Sec. 26.23.180. Mutual aid.
(a) Political subdivisions not participating in interjurisdictional arrangements under AS 26.23.010 – 26.23.220 nevertheless shall be encouraged and assisted by the Alaska division of homeland security and emergency management to conclude suitable arrangements for furnishing mutual aid in coping with disasters. The arrangements must include provision of aid by persons and units in public employment. […]
Sec. 26.23.070. Establishment of interjurisdictional disaster planning and service areas.
(a) If the governor finds that two or more adjoining political subdivisions would be better served by an interjurisdictional arrangement than by maintaining separate disaster agencies and services, the governor may designate by order an interjurisdictional area adequate to plan for, prevent, or respond to a disaster in that area, and direct steps to be […]
Sec. 26.23.071. Alaska State Emergency Response Commission.
(a) The Alaska State Emergency Response Commission is established in the Department of Military and Veterans’ Affairs. (b) The commission consists of the commissioners of commerce, community, and economic development, environmental conservation, fish and game, health, labor and workforce development, natural resources, public safety, and transportation and public facilities, or the designees of the commissioners, […]
Sec. 26.23.073. Emergency planning districts and committees.
(a) The commission shall set the boundaries of local emergency planning districts. The commission shall set the boundaries of a district so that they are coextensive with the boundaries of a single political subdivision except when it would be more appropriate, based on findings of the commission, for the district to include more than one […]
Sec. 26.23.075. Emergency plans.
(a) An emergency plan prepared under AS 26.23.073 must include (1) identification of facilities subject to the requirements of 42 U.S.C. 11001 – 11005 that are within the emergency planning district, identification of routes likely to be used for the transportation of substances on the list of extremely hazardous substances referred to in 42 U.S.C. […]
Sec. 26.23.077. Plan review; incident command systems.
(a) The commission shall review and make recommendations about local, interjurisdictional, regional, and state emergency plans, including the Alaska intrastate mutual aid system established in AS 26.23.500, other plans prepared under this chapter and AS 46.04.200 – 46.04.210, and all emergency plans prepared by state agencies under other authorities. (b) When making recommendations about a […]
Sec. 26.23.010. Purposes.
The purposes of this chapter are to (1) reduce the vulnerability of people and communities of this state to damage, injury, and loss of life and property resulting from a disaster; (2) prepare for the prompt and efficient rescue, care, and treatment of persons victimized or threatened by a disaster; (3) provide a setting conducive […]
Sec. 26.23.020. The governor and disaster emergencies.
(a) The governor is responsible for meeting the dangers presented by disasters to the state and its people. (b) The governor may issue orders, proclamations, and regulations necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter, and amend or rescind them. These orders, proclamations, and regulations have the force of law. (c) If the governor […]
Sec. 26.23.025. The legislature and disaster emergencies.
(a) When the governor declares a condition of disaster emergency under AS 26.23.020(c), concurrently with the issuance of the proclamation, the governor shall prepare and deliver to the presiding officers of the legislature and to the persons who chair the finance committees in each house of the legislature a financing plan describing the amount by […]