"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.

This bill, the "Assistance to Firefighters' Families Act," doubles survivor pension amounts for families of volunteer firefighters, emergency medical technicians, and rescue squad workers who die while on duty. It increases the maximum group life insurance coverage a municipality can provide from $25,000 to $250,000 per member and requires municipalities to cover reasonable funeral and burial costs not covered by firemen's associations. Municipalities can fund these benefits by adding a surcharge to fire code inspection fees. The changes directly affect the spouses, children, or parents of deceased volunteer emergency service providers in New Jersey.