"Assistance to Firefighters' Families Act"; doubles pension amounts for beneficiaries of certain deceased volunteer emergency service providers; provides for burial expenses and adjusts life insurance coverage for volunteer firefighters; permits fire code inspection surcharge.

The "Assistance to Firefighters' Families Act" doubles annual pension payments for families of volunteer firefighters, emergency medical technicians, and rescue workers who die while on duty. It increases the maximum group life insurance coverage for these volunteers from $25,000 to $250,000 and requires municipalities to cover reasonable funeral and burial costs not paid by firemen's associations. Municipalities can fund these benefits by adding a surcharge to fire code inspection fees. The bill directly affects volunteer emergency service providers and their families in New Jersey.