[A Navy Vet]

"Emergency Management Assistance Compact, a mutual aid partnership between states."

Never heard of it.

[gundog]

Apparently it’s Lawton Chiles’ idea, post-Andrew. Sounded kinda Patriot Act, to me.

[Jane Long]

“Emergency Management Assistance Compact, a mutual aid partnership between states.”

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I’ve never heard of it, either.

Looks like it was signed into law in 1996....

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_Management_Assistance_Compact

Emergency Management Assistance Compact

The All Hazards National Mutual Aid System
EMAC has been ratified by U.S. Congress (PL 104-321) and is law in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands and the Northern Mariana Islands.

Through EMAC states can share resources from all disciplines, protect personnel who deploy, and be reimbursed for mission related costs.

https://emacweb.org