,
the Office in each year shall reimburse the local governmental agencies
participating in the training program for permanent fire protection
personnel in the same manner as trainees for each training program.
No more than 50% of the reimbursements distributed to local governmental
agencies in any fiscal year shall be distributed to local governmental
agencies of more than 500,000 persons. If at the time of the annual
reimbursement to local governmental agencies participating in the
training program there is an insufficient appropriation to make
reimbursement in full, the appropriation shall be apportioned among the
participating local governmental agencies. No local governmental agency
which shall alter or change in any manner any of the training programs
as promulgated under this Act or fail to comply with rules and
regulations promulgated under this Act shall be entitled to receive any
matching funds under this Act. Submitting false information to the
Office is a Class B misdemeanor.
(Source: P.A. 90‑20, eff. 6‑20‑97.)
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(50 ILCS 740/11) (from Ch. 85, par. 541)
Sec. 11.
Rules and regulations.
The Office may make, amend, and rescind
those rules and regulations
as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. The Office may
make rules and regulations establishing the fees to be paid for administration
of examinations, certification of schools, and certification of fire
fighters.
(Source: P.A. 89‑180, eff. 7‑19‑95; 90‑20, eff. 6‑20‑97.)
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(50 ILCS 740/12) (from Ch. 85, par. 542)
Sec. 12.
Advanced Training Programs.
The Office, in its discretion, may
adopt rules and minimum
standards for advanced training programs for permanent fire protection
personnel in addition to the basic training programs. The training for
permanent fire protection personnel may be given in any schools selected
by the Office . Such training, if offered, may be discontinued by the
school upon either a temporary or permanent basis. Local governmental
agencies which have elected to participate in the recruit training
program may elect to participate in the advanced, training for permanent
fire protection personnel but non‑participation in the advanced program
shall not in any way affect the right of governmental agencies to
participate in the trainee program. The failure of any permanent fire
protection employee to successfully complete any course herein
authorized shall not affect his status as a member of the fire
department of any local governmental agency.
(Source: P.A. 80‑147.)
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(50 ILCS 740/13) (from Ch. 85, par. 543)
Sec. 13.
Additional powers and Duties.
In addition to
the other powers and duties given to the Office by this Act, the Office:
(1) may employ a Director of Personnel Standards
and Education and other necessary clerical
and technical personnel;
(2) may make such reports and recommendations to the Governor and
the General Assembly in regard to fire protection personnel, standards,
education, and related topics as it deems proper;
(3) shall report to the Governor and the General Assembly no later
than March 1 of each year the affairs and activities of the Office
for the preceding year.
The requirement for reporting to the General Assembly shall be satisfied
by filing copies of the report with the Speaker, the Minority Leader and
the Clerk of the House of Representatives and the President, the Minority
Leader and the Secretary of the Senate and the Legislative Research
Unit, as required
by Section 3.1 of "An Act to revise the law in relation to the General Assembly",
approved February 25, 1874, as amended, and filing such additional copies
with the State Government Report Distribution Center for the General Assembly
as is required under paragraph (t) of Section 7 of the State Library Act.
(Source: P.A. 84‑1438.)
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(50 ILCS 740/15) (from Ch. 85, par. 545)
Sec. 15.
Short
title.
This Act shall be known and may be cited as the "Illinois Fire
Protection Training Act".
(Source: P. A. 77‑1665.)
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