66.0314 State of emergency; mutual assistance.

(1) In this section:

(a) “Emergency management program" means the emergency management program of a city, village, town, or county, under s. 323.14 (1).

(b) “Emergency medical services program" means a program established under s. 256.12.

(c) “Fire department" means any public organization engaged in fire fighting or a private sector employer fire company or fire department organized as a nonstock, nonprofit corporation under ch. 181 or ch. 213 without the input of a municipality.

(d) “Incident command system" means a functional management system established to control, direct, and manage the roles, responsibilities, and operations of all of the agencies involved in a multi-jurisdictional or multi-agency emergency response, which may include authorities designated by a participating tribe or band.

(e) “Local health department" has the meaning given in s. 250.01 (4), and also includes an entity designated by a participating tribe or band as a local health department.

(fe) “Tribe or band" means a federally recognized American Indian tribe or band in this state.

(2)

(a) If the governor declares a state of emergency under s. 323.10, upon the request of a city, village, town, or county, or a person acting under an incident command system, the personnel of any emergency management program, emergency medical services program, fire department, or local health department may assist the requester within the requester's jurisdiction, notwithstanding any other jurisdictional provision.

(b) If a request for assistance is made under par. (a), the governmental unit that receives the assistance is responsible for the personnel or equipment costs incurred by the responding agency to the extent that federal, state, and other 3rd-party reimbursement is available if all of the following apply:

1. The responding agency meets the personnel and equipment requirements in the state plan under s. 323.13 (1) (b).

2. The responding agency requests payment of those costs.

History: 2003 a. 186; 2007 a. 130; 2009 a. 42.

NOTE: 2003 Wis. Act 186, which affected this section, contains extensive explanatory notes.