(A) The Director of Emergency Management may, in collaboration with other public agencies within his or her immediate vicinity, develop, or cause to be developed, mutual aid arrangements with other political subdivisions for reciprocal disaster response and recovery assistance in case a disaster is too great to be dealt with unassisted. Such arrangements shall be consistent with the County Emergency Operations Plan and the National Incident Management System and in the event of such a disaster as described in § 32.32 of this subchapter it shall be the duty of the Emergency Management Agency to render assistance in accordance with the provisions of such mutual aid arrangements.
(B) The Director of Emergency Management may, subject to the approval of the Director of the State Emergency Management Agency, assist in the negotiation of mutual aid agreements between this and other states.
(Ord. 2011-04, passed 6-21-2011)