NJDEP – News Release 22/P029

(22/P029) TRENTON – Furthering the Murphy Administration’s dedication to scale back air air pollution in overburdened communities, Division of Environmental Safety Commissioner Shawn M. LaTourette helped unveil the prototype of an electrical ambulance that will likely be bought with New Jersey Regional Greenhouse Gasoline Initiative public sale proceeds and housed within the Metropolis of Paterson.
Commissioner LaTourette joined First Precedence Group Electrified’s facility opening on Tuesday, that includes two Demers eFX Prototype Ambulances that will likely be housed at the Paterson Hearth Division in Passaic County. The DEP earlier this 12 months awarded $908,686 to the Paterson Hearth Division to buy the 2 ambulances and two fast-charging stations, changing two diesel-powered ambulances. The award and buy assist the Murphy Administration’s dedication to impress the transportation sector, the most important supply of greenhouse gasoline emissions in the state. The brand new ambulances are anticipated to enter service in a couple of 12 months.

“This buy represents an thrilling step ahead within the Murphy Administration’s dedication to scale back the greenhouse gasoline emissions that contribute to the dangerous results of local weather change and influence air air pollution in our most weak communities,” Commissioner LaTourette stated on the occasion. “Ambulances sit idling for prolonged intervals of time, impacting air high quality. The conversion of emergency response automobiles to electric-powered drivetrains will lead to a major discount of air pollution, benefiting our communities and enhancing public well being.”

Bringing the electrical ambulances to New Jersey could have important advantages and emissions reductions for the Metropolis of Paterson, Passaic County and surrounding neighborhoods together with Clifton, Haledon, North Haledon, Prospect Park, Totowa and the William Paterson College space. Paterson is an overburdened neighborhood during which 51.5% of the inhabitants are low-income households and 91.4% are labeled as minority households.

To additional leverage its RGGI public sale proceeds, the DEP utilized for and has been awarded roughly $1 million in federal Congestion Mitigation and Air High quality funds for idle-reduction know-how initiatives particular to police automobiles and ambulances.

Ambulances sometimes drive roughly 4,000 hours and idle for greater than 2,000 hours as a result of they have to at all times be able to exit on calls. For every hour spent idling, a typical ambulance burns 1.17 gallons of diesel, producing greater than 20 kilos of greenhouse gases.

“The electrical ambulances will present a prototype that may assist transition the nation’s emergency response fleet to zero emission automobiles,” stated First Precedence Group CEO Alex Cherepakhov. “Furthermore, the excessive visibility of police, hearth and different emergency medical service automobiles will generate important public curiosity and ship a transparent message to residents in New Jersey and all through the nation that neighborhood leaders are severe about lowering pollution and safeguarding the well being and welfare of their communities.”

Established in 1998, First Precedence Group is a diversified producer and seller of emergency and specialty automobiles. FPG Electrified was created to help its clients in electrifying their fleets and making a line of purpose-built electrical emergency automobiles.

Different audio system at Tuesday’s personal occasion in Morris County included Dist. 24 State Sen. Steve Oroho, Paterson Hearth Chief Brian McDermott, NJ Clear Cities Coalition Chairman Chuck Feinberg, Demers Braun Crestline Nationwide Gross sales Director Greg Tucci, Morris County Sheriff James Gannon and New York Police Division Deputy Commissioner for Help Providers Robert Martinez.

For extra details about greenhouse gasoline emissions and the impacts of local weather change in New Jersey, go to www.nj.gov/dep/climatechange/.

To study extra about driving electrical in New Jersey, go to https://nj.gov/dep/drivegreen/

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