New Jersey § 52:14e-16

§ 52:14e-16.

a. In the event of an emergency incident, the incident commander shall determine whether

additional fire service resources are required and, if so, shall first call upon the

members of his local fire mutual aid plan. b. Should the incident commander determine, after calling for assistance from members

of his local fire mutual aid plan, that further fire service resources are required

to respond to the emergency incident, he shall request that the county fire coordinator

place the county fire mutual aid plan into effect. Upon making such a request, the incident commander also shall notify the municipal

emergency management coordinator appointed pursuant to section 8 of P.L.1953, c. 438

(C.App.A:9-40.1) of the emergency incident so that the municipal emergency management

coordinator may alert and utilize his staff should additional emergency resources

be required. c. Upon the activation of a county fire mutual aid plan, the county fire coordinator

shall notify the regional fire coordinator assigned to that county and the State fire

coordinator with regard to the emergency incident and shall further provide periodic

updates to both until termination of the emergency incident. The State fire coordinator shall ensure that the county and State Offices of Emergency

Management are notified and provide them with periodic updates until termination of

the emergency incident. d. In the event that the municipal emergency management coordinator determines to

mobilize local resources in response to an emergency incident, he shall so notify

the county emergency management coordinator appointed pursuant to section 12 of P.L.1953,

c. 438 (C.App.A:9-42.1) in order that the county emergency management coordinator

shall be prepared to respond in the event that local resources are insufficient to

effectively deal with the emergency incident. e. In the event of an emergency incident, the incident commander also may declare

a local fire emergency disaster. In making any such determination, the incident commander shall utilize the best

information then available. f. Whenever a local fire emergency disaster is declared pursuant to subsection e.

of this section, the municipal emergency management coordinator shall activate the

municipal emergency operations plan adopted pursuant to section 19 of P.L.1989, c. 222 (C.App. A:9-43.2). g. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2006, c. 8). h. The county fire coordinator shall maintain a liaison with the supervisory representative

of the forest fire service in deploying fire service resources and coordinating protection

activities during wildfire emergency incidents pursuant to R.S.13:9-1 et seq. i. The county fire coordinator shall request additional resources, beyond those from

within his county, through the regional or State fire coordinator. The regional or State fire coordinator shall utilize the Office of Emergency Management

system to request these resources.