STATE OF NEW JERSEY
222nd LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman ROBERT J. KARABINCHAK
District 18 (Middlesex)
Assemblyman MICHAEL VENEZIA
District 34 (Essex)
Assemblywoman ELLEN J. PARK
District 37 (Bergen)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman Quijano and Assemblyman Miller
SYNOPSIS
Requires emergency medical technicians and firefighters to receive training concerning electric vehicle fires.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As reported by the Assembly Public Safety and Preparedness Committee with technical review.
An Act concerning emergency medical technician and firefighter training and supplementing Titles 52 and 26 of the Revised Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. The Director of the Division of Fire Safety in the Department of Community Affairs, in consultation with the New Jersey Fire and Emergency Medical Services Institute, shall adopt a firefighter training course regarding the risks associated with electric vehicles and how to safely and effectively manage electric vehicle fires.
b. Each person, volunteer or paid, who is engaged in fire suppression, firefighting, or fire rescue before the effective date of this act shall, within 36 months of the effective date of this act, satisfactorily complete the training course developed under subsection a. of this section.
c. The director shall adopt rules and regulations, pursuant to the “Administrative Procedure Act,” P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), to effectuate the purposes of this act.
2. a. 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, shall adopt a training course for emergency medical technicians regarding the risks associated with electric vehicles and how to safely and effectively perform their duties when they are called to the scene of electric vehicle fires.
b. Prior to certification by the Department of Health, each emergency medical technician trained in basic life support as defined in section 1 of P.L.1985, c.351 (C.26:2K-21) shall be required to satisfactorily complete the training developed under subsection a. of this section. Every emergency medical technician certified prior to the effective date of this act shall, within 36 months of the effective date of this act, satisfactorily complete the training course.
c. The Commissioner of Health shall adopt rules and regulations, pursuant to the “Administrative Procedure Act,” P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), to effectuate the purposes of this act.
3. This act shall take effect on the first day of the sixth month next following enactment but the Director of the Division of Fire Safety and the Commissioner of Health may take any anticipatory administrative action necessary to implement the provisions of this act.