§ 46-33. Training and certification of firefighters.

Before an individual may commence regular employment as a firefighter, he must have been certified by the state fire marshal as a Firefighter II, as having successfully completed an approved training course as provided in the Illinois Fire Protection Training Act (50 ILCS 740/1 et seq.). The Firefighter II certification must be completed by the trainee within his probationary period of 12 months. Failure of any trainee to complete such basic training and certification within the required period will render that individual and the 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.

(Code 1996, § 4-1-2(C))