Executive/Council Action Form (ECAF)
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Ordinance 24-095, approving Intergovernmental Agreement for Emergency Management Assistance Compact and Pacific Northwest Emergency Management Assistance between Washington State Military Department and Snohomish County Department of Emergency Management
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DEPARTMENT: DEM
ORIGINATOR: Dara Salmon
EXECUTIVE RECOMMENDATION: Approved by Lacey Harper 10/11/24
PURPOSE: This Agreement provides for the use of authorized resources (including employees and equipment) of the Jurisdiction in responding to requests for Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC) or Pacific Northwest Emergency Management Assistance (PNEMA) assistance from a participating party in which WA Emergency Management Division (EMD) has identified authorized resources of the Jurisdiction that are qualified and immediately available to deploy and perform the requested EMAC or PNEMA assistance in a requesting participating party.
BACKGROUND: WA State Emergency Management Division (EMD), through these authorities, coordinates interstate mutual aid according to the model presented in the National Strategy for Homeland Security. EMAC, Chapter 38.10 RCW, and Public Law 104-321, authorize and direct the deployment of certain necessary mutual aid between the EMAC participants, who are currently all fifty states, Puerto Rico, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the District of Columbia. PNEMA and Public Law 105-381 authorize and direct the deployment of certain necessary mutual aid between the PNEMA participants, who are currently the States of Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington, the Canadian Province of British Columbia, and the Yukon Territory.
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REVENUE: FUND, AGY, ORG, REV, SOURCE
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DEPARTMENT FISCAL IMPACT NOTES: Snohomish County will be reimbursed for authorized ...
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