§ 29-g. Emergency management assistance compact. 1. The emergency\nmanagement assistance compact is made and entered into by and between\nthe participating member states which enact this compact, hereinafter\ncalled party states. For the purposes of this agreement, the term\n"states" is taken to mean the several states, the commonwealth of Puerto\nRico, the District of Columbia, and all United States territorial\npossessions.\n The purpose of this compact is to provide for mutual assistance\nbetween the states entering into this compact in managing any emergency\nor disaster that is duly declared by the governor of the affected state\nor states, whether arising from natural disaster, technological hazard,\nman-made disaster, civil emergency aspects of resource shortages,\ncommunity disorders, insurgency or enemy attack.\n This compact shall also provide for mutual cooperation in\nemergency-related exercises, testing or other training activities using\nequipment and personnel simulating performance of any aspect of the\ngiving and receiving of aid by party states or subdivisions of party\nstates during emergencies, such actions occurring outside actual\ndeclared emergency periods. Mutual assistance in this compact may\ninclude the use of the states' national guard forces, either in\naccordance with the national guard mutual assistance compact or by\nmutual agreement between states.\n 2. Each party state entering into this compact recognizes that many\nemergencies transcend political jurisdictional boundaries and that\nintergovernmental coordination is essential in managing these and other\nemergencies under this compact. Each state further recognizes that there\nwill be emergencies which require immediate access and present\nprocedures to apply outside resources to make a prompt and effective\nresponse to such an emergency. This is because few, if any, individual\nstates have all the resources they may need in all types of emergencies\nor the capability of delivering resources to areas where emergencies\nexist.\n The prompt, full and effective utilization of resources of the\nparticipating states, including any resources on hand or available from\nthe federal government or any other source, that are essential to the\nsafety, care and welfare of the people in the event of any emergency or\ndisaster declared by a party state, shall be the underlying principle on\nwhich all provisions of this compact shall be understood.\n On behalf of the governor of each state participating in the compact,\nthe legally designated state official who is assigned responsibility for\nemergency management will be responsible for formulation of the\nappropriate interstate mutual aid plans and procedures necessary to\nimplement this compact.\n 3. (a) It shall be the responsibility of each party state to formulate\nprocedural plans and programs for interstate cooperation in the\nperformance of the responsibilities listed in this section. In\nformulating such plans, and in carrying them out, the party states,\ninsofar as practical, shall:\n (1) Review individual state hazard analysis and, to the extent\nreasonably possible, determine all those potential emergencies the party\nstates might jointly suffer, whether due to natural disaster,\ntechnological hazard, man-made disaster, emergency aspects or resource\nshortages, civil disorders, insurgency or enemy attack.\n (2) Review party states' individual emergency plans and develop a plan\nwhich will determine the mechanism for the interstate management and\nprovision of assistance concerning any potential emergency.\n (3) Develop interstate procedures to fill any identified gaps and to\nresolve any identified inconsistencies or overlaps in existing or\ndeveloped plans.\n (4) Assist in warning communities adjacent to or crossing the state\nboundaries.\n (5) Protect and assure uninterrupted delivery of services, medicines,\nwater, food, energy and fuel, search and rescue and critical lifeline\nequi
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