The following information is updated frequently. Please contact us at info@iafpd.org if you have questions that are not addressed here.
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
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.
Coping with COVID: What Our Members Need to Know
We invite our members to watch a presentation by IAFPD counsel Jim Sinclair and associate David Livingstone recorded on April 8th. The free program discusses the recent executive orders, temporary changes to Open Meetings Act and other timely issues during the crisis and its impact on fire protection districts. Members can click here for details and to register.
We invite our members to watch a presentation by IAFPD counsel Jim Sinclair and associate David Livingstone recorded on April 8th. The free program discusses the recent executive orders, temporary changes to Open Meetings Act and other timely issues during the crisis and its impact on fire protection districts. Members can click here for details and to register.
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.
Guidance to Public Bodies on the Open Meetings Act and the Freedom of Information Act during the COVID-19 Pandemic”
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.
Guidance to Public Bodies on the Open Meetings Act and the Freedom of Information Act during the COVID-19 Pandemic”
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
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June 2020 IFSI Fire College
Postponed |
IFSI Cadet Fire School
Cancelled |
