Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC) Environmental Health Assistance Initiative Resource List
EMAC Resources
- Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC) Homepage
- EMAC Overview PowerPoint Presentation, June 2007
(1.33 MB/57pages) - EMAC 2004 Hurricanes After Action Report
(available on EMAC web site at www.emacweb.org) - EMAC Tips for State Health Agencies, Working Draft 9/23/05
Association of State and Territorial Health Officials - Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC) Operations Final Pre-Course Reading Assignment
Federal Emergency Management Agency, Emergency Management Institute
May 2005 - Feature: EMAC Deployment to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, Public Health Preparedness Newsletter
Association of State and Territorial Health Officials
January 2006 - Memorandum: Incorporation of Local Assets into a State Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC) Response
The Center for Law & the Public's Health at Georgetown & Johns Hopkins Universities
Association/Organization Resources
Resource Typing and Credentialing Resources
- U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency, National Integration Center (NIC) Incident Management Systems Division Resource Management Home Page
- Nurse Licensure Compact, National Council of State Board of Nursing
- National Incident Management System Incident Resource Inventory System (NIMS-IRIS)
NIMS RM02, May 15, 2007
Volunteer Management/Liability Resources
- Presentation: Emergency System for Advance Registration of Volunteer Health Professionals (ESAR-VHP) Plan
Marilyn Biviano, Health Resources and Services Administration - Presentation: Introducing Emergency System for Advance Registration of Volunteer Health Professionals (ESAR-VHP)
Dennis Tomczyk, et. al., Wisconsin Division of Public Health, Hospital Emergency Preparedness - Greater New York Hospital Association: Workforce/Volunteer Issues
GNYHA Emergency Preparedness Resource Center, Greater New York Hospital Association - Memorandum - Hurricane Katrina Response: Legal Issues Regarding the Use of Volunteer Health Personnel in Response Efforts: Frequently Asked Questions
The Center for Law & the Public's Health at Georgetown and Johns Hopkins Universities
Newspaper/Journal/Web Site Articles
NOTE: Non-government articles are listed as a reference and do NOT indicate endorsement by CDC or the federal government.
- Mutual Aid Agreements: Essential Legal Tools for Public Health Preparedness and Response
Stier, Daniel D. & Goodman, Richard A., American Journal of Public Health, Vol. 97, No. S1, Supplement 1 (2007): pp. S62 - S68. - Va. Paying a Price for Sending Aid
Martz, Michael, Richmond Times-Dispatch, December 3, 2006 - Primer on Mutual Aid Agreements
Biot #11, Suburban Emergency Management Project (SEMP), June 25, 2002 - EMAC Governance and Operations: Curiously Convoluted, Yet Do They Work?
Biot #354, Suburban Emergency Management Project (SEMP), April 29, 2006 - Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC): Southern Born
Biot #351, Suburban Emergency Management Project (SEMP), April 20, 2006 - EMAC Comes to the Rescue During Disaster
Federal Emergency Management Agency, October 20, 2003 - EMAC Responds While Demands Grow
State News, The Council of State Governments, Vol. 49, No. 2, February 2006, pp. 24 – 27 - Emergency Assistance Compact Provides Coordination in Hurricane Katrina Recovery Operations
North Carolina Department of Crime Control and Public Safety, September 8, 2005 - Fire Service Deployment Operations
Across the International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) - Putting the Union Above Public Safety
Greenhut, Steven. The Orange County Register, September 18, 2005 - States Use EMAC in Response to 2004 Florida Hurricanes
Kapucu, Naim. PA Times, Special Section on Emergency Management, Vol. 28, No. 4, April 2005 - Do Feds Secretly Control the States’ Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC)?
