A. The Village hereby 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 must have been certified by the Illinois State Fire Marshal as a Firefighter II, as having successfully completed an approved training course as provided in said Act.
C. The Firefighter II training must be completed by the trainee within his probationary period of twelve months, except for volunteers, part-time and paid-on-call personnel.
D. The Board of Fire and Police Commissioners are hereby instructed and directed to make the necessary amendments to the Personnel Rules, the Manual of Rules of the Village of River Forest Fire Department, and Rules of said Board of Fire and Police Commissioners in order to require that any person appointed to the Fire Department of River Forest shall not become a regular member of the River Forest Fire Department unless he shall complete, pursuant to said Illinois Fire Protection and Training Act, the approved training course within twelve months of the date of his initial employment. (Ord. 2104, 9-27-82)