(A) The city hereby elects to participate in programs provided by the Illinois Fire Protection Training Act.
(B) Before an individual may begin regular full time employment as a firefighter he or she shall have been certified by the Illinois State Fire Marshal as a Firefighter II, as having successfully completed an approved training course as provided in the act.
(C) The Firefighter II certification shall be completed by the trainee within 24 months. 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.
(D) The Board of Fire and Police Commissioners hereby are instructed and directed to make the necessary amendments to the personnel rules, the Manual of Rules of the City Fire Department and rules of the Board in order to require any person appointed to the Department shall not become a regular member of it unless and until he or she complete, pursuant to the Illinois Fire Protection and Training Act, the approved initial employment.
('74 Code, § 9-4) (Ord. 1066, passed 4-19-88)