Sec. 1.
(1) This act expresses the shared interests of the participating jurisdictions to establish a memorandum of agreement to provide for the possibility of mutual assistance among the jurisdictions entering into this agreement in managing any emergency or disaster when the affected jurisdiction or jurisdictions ask for assistance, whether arising from natural disaster, technological hazard, man-made disaster, or civil emergency aspects of resource shortages.
(2) The effective utilization of resources of the participating jurisdictions essential to the safety, care, and welfare of the people in the event of any emergency or disaster is the underlying principle on which all articles of this agreement are understood.
(3) The participating jurisdictions recognize the importance of comprehensive and coordinated civil emergency preparedness, response, and recovery measures for natural disaster, technological hazard, human-induced disaster, or civil emergency aspects of resource shortages.
(4) The participating jurisdictions further recognize the benefits of coordinating their separate emergency preparedness, response, and recovery measures with that of participating jurisdictions for those emergencies, disasters, or hostilities affecting or potentially affecting 1 or more of the participating jurisdictions in the United States or in Canada.
(5) The participating jurisdictions further recognize that regionally based emergency preparedness, response, and recovery measures will benefit all jurisdictions in the United States and Canada, and best serve their respective national interests in cooperative and coordinated emergency preparedness.
NOW therefore, it is hereby agreed by and between each and all of the participating jurisdictions hereto as provided in this act.
History: 2012, Act 515, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 2012
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