File #: Int 0960-2023    Version: * Name: Requiring authorized emergency vehicles to have an emergency signal device that emits pulsating, low-frequency tones.
Type: Introduction Status: Filed (End of Session)
Committee: Committee on Environmental Protection, Resiliency and Waterfronts
On agenda: 3/16/2023
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring authorized emergency vehicles to have an emergency signal device that emits pulsating, low-frequency tones
Sponsors: Gale A. Brewer, Farah N. Louis, Lynn C. Schulman, Lincoln Restler, Shaun Abreu, Robert F. Holden, Jennifer Gutiérrez, Carlina Rivera
Council Member Sponsors: 8
Summary: This bill would require all authorized emergency vehicles in New York City to be equipped with an additional siren, often called a rumbler, which emits a pulsating, low-frequency tone between 175 and 400 hertz to create vibrations that alert pedestrians and motorists to the presence of the emergency vehicle.
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 960, 2. Int. No. 960, 3. March 16, 2023 - Stated Meeting Agenda, 4. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 3-16-23, 5. Minutes of the Stated Meeting - March 16, 2023, 6. Committee Report 6/15/23, 7. Hearing Testimony 6/15/23, 8. Hearing Transcript 6/15/23

Int. No. 960

 

By Council Members Brewer, Louis, Schulman, Restler, Abreu, Holden, Gutiérrez and Rivera

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring authorized emergency vehicles to have an emergency signal device that emits pulsating, low-frequency tones

 

 Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

Section 1. Section 24-241 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new subdivision (c) to read as follows:

 (c) All authorized emergency vehicles shall be equipped with an emergency signal device that emits a pulsating, low-frequency tone between 175 and 400 hertz and can be operated simultaneously with the higher-frequency emergency signal device installed on such vehicles. Within one year after the effective date of this subdivision and every two years thereafter, emergency signal devices installed on authorized emergency vehicles shall be tested and certification shall be submitted, in a form approved by the department, that such devices meet the standard set forth in this subdivision. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, where compliance with the provisions of this subdivision would create an undue hardship, the owner or operator of an authorized emergency vehicle may submit a plan to the commissioner for emergency signal devices to meet the standard set forth in this subdivision within two years after the effective date of this subdivision. Such plan shall be submitted within one year after the effective date of this subdivision in lieu of the required certification.

§ 2. This local law takes effect 180 days after it becomes law.

 

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11/28/2022