39B.040 Mutual aid arrangements with special districts and public and private
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agencies.
(1)The local director of each local emergency management agency in the
Commonwealth may develop or cause to be developed mutual aid arrangements
with special districts and other public and private agencies within this
Commonwealth for reciprocal disaster and emergency response aid and assistance
in case of disaster or other emergency too great to be dealt with unassisted. The
arrangements shall be consistent with the Kentucky Emergency Operations Plan, the
local emergency operations plan, and the comprehensive emergency management
program of the Commonwealth, and in time of emergency it shall be the duty of
each local disaster and emergency services organizational unit, including each
special district, and each public or private agency, to render assistance in
accordance with the provisions of these mutual aid arrangements.
(2)The local director of each local emergency management agency in the
Commonwealth may assist the division, acting on behalf of the Governor, in
negotiation of reciprocal mutual aid agreements between the Commonwealth and
other states, including foreign states or provinces, or their political subdivisions,
and shall carry out the arrangements or any agreements relating to the local political
subdivision.