Bill Text: NJ S3316 | 2024-2025 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires Firefighter 1 certification of candidate who completes military firefighter training and at least 12 months active duty military service in lieu of training course requirements.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-06-03 - Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee [S3316 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2024-S3316-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Senator ANTHONY M. BUCCO
District 25 (Morris and Passaic)
SYNOPSIS
Requires Firefighter 1 certification of candidate who completes military firefighter training and at least 12 months active duty military service in lieu of training course requirements.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning firefighter certification and supplementing Title 52 of the Revised Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Notwithstanding the Firefighter 1 recruit training course requirements prescribed by the Division of Fire Safety in the Department of Community Affairs for Firefighter 1 certification, a person who meets the eligibility and examination requirements established by the division for Firefighter 1 certification, but has not completed the Firefighter 1 recruit training course, shall receive Firefighter 1 certification if the person completed at least 12 months of active duty military service and satisfactorily completed military firefighter training during the period of active duty military service.
2. This act shall take effect on the first day of the fourth month next following the date of enactment.
STATEMENT
This bill provides that a person who completed at least 12 months of active duty military service and has satisfactorily completed military firefighter training is eligible to receive Firefighter 1 certification.
Under current law, a candidate for Firefighter 1 certification is required to meet the eligibility, training, and examination requirements established by the Division of Fire Safety in the Department of Community Affairs. Under the bill, a person who has not completed the training program requirements established by the division, but meets the other eligibility and examination requirements required for certification, is to receive a Firefighter 1 certificate if the person has completed at least 12 months of active duty military service and has satisfactorily completed military firefighter training during the period of active duty military service.
