95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB5696

 

Introduced , by Rep. Richard P. Myers

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
110 ILCS 365/2   from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 402
110 ILCS 365/3   from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 403
110 ILCS 365/5   from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 405

    Amends the Illinois Fire Service Institute Act. Requires enrollment and attendance in the programs of the Illinois Fire Service Institute to be open to any person 18 years of age or older (instead of any person engaged in fire administration, fire prevention, fire suppression, fire education, or arson investigation with a unit of government or a public or private fire department in this State). Makes related changes.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning education.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Illinois Fire Service Institute Act is
5 amended by changing Sections 2, 3, and 5 as follows:
 
6     (110 ILCS 365/2)  (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 402)
7     Sec. 2. The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
8 shall operate a State Fire Academy, to be called the Illinois
9 Fire Service Institute, for the purpose of instructing fire
10 protection personnel and other persons throughout the State of
11 Illinois, providing service to public and private fire
12 departments in Illinois and conducting research in the methods
13 of maintaining and improving fire protection and control
14 services consistent with the needs of Illinois communities.
15 (Source: P.A. 81-1147.)
 
16     (110 ILCS 365/3)  (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 403)
17     Sec. 3. Enrollment and attendance in the Institute programs
18 shall be open to any person 18 years of age or older engaged in
19 fire administration, fire prevention, fire suppression, fire
20 education, or arson investigation with a unit of government or
21 a public or private fire department in the State of Illinois,
22 including any volunteer, trainee or permanently employed fire

 

 

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1 fighter.
2 (Source: P.A. 81-1147.)
 
3     (110 ILCS 365/5)  (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 405)
4     Sec. 5. The Fire Service Institute shall:
5     1. Assist public and private fire departments in Illinois
6 through education, training, counseling, measurement and
7 evaluation services.
8     2. Conduct statewide, regional and local educational and
9 training programs in Illinois which will provide to the
10 firefighters, fire department officers and other persons
11 opportunities to comply with certification requirements of the
12 Division of Personnel Standards and Education in the Office of
13 the State Fire Marshal.
14     3. Offer programs of education and instruction, conducted
15 by a competent staff of full and part-time faculty.
16     4. Plan and conduct an annual Fire College and other short
17 courses of instruction.
18     5. Provide action-oriented research to support fire
19 training and education programs.
20     6. Develop and distribute instructional and evaluation
21 materials to support the fire training and education programs
22 offered by the Institute.
23     7. Develop mechanisms by which firefighters and other
24 persons may earn college credit and degrees in fire-related
25 disciplines.

 

 

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1     8. Develop and offer other programs and services consistent
2 with the general purposes of the Institute.
3     9. Plan, construct, operate and control such training
4 facilities and structures as may be necessary to conduct the
5 Institute's program.
6 (Source: P.A. 81-1147.)