Source: https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/fullchapter/20/008
Timestamp: 2017-12-16 07:08:29
Document Index: 64353513

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 201', '§ 84', '§ 205', '§ 84', '§ 206', '§ 84', '§ 207', '§ 84', '§ 208', '§ 84', '§ 209', '§ 84', '§ 210', '§ 84', '§ 211', '§ 84', '§ 212', '§ 213', '§ 84', '§ 214', '§ 84', '§ 215', '§ 84']

Chapter 008: INTERNATIONAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE COMPACT
§ 201. International emergency management assistance compact; adoption
The state of Vermont adopts the international emergency management assistance compact as provided in this chapter. (Added 2003, No. 121 (Adj. Sess.), § 84, eff. June 8, 2004.)
§ 205. Limitation - Article IV
Any party jurisdiction requested to render mutual aid or conduct exercise and training for mutual aid shall undertake to respond as soon as possible, except that it is understood that the jurisdiction rendering aid may withhold or recall resources to the extent necessary to provide reasonable protection for that jurisdiction. Each party jurisdiction shall afford to the personnel of the emergency forces of any party jurisdiction, while operating within its jurisdictional limits under the terms and conditions of this compact and under the operational control of an officer of the requesting party, the same powers, duties, rights, privileges, and immunities as are afforded similar or like forces of the jurisdiction in which they are performing emergency services. Emergency forces continue under the command and control of their regular leaders, but the organizational units come under the operational control of the emergency services authorities of the jurisdiction receiving assistance. These conditions may be activated, as needed, by the jurisdiction that is to receive assistance or upon commencement of exercises or training for mutual aid and continue as long as the exercises or training for mutual aid are in progress, the emergency or disaster remains in effect, or loaned resources remain in the receiving jurisdiction or jurisdictions, whichever is longer. The receiving jurisdiction is responsible for informing the assisting jurisdictions of the specific moment when services will no longer be required. (Added 2003, No. 121 (Adj. Sess.), § 84, eff. June 8, 2004.)
§ 206. Licenses and permits - Article V
Whenever a person holds a license, certificate, or other permit issued by any jurisdiction party to the compact evidencing the meeting of qualifications for professional, mechanical, or other skills, and when such assistance is requested by the receiving party jurisdiction, such person is deemed to be licensed, certified, or permitted by the jurisdiction requesting assistance to render aid involving such skill to meet an emergency or disaster, subject to such limitations and conditions as the requesting jurisdiction prescribes by executive order or otherwise. (Added 2003, No. 121 (Adj. Sess.), § 84, eff. June 8, 2004.)
§ 207. Liability - Article VI
Any person or entity of a party jurisdiction rendering aid in another jurisdiction pursuant to this compact is considered an agent of the requesting jurisdiction for tort liability and immunity purposes. Any person or entity rendering aid in another jurisdiction pursuant to this compact is not 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 does not include willful misconduct, gross negligence, or recklessness. (Added 2003, No. 121 (Adj. Sess.), § 84, eff. June 8, 2004.)
§ 208. Supplementary agreements - Article VII
Because it is probable that the pattern and detail of the machinery for mutual aid among two or more jurisdictions may differ from that among the jurisdictions that are party to this compact, this compact contains elements of a broad base common to all jurisdictions, and nothing in this compact precludes any jurisdiction from entering into supplementary agreements with another jurisdiction or affects any other agreements already in force among jurisdictions. Supplementary agreements may include but are not limited to provisions for evacuation and reception of injured and other persons and the exchange of medical, fire, public utility, reconnaissance, welfare, transportation and communications personnel, equipment, and supplies. (Added 2003, No. 121 (Adj. Sess.), § 84, eff. June 8, 2004.)
§ 209. Workers' compensation and death benefits - Article VIII
Each party jurisdiction shall provide in accordance with its own laws for the payment of workers' compensation and death benefits to injured members of the emergency forces of that jurisdiction and to representatives of deceased members of those forces if the 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 its own jurisdiction. (Added 2003, No. 121 (Adj. Sess.), § 84, eff. June 8, 2004.)
§ 210. Reimbursement - Article IX
Any party jurisdiction rendering aid in another jurisdiction pursuant to this compact shall, if requested, be reimbursed by the party jurisdiction 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 those requests. An aiding party jurisdiction may assume in whole or in part any such loss, damage, expense, or other cost or may loan such equipment or donate such services to the receiving party jurisdiction without charge or cost. Any two or more party jurisdictions may enter into supplementary agreements establishing a different allocation of costs among those jurisdictions. Expenses under Article VIII of this compact are not reimbursable under this section. (Added 2003, No. 121 (Adj. Sess.), § 84, eff. June 8, 2004.)
§ 211. Evacuation - Article X
Each party jurisdiction shall initiate a process to prepare and maintain plans to facilitate the movement of and reception of evacuees into its territory or across its territory, according to its capabilities and powers. The party jurisdiction from which the evacuees came shall assume the ultimate responsibility for the support of the evacuees, and after the termination of the emergency or disaster, for the repatriation of such evacuees. (Added 2003, No. 121 (Adj. Sess.), § 84, eff. June 8, 2004.)
§ 212. Implementation - Article XI
§ 213. Severability - Article XII
This compact is construed to effectuate the purposes stated in Article I of this compact. If any provision of this compact is declared unconstitutional or the applicability of the compact to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the validity of the remainder of this compact and the applicability of the compact to other persons and circumstances are not affected. (Added 2003, No. 121 (Adj. Sess.), § 84, eff. June 8, 2004.)
§ 214. Inconsistency of language - Article XIII
The validity of the arrangements and agreements consented to in this compact shall not be affected by any insubstantial difference in form or language as may be adopted by the various states and provinces. (Added 2003, No. 121 (Adj. Sess.), § 84, eff. June 8, 2004.)
§ 215. Amendment - Article XIV
This compact may be amended by agreement of the party jurisdictions. (Added 2003, No. 121 (Adj. Sess.), § 84, eff. June 8, 2004.)