Sec. 28-6. Mutual aid or mobile support units.
Sec. 28-6. Mutual aid or mobile support units. (a) All civil preparedness units,
forces, facilities, supplies and equipment in the state are deemed to be available for
employment as mutual aid or mobile support. They may be ordered to duty by the
Governor or the commissioner only under the conditions defined in subsection (f) of
section 28-7 or section 28-9, except that such civil preparedness units, forces, facilities,
supplies and equipment may be employed in another state under the conditions specified
in subsection (e) of this section.
(b) Personnel of such civil preparedness units or forces, while engaged in officially
authorized civil preparedness duty, shall: (1) If they are employees of the state, have
the powers, duties, rights, privileges and immunities and receive the compensation incident to their employment; (2) if they are employees of a political subdivision of the
state, and whether serving within or without such political subdivision, have the powers,
duties, rights, privileges and immunities and receive the compensation incident to their
employment; and (3) if they are not employees of the state or a political subdivision
thereof, be entitled to such compensation from the state as is determined by the Commissioner of Administrative Services under the provisions of section 4-40 and to the same
rights and immunities as are provided by law for the employees of this state, provided
in no instance shall such compensation be determined at a rate less than the minimum
wage as determined by the Labor Commissioner. All personnel of mobile support units
shall, while on duty, be subject to the operational control of the authority in charge of
civil preparedness activities in the area in which they are serving.
(c) The state shall reimburse a political subdivision for the compensation paid and
actual and necessary travel, subsistence and maintenance expenses of employees of the
political subdivision while in training or on call by the Governor for emergency duty
as members of a mobile support unit, and for all payments for death, disability or injury
of such employees incurred in the course of such training or duty, and for all losses of
or damage to supplies and equipment of such political subdivisions used by such mobile
support units.
(d) Whenever the mobile support unit of another state renders aid pursuant to the
orders of the Governor of its home state and upon the request of the Governor of this
state, this state shall reimburse such other state for the compensation paid and actual
and necessary travel, subsistence and maintenance expenses of the personnel of such
mobile support units incurred in rendering such aid, and for all payments for death,
disability or injury of such personnel incurred in rendering such aid, and for all losses
of or damage to supplies and equipment of such other state or a political subdivision
thereof resulting from rendering such aid, provided the laws of such other state shall
contain provisions substantially similar to those of this section.
(e) No personnel of mobile support units of this state shall be ordered by the Governor to operate in any other state unless the laws of such other state contain provisions
substantially similar to those of this section or unless such state is a signatory to the
Emergency Management Assistance Compact established in section 28-23a.
(June, 1951, S. 1910d; 1959, P.A. 192; P.A. 73-544, S. 6; P.A. 78-324, S. 2; P.A. 79-83, S. 1, 2; P.A. 80-483, S. 153,
186; P.A. 04-219, S. 16; P.A. 07-173, S. 2.)
History: 1959 act made all civil defense forces available for duty instead of mobile support units only; P.A. 73-544
substituted "civil preparedness" for "civil defense" throughout; P.A. 78-324 provided in Subsec. (b) for compensation at
not less than minimum wage for a period to be determined by the compensation commissioner of area in which injured
person resides; P.A. 79-83 deleted in Subsec. (b) reference to period to be determined by the compensation commissioner
as added in foregoing amendment; P.A. 80-483 substituted in Subsec. (b) "commissioner of administrative services under
the provisions of section 4-40" for "board provided in section 4-40"; P.A. 04-219 amended Subsec. (a) to substitute
commissioner for state director, effective January 1, 2005; P.A. 07-173 amended Subsec. (e) to permit mobile support
units to operate in a state that is a signatory to Emergency Management Assistance Compact.