ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor                                 Ch. 5

agreements may comprehend, but shall not be limited to, provisions for evacuation
and reception of injured and other persons, and the exchange of medical, fire, police,
public utility, reconnaissance, welfare, transportation and communications personnel,
equipment and supplies.

(7)     ARTICLE 7. COMPENSATION AND DEATH BENEFITS.

Each party state shall provide for the payment of compensation and death
benefits to injured members of the emergency management and civil defense forces of
that state and the representatives of deceased members of such forces in case such
members sustain injuries or are killed while rendering aid pursuant to this compact,
in the same manner and on the same terms as if the injury or death were sustained
within such state.

(8)     ARTICLE 8. REIMBURSEMENT FOR LOSS, DAMAGE, EXPENSE, OR COST.

Any party state rendering aid in another state pursuant to this compact shall be
reimbursed by the party state receiving such aid for any loss or damage to, or expense
incurred in the operation of any equipment answering a request for aid, and for the
cost incurred in connection with such requests; provided, that any aiding party state
may assume in whole or in part such loss, damage, expense, or other cost, or may loan
such equipment or donate such services to the receiving party state without charge or
cost; and provided further that any two or more party states may enter into
supplementary agreements establishing a different allocation of costs as among those
states. The United States government may relieve the party state receiving aid from
any liability and reimburse the party state supplying emergency management and
civil defense forces for the compensation paid to and the transportation, subsistence
and maintenance expenses of such forces during the time of the rendition of such aid
or assistance outside the state and may also pay fair and reasonable compensation for
the use or utilization of the supplies, materials, equipment or facilities so utilized or
consumed.

(9)     ARTICLE 9. PLANS FOR EVACUATION OF CIVIL POPULATION.

Plans for the orderly evacuation and reception of the civilian population as the
result of an emergency shall be worked out from time to time between representatives
of the party states and the various local emergency management and civil defense
areas thereof. Such plans shall include the manner of transporting such evacuees, the
number of evacuees to be received in different areas, the manner in which food,
clothing, housing, and medical care will be provided, the registration of the evacuees,
the providing of facilities for the notification of relatives or friends and the forwarding
of such evacuees to other areas or the bringing in of additional materials, supplies,
and all other relevant factors. Such plans shall provide that the party state receiving
evacuees shall be reimbursed generally for the out-of-pocket expenses incurred in
receiving and caring for such evacuees, for expenditures for transportation, food,
clothing, medicines and medical care and like items. Such expenditures shall be
reimbursed by the party state of which the evacuees are residents, or by the United
States government under plans approved by it. After the termination of the
emergency the party state of which the evacuees are residents shall assume the
responsibility for the ultimate support or repatriation of such evacuees.

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