Interstate Earthquake Emergency Compact
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| Interstate Earthquake Emergency Compact | |
| Formation date: | 1989 |
| Member jurisdictions: | 4 |
| Issue(s): | Emergency management |
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The Interstate Earthquake Emergency Compact is an interstate compact among Indiana, Mississippi, Missouri and Tennessee. It provides mutual aid in emergencies and disasters caused by earthquakes or a similar seismic disturbance. It also provides for reciprocal licensing for emergency response personnel, immunity from liability, compensation, reimbursement, and evacuation.[1]
Governance
The compact requires its member states to:
- develop plans and programs for earthquake relief
- inventory materials and equipment that could be used for relief efforts
- maintain a database of regional resources that would be needed and share that database with the other member states[1]
Text of the compact
The legislature of each member state passes the laws with certain modifications, but the core of the legislation remains the same.
See also
External links
- The Council of State Governments - National Center for Interstate Compacts
- Interstate Earthquake Emergency Compact
Footnotes
