§937.__Party jurisdiction responsibilities - Article III

1.__Formulate plans and programs.__It is the responsibility of each party jurisdiction to formulate procedural plans and programs for interjurisdictional cooperation in the performance of the responsibilities listed in this section.__In formulating such plans, and in carrying them out, the party jurisdictions, to the extent practical, shall:

A.__Review individual party jurisdiction hazards analysis and, to the extent reasonably possible, determine all those potential emergencies the party jurisdictions might jointly suffer, whether due to natural disaster, technological hazard, man-made disaster or emergency aspects of resource shortages;

B.__Review party jurisdictions' individual emergency plans and develop a plan that will determine the mechanism for the interjurisdictional management and provision of assistance concerning any potential emergency;

C.__Develop interjurisdictional procedures to fill any identified gaps and to resolve any identified inconsistencies or overlaps in existing or developed plans;

D.__Assist in warning communities adjacent to or crossing jurisdictional boundaries;

E.__Protect and ensure uninterrupted delivery of services, medicines, water, food, energy and fuel, search and rescue and critical lifeline equipment, services and resources, both human and material;

F.__Inventory and set procedures for the interjurisdictional loan and delivery of human and material resources, together with procedures for reimbursement or forgiveness; and

G.__Provide, to the extent authorized by law, for temporary suspension of any statutes or ordinances over which the province or state has authority that restrict the implementation of the responsibilities described in this subsection.