ASSEMBLY PUBLIC SAFETY AND PREPAREDNESS COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

ASSEMBLY, No. 4005

with committee amendments

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

DATED:  MAY 15, 2025

      The Assembly Public Safety and Preparedness Committee reports favorably and with committee amendments Assembly Bill No. 4005.

      As amended and reported by the committee, this bill requires emergency medical technicians and firefighters within the State to be trained on the risks associated with electric vehicles and in the safe and effective management of electric vehicle fires.

      Under this bill, the Director of the Division of Fire Safety, in consultation with the New Jersey Fire and Emergency Medical Services Institute, is to adopt a training course for firefighters.  The Commissioner of Health, in consultation with the Commissioner of Human Services, the New Jersey Fire and Emergency Medical Services Institute, and the New Jersey State First Aid Council, is to adopt a training course for emergency medical technicians.

COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS:

      The amendments are clarifying and technical in nature.