Ch. 5

2003 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(f)        All materials or equipment used or to be used for emergency
management and civil defense purposes in order to assure that such materials and
equipment will be easily and freely interchangeable when used in or by any other
party state;

(g)       The conduct of civilians and the movement and cessation of
movement of pedestrians and vehicular traffic, prior, during and subsequent to drills
or attacks;

(h) The safety of public meetings or gatherings; and

(i) Mobile support units.

(3)     ARTICLE 3. RESOURCES; EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND CIVIL
DEFENSE FORCES.

Any party state requested to render mutual aid shall take such action as is
necessary to provide and make available the resources covered by this compact in
accordance with the terms hereof; provided that it is understood that the state
rendering aid may withhold resources to the extent necessary to provide reasonable
protection for such state. Each party state shall extend to the emergency
management and civil defense forces of any other party state, while operating within
its state limits under the terms and conditions of this compact, the same powers
(except that of arrest unless specifically authorized by the receiving state), duties,
rights, privileges and immunities as are extended to the emergency management and
civil defense forces of such state. Emergency management and civil defense forces will
continue under the command and control of their regular leaders but the
organizational units will come under the operational control of the emergency
management and civil defense authorities of the state receiving assistance.

(4)     ARTICLE 4. LICENSES AND PERMITS.

Whenever any person holds a license, certificate or other permit issued by any
state evidencing the meeting of qualifications for professional, mechanical or other
skills, such person may render aid involving such skill in any party state to meet an
emergency or disaster and such state shall give due recognition to such license,
certificate or other permit as if issued in the state in which aid is rendered.

(5)     ARTICLE 5. LIABILITY.

No party state or its officers or employees rendering aid in another state
pursuant to this compact shall be liable on account of any act or omission in good faith
on the part of such forces while so engaged, or on account of the maintenance or use
of any equipment or supplies in connection therewith.

(6)     ARTICLE 6. SUPPLEMENTARY AGREEMENTS.

Inasmuch as it is probable that the pattern and detail of the machinery for
mutual aid among two or more states may differ from that appropriate among other
states party hereto, this instrument contains elements of a broad base common to all
states, and nothing herein contained shall preclude any state from entering into
supplementary agreements with another state or states. Such supplementary

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