Landes, Lynn. Dissident Voice, October 3, 2005 - Pentagon Can Do Better, McHale Says
Magnuson, Stew. Security Beat, December 2005 - Katrina Sets Record in State-to-State Help
Murphy, Kathleen. Stateline.org. September 9, 2005 - Linking Public Health and Water Utilities to Improve Emergency Response
Gelting, R.J. and Miller, M.D. Journal of Contemporary Water Research and Education, Issue 129 (October 2004):pp. 22-26. - How EMAC Contributes to the Legitimacy and Salience of Emergency Management Providers
Biot #353, Suburban Emergency Management Project (SEMP), April 28, 2006.
Other Mutual Aid Agreements
- IS-706 NIMS Intrastate Mutual Aid - An Introduction
This course provides an introduction to NIMS intrastate mutual aid and assistance. You will learn about the purpose and benefits of mutual aid and assistance. You will also learn about the emphasis that NIMS places on mutual aid and assistance. The course explains how to develop mutual aid and assistance agreements and mutual aid operational plans - Utilities Helping Utilities: An Action Plan for Mutual Aid And Assistance Networks For Water And Wastewater Utilities
American Water Works Association & California Utilities Emergency Association - Beyond EMAC: Legal Issues in Mutual Aid Agreements for Public Health Practice
National Governors Association Center for Best Practices, December 19, 2005 - Mutual Aid Agreement for Water and Sewer Utilities, 2005-2006
Okaloosa County, FL - Model State-County Mutual Aid Deployment Contract
Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC) Web Site - Pacific Northwest Emergency Management Arrangement, Public Law 105-381
November 12, 1998 - Proposed Model Intrastate Mutual Aid Legislation
National Emergency Management Association, Intrastate Mutual Aid Working Group - Mid-America Alliance: Mutual Assistance for Public Health Preparedness
- Great Lakes Border Health Initiative
- International Emergency Management Assistance Memorandum of Understanding
- A National Mutual Aid System for the Fire Service: A Strategic Plan
International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC) - Alberta-British Columbia Memorandum of Understanding - Public Health Emergencies
- Memorandum of Understanding for the Establishment of the Local Public Health Mutual Aid and Assistance System (LPHMAAS)
- Memorandum of Understanding Between the Washington State Department of Health and the Washington State Department of Ecology Related to the Respective Roles and Responsibilities of the Two Agencies to Coordinate Activities Concerning the Protection of Public Health and the Environment
- A Memorandum of Understanding - Public Health Emergencies, State of Washington Department of Health and British Columbia Ministry of Health
- Colorado's North Center All-Hazards Region Health and Medical Memorandum of Understanding
- Water and Wastewater Agency Response Networks (WARN) American Water Works Association
- Model Memorandum of Understanding Between Hospitals during Declared Emergencies
The Johns Hopkins Center for Law and the Public's Health, Preparedness and Catastrophic Event Response (PACER) Consortium, June 15, 2009
Other Resources
- State Mobilization of Health Personnel During the 2005 Hurricanes
Association of State and Territorial Health Officials - CDC Public Health Emergency Response Guide for State, Local, & Tribal Public Health Directors
- Assessing the State and Federal Missions of the National Guard, Appendix D: Southern Regional Emergency Management Compact (SREMAC)
Brown, Roger Allen, Fedorochko, William, and Schank, John F. RAND Corporation, 1995 - Emergency and Terrorism Preparedness for Environmental Health Practitioners
- The Case for an Interstate Compact APA
Morrow, William S., Jr. Section of Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice, American Bar Association - National Response Framework (NRF) Resource Center
- National Incident Management System (NIMS) Resource Center
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)- NIMS Guide, Tools, and Templates
National Integration Center (NIC) Incident Management Systems Division - NIMS Alert: NIMS Implementation Activities for Hospital and Healthcare Systems
NA: 013-06, NIMS Integration Center, September 12, 2006 - NIMS Implementation Activities for Hospitals and Healthcare Systems
NIMS Integration Center, September 12, 2006 - Summary of NIMS Implementation Activities for Hospital and Healthcare Systems
NIMS Integration Center, September 12, 2006
- NIMS Guide, Tools, and Templates
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