New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Chapter 24 - EQUIPMENT FOR EMERGENCY VEHICLES AND OTHER SPECIFIED VEHICLES
Subchapter 2 - EMERGENCY LIGHTS AND SIRENS; RED EMERGENCY LIGHT AND SIREN PERMITS
Section 13:24-2.4 - Permit eligibility
Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 13:24-2.4
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a) Applicants for permits authorizing the use of red emergency lights and sirens pursuant to this subchapter shall be considered eligible only if the vehicle intended to display the red lights and sirens is:
1. Owned by and
registered in the name of a current chief of a volunteer fire company or the first
assistant chief of a volunteer fire company; provided, that no more than two permits
will be issued to any one volunteer fire company;
2. Operated by a chief of police of a municipality
or the first assistant to the chief of police of a municipality, if such
municipality does not provide that person with a vehicle for police purposes,
provided that no more than two permits will be issued to any police department
meeting these conditions, and provided further that applicants are full time police
officials;
3. Owned by and registered in
the name of a chief officer of a volunteer first aid or rescue squad, provided, that
no more than two permits will be issued to any one volunteer first aid or rescue
squad;
4. Owned or leased by an
organization engaged in the manufacture and/or sale of emergency vehicles or
equipment and operated by an employee thereof only for the purpose of demonstration
or delivery;
5. Owned or leased by those
Emergency Management personnel set forth in
13:24-3.1 or 3.2;
6. Owned or leased by those search and rescue team
personnel set forth in
13:24-3.3; or
7. Operated by a county medical examiner or his or
her deputy, assistant, or investigator, if such county does not provide that person
with a vehicle for use in connection with his or her official duties.
(b) Except as may otherwise be provided by rule, no applicants other than those set forth in (a) above shall be eligible for red emergency light and siren permits pursuant to this subchapter.
(c) A permit issued to an organization engaged in the manufacture and/or sale of emergency vehicles or equipment pursuant to (a)4 above shall authorize the display of red emergency lights, or a combination of red and blue emergency lights.
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