Section 141.320  Fire Service Instructor II

Professional qualifications for Fire Service Instructor II are identified in NFPA 1041. The Illinois program does not recognize Fire Service Instructor as a rank because it is not possible to insure that every rank used by local fire or allied field agencies to identify employees would be consistent throughout the State.  Fire Service Instructor II is a fire service instructor who, in addition to meeting Fire Service Instructor I qualifications, has demonstrated the knowledge and ability to coordinate other instructors and who is capable of using a variety of teaching strategies to develop lesson plans and instructional aids based on a task analysis. 

a)         Prerequisites

1)         Certification as a Firefighter III (see Section 141.304) and as a Fire Service Instructor I (see Section 141.318).

2)         Attained five years of documented fire service experience in a fire department.

3)         Successful completion of the Fire Service Instructor II course.

4)         Engagement 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)         Application for Certification/Validation-Attestation.

b)         Reimbursement may be received for training costs for a Fire Service Instructor II (see Subpart E).

c)         Instructors of a Fire Service Instructor II course must meet the requirements of Section 141.115(c).

d)         Credit for equivalent courses may be available in accordance with Section 141.120.

e)         All fire service organizations and educational institutions desiring to offer programs and/or courses shall meet the requirements of Section 141.308(e).