Hi Shaun, My name is Greg, I am a firefighter in Illinois. I retired from the USAF Reserves and have several DOD cert's. The illinois state fire marshal's office will not accept the certs for face value but will allow you credit for the training and will allow you to challenge the tests associated with each cert. I had not heard about the pro board thing though. We are a civil service home rule community as apposed to having a police and fire board. I have heard that the certs are woth points on departments with boards instead of civil service. Good Luck
Jim aka Bick
Dec 22, 2007
Gregory A. Bock
Jan 2, 2008
Matthew Wilkinson
Hey I'm new to the site too, still looking around. Hope you have a safe new year!
Jan 2, 2008