Oregon Code § 402.105·Enacted ·Last updated March 01, 2026
Statute Text
Emergency Management Assistance Compact.
The Governor shall participate on behalf of the State
of Oregon with other states legally joining in the compact in a form
substantially as follows:
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EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
ASSISTANCE COMPACT
Article I - Purposes
and Authorities
This compact is
made and entered into by and between the participating member states which
enact this compact, hereinafter called party states. For the purposes of this
compact, the term states is taken to mean the several states, the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, and all U.S. territorial
possessions.
The purpose of
this compact is to provide for mutual assistance between the states entering
into this compact in managing any emergency or disaster that is duly declared
by the Governor of the affected state(s), whether arising from natural
disaster, technological hazard, man-made disaster, civil emergency aspects of
resources shortages, community disorders, insurgency, or enemy attack.
This compact
shall also provide for mutual cooperation in emergency-related exercises,
testing, or other training activities using equipment and personnel simulating
performance of any aspect of the giving and receiving of aid by party states or
subdivisions of party states during emergencies, such actions occurring outside
actual declared emergency periods. Mutual assistance in this compact may
include the use of the states National Guard forces, either in accordance with
the National Guard Mutual Assistance Compact or by mutual agreement between
states.
Article II - General
Implementation
Each party state
entering into this compact recognizes many emergencies transcend political
jurisdictional boundaries and that intergovernmental coordination is essential
in managing these and other emergencies under this compact. Each state further
recognizes that there will be emergencies which require immediate access and
present procedures to apply outside resources to make a prompt and effective
response to such an emergency. This is because few, if any, individual states
have all the resources they may need in all types of emergencies or the
capability of delivering resources to areas where emergencies exist.
The prompt, full,
and effective utilization of resources of the participating states, including
any resources on hand or available from the Federal Government or any other
source, that are essential to the safety, care, and welfare of the people in
the event of any emergency or disaster declared by a party state, shall be the
underlying principle on which all articles of this compact shall be understood.
On behalf of the
Governor of each state participating in the compact, the legally designated
state official who is assigned responsibility for emergency management will be
responsible for formulation of the appropriate interstate mutual aid plans and
procedures necessary to implement this compact.
Article III - 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 article. In formulating such plans, and in carrying them out,
the party states, insofar as practical, shall:
(1) 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, civil disorders, insurgency,
or enemy attack.
(2) Review party
states individual emergency plans and develop a plan which will determine the
mechanism for the interstate management and provision of assistance concerning
any potential emergency.
(3) Develop
interstate procedures to fill any identified gaps and to resolve any identified
inconsistencies or overlaps in existing or developed plans.
(4) Assist in
warning communities adjacent to or crossing the state boundaries.
(5) 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.
(6) Inventory and
set procedures for the interstate loan and delivery of human and material
resources, together with procedures for reimbursement or forgiveness.
(7) Provide, to
the extent authorized by law, for temporary suspension of any statutes or
ordinances that restrict the implementation of the above responsibilities.
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 compact shall only apply to requests for assistance made by and to
authorized representatives. Requests may be verbal or in writing. If ver