Statutes > Iowa Statutes > Title 1 - State Sovereignty and Management > Subtitle 12 - Emergency Control > CHAPTER 29C - EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND SECURITY > 29C.11 - LOCAL MUTUAL AID ARRANGEMENTS.

29C.11 - LOCAL MUTUAL AID ARRANGEMENTS.

        29C.11  LOCAL MUTUAL AID ARRANGEMENTS.
         1.  The emergency management coordinator for each emergency
      management agency shall, in collaboration with other public and
      private agencies within this state, develop mutual aid arrangements
      for reciprocal disaster services and recovery aid and assistance in
      case of disaster too great to be dealt with unassisted.  The
      arrangements shall be consistent with the homeland security and
      emergency management division plan and program, and in time of
      emergency each local emergency management agency shall render
      assistance in accordance with the provisions of the mutual aid
      arrangements.
         2.  The emergency management coordinator of each local emergency
      management agency may, subject to the approval of the governor, enter
      into mutual aid arrangements with emergency management agencies or
      organizations in other states for reciprocal emergency services and
      recovery aid and assistance in case of disaster too great to be dealt
      with unassisted.
         Section History: Early Form
         [C77, 79, 81, § 29C.11]
         Section History: Recent Form
         92 Acts, ch 1139, § 12; 2003 Acts, ch 179, §157
         Referred to in § 331.381