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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Fire Protection Training Act is
5amended by changing Section 8 as follows:
 
6    (50 ILCS 740/8)  (from Ch. 85, par. 538)
7    Sec. 8. Rules and minimum standards for schools. The
8Office shall adopt rules and minimum standards for such
9schools which shall include, but not be limited to, the
10following:
11        a. Minimum courses of study, resources, facilities,
12    apparatus, equipment, reference material, established
13    records and procedures as determined by the Office.
14        b. Minimum requirements for instructors.
15        c. Minimum basic training requirements, which a
16    trainee must satisfactorily complete before being eligible
17    for permanent employment as a firefighter in the fire
18    department of a participating local governmental agency.
19    Those requirements shall include training in first aid
20    (including cardiopulmonary resuscitation) and , training in
21    the administration of opioid antagonists as defined in
22    paragraph (1) of subsection (e) of Section 5-23 of the
23    Substance Use Disorder Act, and training in the history of

 

 

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1    the fire service labor movement using curriculum and
2    instructors provided by a statewide organization
3    representing professional union firefighters in Illinois.
4        d. Training in effective recognition of and responses
5    to stress, trauma, and post-traumatic stress experienced
6    by firefighters that is consistent with Section 25 of the
7    Illinois Mental Health First Aid Training Act in a peer
8    setting.
9(Source: P.A. 100-759, eff. 1-1-19; 101-375, eff. 8-16-19;
10101-620, eff. 12-20-19; revised 12-21-20.)