(A) The city elects to participate in the programs provided for in the Illinois Fire Protection Training Act.
(B) Before an individual may commence regular full-time employment as a firefighter, he or she must be certified by the State Fire Marshal as a Firefighter II, as having successfully completed an approved training course as provided in such act.
(C) The Firefighter II training must be completed by the trainee within his or her probationary period of 12 months, except for volunteers and part-time and paid on-call personnel.
(D) The Board of Fire and Police Commissioners shall require that any person appointed to the Fire Department shall not become a regular member of the Department unless and until he or she successfully completes, pursuant to such Act, the approved training course within 12 months of the date of his or her initial employment.
(2000 Code, § 2.36.150)