§ 19-13-404 — Party state responsibilities

(a) It shall be the responsibility of each party state to
formulate procedural plans and programs for interstate
cooperation in the performance of the responsibilities listed in
this section. In formulating the plans, and in carrying them
out, the party states, insofar as practical, shall:
(i) Review individual state hazards analyses and, to
the extent reasonably possible, determine all those potential
emergencies the party states might jointly suffer, whether due
to natural disaster, technological hazard, man-made disaster,
emergency aspects of resource shortages, or enemy attack;
(ii) Review party states' individual homeland
security plans and develop a plan, which will determine the
mechanism for the interstate management and provision of
assistance concerning any potential emergency;
(iii) Develop interstate procedures to fill any
identified gaps and to resolve any identified inconsistencies or
overlaps in existing or developed plans;
(iv) Assist in warning communities adjacent to or
crossing the state boundaries;
(v) Protect and assure uninterrupted delivery of
services, medicines, water, food, energy and fuel, search and
rescue, and critical lifeline equipment, services and resources,
both human and material;
(vi) Inventory and set procedures for the interstate
loan and delivery of human and material resources, together with
procedures for reimbursement or forgiveness.
(b) The authorized representative of a party state may
request assistance of another party state by contacting the
authorized representative of that state. The provisions of this
agreement shall only apply to requests for assistance made by
and to authorized representatives. Requests may be verbal or in
writing. If verbal, the request shall be confirmed in writing
within thirty (30) days of the verbal request. Requests shall
provide the following information:
(i) A description of the emergency service function
for which assistance is needed, including but not limited to
fire services, law enforcement, emergency medical,
transportation, communications, public works and engineering,
building inspection, planning and information assistance, mass
care, resource support, health and medical services and search
and rescue;
(ii) The amount and type of personnel, equipment,
materials and supplies needed and a reasonable estimate of the
length of time they will be needed;
(iii) The specific place and time for staging of the
assisting party's response and a point of contact at that
location.
(c) There shall be frequent consultation between state
officials who have assigned homeland security responsibilities
and other appropriate representatives of the party states with
affected jurisdictions and the United States government, with
free exchange of information, plans and resource records
relating to emergency capabilities.