Reply #1: California Joins Emergency Management Assistance Compact Sep 20 2005

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http://www.govtech.net/magazine/channel_story.php/96695

Last week, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger announced he signed legislation that makes California party to the Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC), already in place in the 47 other contiguous states. AB 823 by Assemblymembers Pedro Nava (D-Santa Barbara) and Sharon Runner (R-Lancaster) allows states to share emergency response resources immediately during a disaster without having to use valuable time reaching aid agreements

"When my administration sponsored the Emergency Management Assistance Compact bill earlier this year, it was so that California could join its fellow states in an agreement that facilitates mutual aid in times of disaster. In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, I renewed my call for swift passage of this legislation and today I am pleased to sign it into law. This mutual aid compact will allow California to receive help from other states more quickly during a disaster," said Governor Schwarzenegger. "EMAC will also allow us to send aid to Gulf Coast states with greater efficiency as they recover from Hurricane Katrina."