The provisions of articles 40 to 47 of title 8, C.R.S., and any benefits payable thereunder, shall apply and be payable to any persons dispatched to another state pursuant to article VI of this compact. If the aiding personnel are officers or employees of subdivisions of this state, they shall be entitled to the same benefits under articles 40 to 47 of title 8, C.R.S., in case of injury or death, to which they would have been entitled if injured or killed while engaged in coping with a nuclear incident in the course of their regular employment.