Ch. 5                                        2003 LAWS OF MARYLAND

Officers or employees of a party state rendering aid in another state pursuant to
this compact shall be considered agents of the requesting state for tort liability and
immunity purposes. 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. Good faith
in this article shall not include willful misconduct, gross negligence, or recklessness.

(7)     Article VII. 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 among the states that are
party hereto, this compact 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 affect any other agreements already
in force between states. Supplementary 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, and equipment and supplies.

(8)     Article VIII. Compensation.

Each party state shall provide for the payment of compensation and death
benefits to injured members of the emergency forces of that state and 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 their own state.

(9)     Article LX. Reimbursement.

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 and the provision of any service in
answering a request for aid and for the costs 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 among those states. Article VIII expenses shall not be
reimbursable under this article.

(10)   Article X. Evacuation.

Plans for the orderly evacuation and interstate reception of portions of the
civilian population as the result of any emergency or disaster of sufficient proportions
to so warrant, shall be worked out and maintained between the party states and the
emergency management/services directors of the various jurisdictions where any type
of incident requiring evacuations might occur. Such plans shall be put into effect by
request of the state from which evacuees come and 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

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