AB338,2,66 ASSISTANCE COMPACT
AB338,2,11 7(1) Article I - Purpose and Authorities. (a) This compact is made and entered
8into by and between the participating member states that enact this compact, called
9"party states" in this section. In this agreement, the term "states" means the several
10states, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, and all U.S.
11territorial possessions.
AB338,2,1612 (b) The purpose of this compact is to provide for mutual assistance among the
13party states in managing any emergency or disaster that is declared by the governor
14of the affected state, whether arising from natural disaster, technological hazard,
15man-made disaster, civil emergency aspects of resource shortages, community
16disorders, insurgency, or enemy attack.
AB338,3,417 (c) This compact also provides for mutual cooperation in emergency-related
18exercises, testing, or other training activities using equipment and personnel
19simulating performance of any aspect of the giving and receiving of aid by party

1states or subdivisions of party states during emergencies if such activities occur
2outside actual declared emergency periods. Mutual assistance in this compact may
3include the use of the states' national guard forces, either in accordance with the
4national guard mutual assistance compact or by mutual agreement among states.
AB338,3,10 5(2) Article II - General Implementation. (a) Each party state recognizes that
6many emergencies transcend political jurisdictional boundaries and that
7intergovernmental coordination is essential in managing these and other
8emergencies under this compact. Each party state recognizes that there will be
9emergencies which require immediate access and present procedures to apply
10outside resources to make a prompt and effective response to such an emergency.
AB338,3,1511 (b) The prompt, full, and effective utilization of resources of the party states,
12including any resources on hand or available from the federal government or any
13other source, that are essential to the safety, care, and welfare of the people in the
14event of any emergency or disaster declared by a party state, shall be the underlying
15principle on which subs. (1) to (12) of this compact shall be understood.
AB338,3,1916 (c) On behalf of the governor of each party state, the legally designated state
17official who is assigned responsibility for emergency management will be responsible
18for formulation of the appropriate interstate mutual aid plans and procedures
19necessary to implement this compact.
AB338,3,24 20(3) Article III - Party State Responsibilities. (a) It shall be the
21responsibility of each party state to formulate procedural plans and programs for
22interstate cooperation in the performance of the responsibilities listed in this
23subsection. In formulating such plans, and in carrying them out, the party states,
24insofar as practical, shall do all of the following:
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11. Review individual state hazards analyses and, to the extent reasonably
2possible, determine all those potential emergencies the party states might jointly
3suffer, whether due to natural disaster, technological hazard, , man-made disaster,
4emergency aspects of resource shortages, civil disorders, insurgency, or enemy
5attack.
AB338,4,86 2. Review party states' individual emergency plans and develop a plan that will
7determine the mechanism for the interstate management and provision of assistance
8concerning any potential emergency.
AB338,4,109 3. Develop interstate procedures to fill any identified gaps and to resolve any
10identified inconsistencies or overlaps in existing or developed plans.
AB338,4,1111 4. Assist in warning communities adjacent to or crossing the state boundaries.
AB338,4,1412 5. Protect and assure uninterrupted delivery of services, medicines, water,
13food, energy and fuel, search and rescue, and critical lifeline equipment, services,
14and resources, both human and material.
AB338,4,1615 6. Inventory and set procedures for the interstate loan and delivery of human
16and material resources, together with procedures for reimbursement or forgiveness.
AB338,4,1917 7. Provide, to the extent authorized by law, for temporary suspension of any
18statues or ordinances that restrict the implementation of the responsibilities listed
19in subds. 1. to 6.
AB338,5,220 (b) The authorized representative of a party state may request assistance of
21another party state by contacting the authorized representative of that state. The
22provisions of this agreement shall only apply to requests for assistance made by and
23to authorized representatives. Requests may be made by and to authorized
24representatives. Requests may be verbal or in writing. If verbal, the request shall

1be confirmed in writing within thirty days of the verbal request. Requests shall
2provide all of the following.
AB338,5,73 1. A description of the emergency service function for which assistance is
4needed, such as fire services, law enforcement, emergency medical, transportation,
5communications, public works and engineering, building inspection, planning and
6information assistance, mass care, resource support, health and medical services,
7and search and rescue.
AB338,5,98 2. The amount and type of personnel, equipment, materials and supplies
9needed, and a reasonable estimate of the length of time they will be needed.
AB338,5,1110 3. The specific place and time for staging of the assisting party's response and
11a point of contact at that location.
AB338,5,1612 (c) There shall be frequent consultation among state officials who have
13assigned emergency management responsibilities and other appropriate
14representatives of the party states with affected jurisdictions and the U.S.
15government, with free exchange of information, plans, and resource records relating
16to emergency capabilities.
AB338,6,10 17(4) Article IV - Limitations. Any party state requested to render mutual aid
18or conduct exercises and training for mutual aid shall take any action that is
19necessary to provide and make available the resources covered by this compact in
20accordance with the terms of this compact, provided that it is understood that the
21state rendering aid may withhold resources to the extent necessary to provide
22reasonable protection for that state. Each party state shall afford to the emergency
23forces of any party state, while operating within its state limits under the terms and
24conditions of this compact, the same powers, except that of arrest unless specifically
25authorized by the receiving state, duties, rights, and privileges as are afforded forces

