Bill Text: NJ A1553 | 2012-2013 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Exempts experienced firefighters from certification requirement.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-10 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Law and Public Safety Committee [A1553 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2012-A1553-Introduced.html

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ASSEMBLY, No. 1553

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

215th LEGISLATURE

 

PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2012 SESSION

 

 

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman  JOHN S. WISNIEWSKI

District 19 (Middlesex)

Assemblyman  CRAIG J. COUGHLIN

District 19 (Middlesex)

 

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblyman Prieto

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Exempts experienced firefighters from certification requirement.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel

  

An Act concerning firefighter training and supplementing Title 40A of the New Jersey Statutes.

 

     Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

 

     1.    No fire department or force, whether paid, part-paid, or volunteer, shall prohibit a firefighter with five or more years experience in fire suppression, fire fighting, or fire rescue from engaging in fire suppression, fire fighting, or fire rescue solely on the grounds that the firefighter is uncertified.

 

     2.    This act shall take effect immediately.

 

 

STATEMENT

 

     This bill would ensure that  firefighters with five or more years experience would be able to engage in fire suppression, fire fighting, or fire rescue regardless of whether they have the proper certification.  It is the sponsor's belief that an individual with five or more years experience as a firefighter is well qualified to continue to serve as a firefighter.