§ 23-49-60 — Duties of Firefighter Mobilization Committee; mutual aid agreements.

(A) The South Carolina Firefighter Mobilization Oversight Committee shall (1) develop procedures and guidelines for dispatching and deploying rural and municipal fire and rescue resources, and (2) establish a system of regions in the State for managing fire and rescue emergencies utilizing an incident command system. (B) The committee shall develop a Firefighter Mobilization Mutual Aid Agreement and, with the assistance from the offices of the State Fire Marshal and State Emergency Management Director of the Adjutant General's Office, secure local governments' and other states' participation in the agreement. (C) In order to receive fire and rescue resources under the South Carolina Firefighter Mobilization Plan, each county and municipality in the State must sign a mutual aid agreement. Other participating states must sign a mutual aid agreement with the State Emergency Management Division of the Adjutant General's Office in order to receive the same, or similar, fire and rescue resources. (D) The committee shall develop guidelines for using resources allocated to the task force at the state and regional level.

Legislative History

HISTORY: 2000 Act No. 386, SECTION 1; 2002 Act No. 190, SECTION 5; 2013 Act No. 85, SECTION 4, eff June 13, 2013. Effect of Amendment The 2013 amendment added subsection (D) relating to guidelines for using resources.