(1) Every local emergency response authority designated in or pursuant to this chapter will respond to a hazardous substance incident occurring within its jurisdiction in a fashion consistent with the Idaho hazardous materials emergency incident command and response plan except as provided in a private emergency response plan. The local emergency response authority will also respond to a hazardous substance incident which initially occurs within its jurisdiction but which spreads to another jurisdiction. If a hazardous substance incident occurs on a boundary between two (2) jurisdictions or in an area where the jurisdiction is not readily ascertainable, the first local emergency response authority to arrive at the scene of the incident will perform the initial emergency response.
(2)  The incident commander shall declare the hazardous substance incident ended when the threat to public health and safety has ended and the threat to the environment has been minimized.

Terms Used In Idaho Code 39-7106

  • Emergency: means a release or threat of release that, in the reasonable judgment of the local emergency response authority in consultation with the office, threatens immediate harm to the environment or the health and safety of any individual and that requires immediate action for the containment or control of a hazardous or potentially hazardous substance to prevent, minimize or mitigate harm to the public health, safety or the environment which may result if action is not taken. See Idaho Code 39-7103
  • Hazardous substance: means :
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  • Hazardous substance incident: means an emergency circumstance requiring a response by the state emergency response team or the local emergency response authority to monitor, assess and evaluate a release or threat of a release of a hazardous or potentially hazardous substance. See Idaho Code 39-7103
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Local emergency response authority: means those persons designated under section 39-7105, Idaho Code, by the city, county, or the military division to be first responders to hazardous substance incidents. See Idaho Code 39-7103
  • Military division: means the military division of the office of the governor. See Idaho Code 39-7103
  • Private emergency response plan: means a plan designed to respond to emergency releases of hazardous or potentially hazardous substances at a specific facility or under a specific set of conditions. See Idaho Code 39-7103
    • (3)  Mutual aid agreements or contracts are encouraged among governmental entities, private parties, local emergency response authorities and the military division in order to safely respond to hazardous substance incidents. Further, mutual aid agreements are encouraged among governmental entities, local emergency response authorities and the military division with other similar entities in other states and Canada in order to ensure appropriate response to hazardous substance incidents.
    (4)  Any local emergency response authority designated in or pursuant to the provisions of section 39-7105, Idaho Code, may request the military division to provide assistance consistent with the Idaho hazardous materials emergency incident command and response plan.