Section 141.312  Fire Department Incident Safety Officer

Professional Qualifications for Fire Department Incident Safety Officer are identified in NFPA 1521.  Fire Department Incident Safety Officer is defined as an individual appointed to respond to or assigned at an incident scene by the incident commander to perform the duties and responsibilities as designated in this standard and NFPA 1500, whose duties entail promotion of the incident action plan, including the overall incident strategy, tactics, risk management, and member safety.  This individual can also be the health and safety officer or it can be a separate function.

a)         Prerequisites

1)         Certification as a Fire Officer I (see Section 141.308), Hazardous Materials First Responder − Operations (see Section 141.344), and Technical Rescue Awareness (see Section 141.350).

2)         Successful completion of the Fire Department Incident Safety Officer course.

3)         Successful completion of an approved Strategy and Tactics II course.

4)         A candidate for Fire Department Incident Safety Officer certification must be engaged in firefighting in an organized Illinois fire department as a fire protection person according to the Act, as attested to by the employing Fire Chief of the individual seeking certification.

5)         Passage of the State written examination (see Section 141.200).

6)         Application for Certification/Validation-Attestation.

b)         Reimbursement may be received for training costs for Fire Department Incident Safety Officer (see Subpart E).

c)         The instructor must meet the requirements in Section 141.115(c).

d)         The course and facility must be approved by the Office in accordance with Section 141.308(e).