PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor

Ch. 454

19-102.

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE COMPACT

ARTICLE I

PURPOSE AND AUTHORITIES

THIS COMPACT IS MADE AND ENTERED INTO BY AND BETWEEN THE
PARTICIPATING MEMBER STATES WHICH ENACT THIS COMPACT, HEREINAFTER
CALLED PARTY STATES. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS COMPACT, THE TERM "STATES"
IS TAKEN TO MEAN THE SEVERAL STATES, THE COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO,
THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, AND ALL U.S. TERRITORIAL POSSESSIONS.

THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMPACT IS TO PROVIDE FOR MUTUAL ASSISTANCE
BETWEEN THE STATES ENTERING INTO THIS COMPACT IN MANAGING ANY
EMERGENCY OR DISASTER THAT IS DULY DECLARED BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE
AFFECTED STATE(S), WHETHER ARISING FROM NATURAL DISASTER,
TECHNOLOGICAL HAZARD, MAN-MADE DISASTER, CIVIL EMERGENCY ASPECTS OF
RESOURCES SHORTAGES, COMMUNITY DISORDERS, INSURGENCY, OR ENEMY
ATTACK.

THIS COMPACT SHALL ALSO PROVIDE FOR MUTUAL COOPERATION IN
EMERGENCY-RELATED EXERCISES, TESTING, OR OTHER TRAINING ACTIVITIES
USING EQUIPMENT AND PERSONNEL SIMULATING PERFORMANCE OF ANY ASPECT
OF THE GIVING AND RECEIVING OF AID BY PARTY STATES OR SUBDIVISIONS OF
PARTY STATES DURING EMERGENCIES, SUCH ACTIONS OCCURRING OUTSIDE
ACTUAL DECLARED EMERGENCY PERIODS. MUTUAL ASSISTANCE IN THIS COMPACT
MAY INCLUDE THE USE OF THE STATES' NATIONAL GUARD FORCES, EITHER IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE NATIONAL GUARD MUTUAL ASSISTANCE COMPACT OR BY
MUTUAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN STATES.

ARTICLE II

GENERAL IMPLEMENTATION

EACH PARTY STATE ENTERING INTO THIS COMPACT RECOGNIZES THAT MANY
EMERGENCIES TRANSCEND POLITICAL JURISDICTIONAL BOUNDARIES AND THAT
INTERGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATION IS ESSENTIAL IN MANAGING THESE AND
OTHER EMERGENCIES UNDER THIS COMPACT. EACH STATE FURTHER RECOGNIZES
THAT THERE WILL BE EMERGENCIES WHICH REQUIRE IMMEDIATE ACCESS AND
PRESENT PROCEDURES TO APPLY OUTSIDE RESOURCES TO MAKE A PROMPT AND
EFFECTIVE RESPONSE TO SUCH AN EMERGENCY. THIS IS BECAUSE FEW, IF ANY,
INDIVIDUAL STATES HAVE ALL THE RESOURCES THEY MAY NEED IN ALL TYPES OF
EMERGENCIES OR THE CAPABILITY OF DELIVERING RESOURCES TO AREAS WHERE
EMERGENCIES EXIST.

THE PROMPT, FULL, AND EFFECTIVE UTILIZATION OF RESOURCES OF THE
PARTICIPATING STATES, INCLUDING ANY RESOURCES ON HAND OR AVAILABLE
FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OR ANY OTHER SOURCE, THAT ARE ESSENTIAL

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