Illinois Administrative Code › Title 41 - FIRE PROTECTION › Part 141 - REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PARTICIPATION AND CERTIFICATION OF FIRE PROTECTION PERSONNEL › Subpart A - GENERAL › Section 141.15 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
Unless the context requires otherwise, the following terms
				  have the meanings ascribed in this Section:
"Act" means the Illinois Fire Protection Training Act
				  [50 ILCS
				  740 ].
"Application for Certification " means the application
				  submitted by the employing fire chief or their designee for a Candidate to
				  receive certification that verifies successful passage of the State Practical
				  Examination and completion of a series of prerequisites for that certification
				  under Subpart D.
"Candidate" means fire service personnel participating in the
				  certification program for the purpose of certification or
				  recertification.
"Certification" means the official documentation awarded by
				  the Office to eligible fire protection personnel after successful completion of
				  established requirements of this Part.
"Division" or "DPSE" means the Division of Personnel
				  Standards and Education within the Office of the State Fire Marshal.
"DPSE WebAccess Portal" or "WebAccess Portal" means the
				  web-based program that shall be utilized by the fire service to participate in
				  the certification programs. The DPSE WebAccess Portal can be accessed at:
https://webapps.sfm.illinois.gov/PSEPortal/Account/Login
.
"Fire Advisory Commission" or "FAC" means the advisory board
				  which is established under the State Fire Marshal Act [20 ILCS
				  2905/3 ] to advise the Office in the exercise of its
				  powers and duties.
"Fire Association" means a fire-related association,
				  organization or entity that is represented on the Fire Advisory Commission by a
				  member who serves as an ex-officio member pursuant to Section 3 of the State
				  Fire Marshal Act [20 ILCS 2905/3 ].
"Fire Brigade" means an organized group of employees at a
				  facility who are knowledgeable, trained and skilled in at least basic
				  firefighting operations, and whose full-time occupation might or might not be
				  the provision of fire suppression and related activities for their
				  employer.
"Fire Department" or "Department" means an organization
				  providing fire suppression, training, fire administration, fire investigation,
				  fire prevention, rescue, executive support and related activities.
"Fire Service", "Fire Service Personnel", "Fire Protection
				  Personnel", "Fire Fighter" or "Firefighter" means a fire department, fire
				  protection district, fire association, training facility, OSFM and the members
				  of these entities who are engaged in fire suppression, training, fire
				  administration, fire investigation, fire prevention, rescue, executive support
				  and related activities, including
individuals who have retired from
				  active fire service duties and are officially affiliated with fire service
				  training, mutual aid, incident command, fire ground operations or staff
				  support
for fire associations.
"Fire Service Experience" means fire suppression training,
				  fire administration, fire investigation or fire prevention experience in a fire
				  department, including rescue, executive support and related activities.
"Illinois Fire Service Institute" or "IFSI" means the State
				  Fire Academy for the State of Illinois, operated by the Board of Trustees of
				  the University of Illinois, pursuant to
				  110 ILCS
				  365/2.
"Job Performance Requirements" or "JPRs" means a written
				  statement that describes a specific job task, lists the items necessary to
				  complete the task, and defines measurable or observable outcomes and evaluation
				  areas for the specific task as recognized and defined by the National Fire
				  Protection Association (NFPA).
"Local Governmental Agency" means any local
				  governmental unit or municipal corporation in this State. It does not include
				  the State of Illinois or any office, officer, department, division, bureau,
				  board, commission, or agency of the State except:
a State-controlled university, college, or public
				  community college; or
the Office of the State Fire Marshal.
(Section 2(b) of the Act)
"NFPA" means the National Fire Protection Association.
"Non-Affiliated Individual" means an individual who is not
				  fire service personnel while attending and completing courses allowed under
				  Section 141.215.
"Office" means the Office of the State Fire Marshal.
"Qualified Instructor" means an individual who possesses
				  certification or certifications required to provide instruction for a specific
				  certification level as listed in Subpart D.
"Recertification" means the process where a specified
				  certification listed in Section
				  141.390 may be renewed through
				  the successful completion of the relevant task book or tally sheet and the
				  submission of a new Application for Certification by the employing fire chief
				  or their designee.
"Request for Examination" means the submission of the Request
				  for Examination to the Division from a training facility requesting to schedule
				  a State Written Examination.
"Standards" or "Standard" means the applicable NFPA standard
				  or standards.
"State Fire Marshal" or "SFM" means the Executive Director of
				  the Office of the State Fire Marshal.
"State Practical Examination" means a Division-approved
				  psychomotor examination.
"State Written Examination" means a Division-approved
				  computer-based or paper examination.
"Successful Completion" of a course means the completion of
				  the course and meeting the requirements of the training facility.
"Tally Sheet" means the digital DPSE-provided sheet that may
				  be used by candidates to document JPR completion or points required for
				  recertification as specified in Section 141.390.
"Task Book" means a Division-provided booklet used to
				  evaluate a candidate's performance of skills or work experience required for a
				  specific certification or recertification found in this Part. The task book
				  includes: references to the relevant NFPA Standard and the observable
				  behaviors, activities and tasks that must be met for certification or
				  recertification.
"Training Facility" means an academy, fire association, fire
				  department, fire protection district, fire brigade, or college located within
				  the State of Illinois and approved by the Division to provide the training for
				  fire protection personnel, as referenced in Section
				  141.100.