GOHSEP Elected_Officials_Manual_2015

GOHSEP
Louisiana Elected Officials
Emergency Management Manual
Prepare + Prevent + Respond + Recover + mitigate
4.3.3 Emergency Management Assistance
Compact (EMAC)
“Immediate access” and “prompt and
effective response” are terms frequently
heard during the response to a disaster. The
reality is that no community, Parish or State
has all of the resources needed to meet
every emergency.
EMAC is a mutual aid
agreement between States.
It is important for local
jurisdictions to know about
this valuable resource since
local jurisdictions benefit.
The Emergency Management Assistance
Compact (EMAC) is a nationally adopted
mutual aid agreement (MAA) that enables
States to share resources during disasters.
Since all disasters are local, knowing about
EMAC and how your Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness (OHSEP) calls upon
this significant resource is important. EMAC requests must go through GOHSEP.
The Difference Between IMAC + EMAC
IMAC is the Intrastate Mutual Aid Compact. Created by an act of the State Legislature
– Louisiana Revised Statute (LRS) 29:739 – it provides the ability for parish-to-parish
assistance when a mutual aid agreement between Parishes is not already in place.
EMAC is an interstate mutual aid compact, providing state-to-state assistance and
requiring an agreement between States.
EMAC is the first national disaster–relief compact since the Civil Defense and Disaster Compact of
1950 to be ratified by Congress. Since ratification and signing into law in 1996 – Public Law (P.L.) 104-
321 – 50 States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands have enacted
legislation to become EMAC members. EMAC offers assistance during Governor-declared states
of emergency through a responsive, straightforward system that allows States to send personnel,
equipment and commodities to help disaster relief efforts in other States.
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