The following information is updated frequently. Please contact us at info@iafpd.org if you have questions that are not addressed here.
Local CURE Support Program
Sexual Harassment Training and Minimum Wage memo from Jim Sinclair 7/8/2020
The Local Coronavirus Urgent Remediation Emergency (CURE) Support Program (Section 3-10 of Public Act 101-0636) has been established and is appropriated $250,000,000 for reimbursement to units of local government (including fire protection districts).
Sexual Harassment Training and Minimum Wage memo from Jim Sinclair 7/8/2020
The Local Coronavirus Urgent Remediation Emergency (CURE) Support Program (Section 3-10 of Public Act 101-0636) has been established and is appropriated $250,000,000 for reimbursement to units of local government (including fire protection districts).
The OSFM is requesting that all fire departments and EMS services notify their office of any firefighter quarantines due to COVID-19 and any who have tested positive.
Please send these reports to Fire Marshal Perez directly at Matt.Perez@illinois.gov - To view the current quarantine report Click here.
Please send these reports to Fire Marshal Perez directly at Matt.Perez@illinois.gov - To view the current quarantine report Click here.
New testing protocols from IDPH will allow testing for first responders with or without symptoms. Please consider having your firefighters tested, a link to current testing sites can be found at: https://dph.illinois.gov/testing
Restore Illinois: A Public Health Approach To Safely Reopen Our State - Office of the Governor JB Pritzker, May 5, 2020
IFSI Messages from the Director - the latest messages from Royal P. Mortenson, Colonel USMC (Ret.), Director Illinois Fire Service Institute, regarding current program and schedule changes surrounding COVID-19.
Links to Illinois Fire Service Partner COVID-19 Resource Pages
Click on organization to be directed to the agency's COVID information
OSFM IFSI IFCA CDC IAFC
Click on organization to be directed to the agency's COVID information
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COVID-19 Cost Recovery for Fire and EMS
These unprecedented times have challenged Fire and EMS agencies to respond to the challenges from COVID-19. With these challenges come financial strain, the increased need for personnel, facilities, equipment, supplies and apparatus utilization. Due to the Presidential Declaration of Disaster, Fire and EMS agencies are eligible for reimbursement through the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Public Assistance Program.
These unprecedented times have challenged Fire and EMS agencies to respond to the challenges from COVID-19. With these challenges come financial strain, the increased need for personnel, facilities, equipment, supplies and apparatus utilization. Due to the Presidential Declaration of Disaster, Fire and EMS agencies are eligible for reimbursement through the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Public Assistance Program.
Click to download COVID - 19 Cost Recovery for Fire and EMS
The Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission has issued an emergency amendment, bringing clarity to workers' compensation coverage for first responders with regards to the COVID-19 virus. Read the amendment.
Illinois Government & Legislative Updates prepared by Brittan Bolin, IAFPD Lobbyist
What Fire Service and Emergency Medical Services Personnel Need to Know
All content in this document is from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website and can be found at cdc.gov
Maintaining Fire Department Capabilities During a Pandemic - a resource from the U.S. Fire Administration. Visit https://www.usfa.fema.gov/ for more resources.
Updated Guidance to Public Bodies on the Open Meetings Act and the Freedom of Information Act during the COVID-19 Pandemic, prepared by Stobbs, Sinclair & Livingstone, LTD
Memo for Districts Re: FMLA Paid Sick and CARES Act 4.1.20
Employee Rights, paid sick leave and expanded family and medical leave under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act - Click here for the fact sheet.
What Fire Service and Emergency Medical Services Personnel Need to Know
All content in this document is from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website and can be found at cdc.gov
Maintaining Fire Department Capabilities During a Pandemic - a resource from the U.S. Fire Administration. Visit https://www.usfa.fema.gov/ for more resources.
Updated Guidance to Public Bodies on the Open Meetings Act and the Freedom of Information Act during the COVID-19 Pandemic, prepared by Stobbs, Sinclair & Livingstone, LTD
Memo for Districts Re: FMLA Paid Sick and CARES Act 4.1.20
Employee Rights, paid sick leave and expanded family and medical leave under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act - Click here for the fact sheet.
Statewide schedule changes and cancellations
