(A) The Village of Calumet Park does hereby elect to participate in the programs provided for in the Illinois Fire Protection Training Act.
(B) Prior to any trainee commencing regular full-time employment as a firefighter, the trainee must have been certified by the Illinois State Fire Marshal as a Firefighter II, and as having successfully completed an approved training course as provided in the Act.
(C) That the Firefighter II training must be completed by a trainee within his or her probationary period of 12 months, except for volunteers, part-time and paid on-call personnel.
(D) The Board of Fire and Police Commissioners of the Village of Calumet Park are hereby instructed and directed to make the necessary amendments to the personnel rules, the Manual of Rules of the Village of Calumet Park Fire Department, and rules of the Board of Fire and Police Commissioners in order to require that any person appointed to the Fire Department of the Village of Calumet Park shall not become a regular member of the Calumet Park Fire Department unless and until he or she shall complete, pursuant to the Illinois Fire Protection Training Act, the approved training course within 12 months of the date of his or her initial employment.
(Ord. 82-396, passed 9-23-1982)