1of the state in which it is performing emergency services. Emergency forces will
2continue under the command and control of their regular leaders, but the
3organizational units will come under the operational control of the emergency
4services authorities of the state receiving assistance. These conditions may be
5activated, as needed, only subsequent to a declaration of a state of emergency or
6disaster by the governor of the party state that is to receive assistance or
7commencement of exercises or training for mutual aid and shall continue so long as
8the exercises or training for mutual aid are in progress, the state of emergency or
9disaster remains in effect, or loaned resources remain in the receiving state,
10whichever is longest.
AB338,6,18 11(5) Article V - Licenses and Permits. Whenever any person holds a license,
12certificate, or other permit issued by any party state evidencing the meeting of
13qualifications for professional, mechanical, or other skills, and when such assistance
14is requested by the receiving party state, that person shall be deemed licensed,
15certified, or permitted by the state requesting assistance to render aid involving such
16skill to meet a declared emergency or disaster, subject to any limitations and
17conditions as the governor of the requesting state may prescribe by executive order
18or otherwise.
AB338,7,2 19(6) Article VI - Liability. Officers or employes of a party state rendering aid
20in another party state shall be considered agents of the requesting state for tort
21liability and immunity purposes, and no party state or its officers or employes
22rendering aid in another party state shall be liable on account of any act or omission
23performed in good faith on the part of those forces while so engaged or on account of
24the maintenance or use of any equipment or supplies in connection with the

1rendering of aid. "Good faith" in this subsection shall not include wilful, wanton or
2reckless misconduct.
AB338,7,11 3(7) Article VII - Supplementary Agreements. Inasmuch as it is probable that
4the pattern and detail of the machinery for mutual aid among two or more states may
5differ from that among the party states, this compact contains elements of a broad
6base common to all states, and nothing contained in this compact shall preclude any
7state from entering into supplementary agreements with another state or affect any
8other agreements already in force among states. Supplementary agreements may
9include provisions for evacuation and reception of injured and other persons and the
10exchange of medical, fire, police, public utility, reconnaissance, welfare,
11transportation and communications personnel, and equipment and supplies.
AB338,7,17 12(8) Article VIII - Compensation. Each party state shall provide for the
13payment of compensation and death benefits to injured members of the emergency
14forces of that state and representatives of deceased members of those forces in case
15those members sustain injuries or are killed while rendering aid under this compact,
16in the same manner and on the same terms as if the injury or death were sustained
17within their own state.
AB338,8,2 18(9) Article IX - Reimbursement. Except as provided in this subsection, any
19party state rendering aid in another state under this compact shall be reimbursed
20by the party state receiving the aid for any loss or damage to or expense incurred in
21the operation of any equipment and the provision of any service in answering a
22request for aid and for the costs incurred in connection with the requests. Any aiding
23party state may assume in whole or in part the loss, damage, expense, or other cost,
24or may loan equipment or donate services to the receiving party state without charge
25or cost. Any two or more party states may enter into supplementary agreements

1establishing an allocation of costs among those states. Subsection (8) expenses may
2not be reimbursable under this subsection.
AB338,8,22 3(10) Article X - Evacuation. Plans for the orderly evacuation and interstate
4reception of portions of the civilian population as the result of any emergency or
5disaster of sufficient proportions to so warrant, shall be worked out and maintained
6among the party states and the emergency management or services directors of the
7various jurisdictions where any type of incident requiring evacuations might occur.
8Evacuation plans shall be put into effect by request of the state from which evacuees
9come and shall include the manner of transporting such evacuees, the number of
10evacuees to be received in different areas, the manner in which food, clothing,
11housing, and medical care will be provided, the registration of the evacuees, the
12providing of facilities for the notification of relatives or friends, the forwarding of
13such evacuees to other areas or the bringing in of additional materials, supplies, and
14all other relevant factors. Evacuation plans shall provide that the party state
15receiving evacuees and the party state from which the evacuees come shall mutually
16agree as to reimbursement of out-of-pocket expenses incurred in receiving and
17caring for the evacuees, for expenditures for transportation, food, clothing,
18medicines and medical care, and for like items. Those expenditures shall be
19reimbursed as agreed by the party state from which the evacuees come. After the
20termination of the emergency or disaster, the party state from which the evacuees
21came shall assume the responsibility for the ultimate support of repatriation of such
22evacuees.
AB338,9,2 23(11) Article XI - Implementation. (a) This compact shall become operative
24immediately upon its enactment into law by any two states. After this compact

1becomes operative, this compact shall become effective as to any other state upon its
2enactment by such state.
AB338,9,83 (b) Any party state may withdraw from this compact by enacting a statute
4repealing the compact, but the withdrawal shall not take effect until thirty days after
5the governor of the withdrawing state has given notice in writing of the withdrawal
6to the governors of all other party states. Withdrawal from this compact shall not
7relieve the withdrawing state from obligations assumed under the compact before
8the effective date of withdrawal.
AB338,9,129 (c) Authenticated copies of this compact and of any supplementary agreements
10as may be entered into shall, at the time of their approval, be deposited with each of
11the party states and with the federal emergency management agency and other
12appropriate agencies of the U.S. government.
AB338,9,18 13(12) Article XII - Additional Provisions. Nothing in this compact shall
14authorize or permit the use of military force by the national guard of a state at any
15place outside that state in any emergency for which the president is authorized by
16law to call into federal service the militia, or for any purpose for which the use of the
17army or the air force would in the absence of express statutory authorization be
18prohibited under 18 USC 1385.
AB338,9,1919 (End)
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