Illinois Administrative Code › Title 41 - FIRE PROTECTION › Part 141 - REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PARTICIPATION AND CERTIFICATION OF FIRE PROTECTION PERSONNEL › Subpart E - REIMBURSEMENT › Section 141.400 - Reimbursement

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) Prerequisites
1)
All local governmental agencies
				and individuals may elect to participate in the training programs
. All
				local governmental agencies and fire service personnel may elect to participate
				in the Division's certification programs. Local governmental agencies and fire
				service personnel may elect to participate
for certification only or
				for certification and reimbursement for training expenses
as described
				in the Illinois Fire Protection Training Act [50 ILCS 740
				]. (Section 9 of the Act)
2) Local
				governmental agencies and fire service personnel may participate in all aspects
				of the Division's certification programs without passage of a local
				governmental ordinance. Proof of passage of a local governmental ordinance
				shall be required, however, to qualify local governmental agencies and fire
				service personnel to receive reimbursement.
3)
To be eligible to receive
				reimbursement for training
under the Act, the local governmental
				agency shall comply with the following requirements:
A) The local governmental agency
shall require by ordinance
completion of a
basic level
				course approved by the Office, and
the passage of
the State
				test for certification at the basic level within the probationary period as
				established by the local governmental agency
. A local governmental
				agency will not receive reimbursement for training if the ordinance does not
				state the length of the probationary period or if the length of the
				probationary period does not comply with Section 10-1-7.1(c) of the Illinois
				Municipal Code [65 ILCS 5/10-1 -7.1(c)] or
				Section 16.06(b) of the
				Fire Protection District Act [70 ILCS
				705/1606(b) ], as applicable.
A certified copy of the Ordinance must be on file with the
				Office.
(Section 9 of the Act). A local governmental agency will not
				receive reimbursement for training that occurs prior to the completion of this
				requirement.
i) Volunteer or paid-on-call fire
				service personnel may receive reimbursement for basic level training completed
beyond their probationary period
, if the basic level training
				is completed within
3 years from the date of initial
engagement as fire service personnel.
ii) Local governmental agencies that request
				reimbursement and file a certified copy of the required ordinance with the
				Division shall be eligible for reimbursement starting on the date a copy of the
				ordinance is received by the Division. Reimbursement may only be made for
				courses that commence on or after the date the Division receives a certified
				copy of the ordinance.
iii) Failure
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 calendar
				year in which his probationary period ends. The individual may later become
				certified without reimbursement.
(Section 9 of the Act)
B) The local governmental agency
				shall agree to abide by the requirements of this Part governing the training of
				fire service personnel.
C) The fire
				department must submit National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) reports
				to the Office for each month of the calendar year in which reimbursement is
				claimed. The fire department must be NFIRS-reporting compliant no later than
				April 15th of the calendar year in which claims for reimbursement are
				submitted. No reimbursement shall be provided if the fire department is not
				NFIRS-compliant.
D) Course
				completions must be submitted on the DPSE WebAccess Portal by the training
				facility by deadline for the submission for claims for reimbursement under this
				Section.
E) The Division shall
				reimburse only one time for a course completion but shall not reimburse for the
				same course repeated later by fire service personnel.
F) The fire service personnel for which
				reimbursement is claimed must have prerequisite certifications which are
				required under level specific certification prerequisites referenced in Subpart
				D prior to the beginning date of the course to be eligible for submission of
				claims for reimbursement.
4) Failure to satisfy the requirements of
				subsection (a)(3) will result in denial of the claims for
				reimbursement.