The state or a participating political subdivision may request another participating political subdivision to assist:
Terms Used In Utah Code 53-2a-307
Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
Director: means the division director appointed under Section 53-2a-103 or the director's designee. See Utah Code 53-2a-102
Disaster: means an event that:
(a)
causes, or threatens to cause, loss of life, human suffering, public or private property damage, or economic or social disruption resulting from attack, internal disturbance, natural phenomena, or technological hazard; and
(b)
requires resources that are beyond the scope of local agencies in routine responses to emergencies and accidents and may be of a magnitude or involve unusual circumstances that require response by government, not-for-profit, or private entities. See Utah Code 53-2a-102
Officer: means a person who is elected or appointed to an office or position within a political subdivision. See Utah Code 53-2a-102
Participating political subdivision: means each county, municipality, public safety district, and public safety interlocal entity that has not adopted a resolution under Section 53-2a-306 withdrawing itself from the statewide mutual aid system. See Utah Code 53-2a-302
Requesting political subdivision: means a participating political subdivision that requests emergency assistance under Section 53-2a-207 from one or more other participating political subdivisions. See Utah Code 53-2a-302
Responding political subdivision: means a participating political subdivision that responds to a request under Section 53-2a-307 from a requesting political subdivision. See Utah Code 53-2a-302
State of emergency: means a condition in any part of this state that requires state government emergency assistance to supplement the local efforts of the affected political subdivision to save lives and to protect property, public health, welfare, or safety in the event of a disaster, or to avoid or reduce the threat of a disaster. See Utah Code 53-2a-102
system: means the aggregate of all participating political subdivisions and the state. See Utah Code 53-2a-302
in preventing, mitigating, responding to, or recovering from a disaster, if the requesting political subdivision declares a local emergency or the state has declared a state of emergency; or
(b)
with a drill or exercise that the state or requesting political subdivision has authorized.
made by the chief executive officer of the state or participating political subdivision or the officer’s designee; and
(b)
reported as soon as practical to the director.
(3)
(a)
A request under Subsection (1) may be communicated orally or in writing.
(b)
Each request communicated orally shall be reduced to writing and delivered to the other participating political subdivision:
(i)
as soon as practical; or
(ii)
within the number of days specified by the director.
(4)
In responding to a request under Subsection (1), a responding political subdivision may:
(a)
donate assets of any kind to a requesting political subdivision; and
(b)
withhold its resources to the extent necessary to provide reasonable protection and services for its own residents.
(5)
The emergency response personnel, equipment, and other assets of a responding political subdivision or the state shall be under the operational control of the incident management system of the state or requesting political subdivision, except to the extent that the exercise of operational control would result in a violation of a policy, standard, procedure, or protocol of the responding political subdivision or of the state.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 295, 2013 General Session
