37-B §825. Acceptance of aid
§825. Acceptance of aid Whenever the Federal Government or any of its agencies or officers or any person, firm or corporation offers to the State or to any of its political subdivisions services, equipment, supplies, materials or funds by way of gift, grant or loan, for purposes of emergency management, the State, acting through the […]
37-B §744. Disaster relief
§744. Disaster relief 1. Financial assistance to individuals. Whenever the President has declared a major disaster to exist in this State, the Governor may: A. Accept a grant of financial assistance from the Federal Government, subject to such terms and conditions as may be imposed upon the grant and upon the Governor’s determination that […]
37-B §745. Disaster Recovery Fund
§745. Disaster Recovery Fund 1. Fund established. There is established the Disaster Recovery Fund, referred to in this section as “the fund,” to be administered by the agency. [PL 2013, c. 146, §13 (AMD).] 2. Sources of fund. The following must be paid into the fund: A. All money appropriated for inclusion in […]
37-B §746. Federal funds received due to the COVID-19 pandemic
§746. Federal funds received due to the COVID-19 pandemic Notwithstanding the provisions of section 744 and Title 5, section 1669, an expenditure proposed by the Governor from discretionary funds not otherwise earmarked for use by the State that are received directly by the State from the Federal Government due to the pandemic related to coronavirus […]
37-B §781. Municipal, county and regional agencies
§781. Municipal, county and regional agencies 1. Municipal or interjurisdictional agencies. Each municipality of the State must be served by a municipal or interjurisdictional agency responsible for emergency management. A. [PL 2003, c. 510, Pt. C, §14 (RP).] B. [PL 2003, c. 510, Pt. C, §14 (RP).] C. [PL 2003, c. […]
37-B §782. Agency directors
§782. Agency directors A director must be appointed for each municipal and county or regional emergency management agency. A director of an emergency management agency may not be at the same time an executive officer or member of the executive body of a municipality or interjurisdictional or county or regional agency of the State or […]
37-B §783. Disaster emergency plan
§783. Disaster emergency plan Each municipality, county and regional emergency management agency shall prepare and keep a current disaster emergency plan for the area subject to its jurisdiction. The plan must be approved by the jurisdiction’s governing body. The plan must follow the risk assessment and planning guidance provided by the director under section 704, […]
37-B §784. Mutual aid arrangements
§784. Mutual aid arrangements The director of each local organization for emergency management shall, in collaboration with other public and private agencies within the State, develop or cause to be developed mutual aid arrangements for reciprocal emergency management aid and assistance in case of a disaster too great to be dealt with unassisted. These arrangements […]
37-B §784-A. Right to call for and employ assistance
§784-A. Right to call for and employ assistance The Maine Emergency Management Agency and local organizations for emergency management may employ any person considered necessary to assist with emergency management activities. All persons called and employed for assistance shall proceed as directed by the Maine Emergency Management Agency or the local organization. Any person called […]
37-B §784-B. Maine First Responders State-wide Mutual Aid Agreement
§784-B. Maine First Responders State-wide Mutual Aid Agreement All political subdivisions within the State are covered by the Maine First Responders State-wide Mutual Aid Agreement, dated November 2008, as drafted by the agency and referred to in this section as “the agreement,” except that a political subdivision may withdraw from the agreement by enacting a […]