RCW 24.60.005 System established—Member jurisdictions. (1) The intrastate building safety mutual aid system is established to provide for mutual assistance among member jurisdictions in the case of a building safety emergency or to participate in training and exercises. (2) Unless otherwise provided in subsection (3) of this section, the following governmental entities are member jurisdictions […]
RCW 24.60.010 Definitions. Unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout the chapter. (1) “Building safety emergency” means a situation that temporarily renders a building safety department incapable of providing building safety services and includes, but is not limited to, declared states of emergency, declared disasters, and other situations that […]
RCW 24.60.020 Request for assistance—Conditions. A member jurisdiction may request assistance from other member jurisdictions to respond to, mitigate, or recover from a building safety emergency, or for participation of other member jurisdictions in authorized drills or exercises, subject to the following provisions: (1) A member jurisdiction requesting assistance under the intrastate building safety mutual […]
RCW 24.60.030 Emergency responders—Qualifications. An emergency responder holding a license, certificate, or other permit issued by a responding member jurisdiction evidencing qualification in a professional, mechanical, or other skill shall be deemed to be licensed, certified, or permitted in the requesting member jurisdiction, subject to any limitations and conditions the chief executive of the requesting […]
RCW 24.60.040 Employee death—Benefits. An employee of a responding member jurisdiction that dies or sustains an injury in the course of his or her employment, while providing assistance under the intrastate building safety mutual aid system, is eligible to receive the benefits that would otherwise be available for injuries sustained or death in the course […]
RCW 24.60.050 Temporary emergency responders. (1) A responding member jurisdiction may designate, in writing, persons to serve as temporary emergency responders for the purposes of deploying such persons under the intrastate building safety mutual aid system. A designation as a temporary emergency responder does not grant any right to wages, salary, pensions, health benefits, seniority […]
RCW 24.60.060 Disputes regarding reimbursement—Arbitration. (1) A member jurisdiction that has a disagreement with another member jurisdiction regarding reimbursement for assistance under the provisions of this chapter may send a written request to the other member jurisdiction to resolve the matter within thirty days. (2) If the dispute is not resolved within thirty days of […]
RCW 24.60.070 Tort liability or immunity—Good faith. (1) For purposes of tort liability or immunity, an emergency responder of a responding member jurisdiction is considered an agent of the requesting member jurisdiction. (2) A responding member jurisdiction rendering aid under this system is not liable for the acts or omissions in good faith of the […]
RCW 24.60.080 Person responds without request or authorization. The intrastate building safety mutual aid system does not provide rights or privileges to any person responding for any reason if a member jurisdiction has not requested or authorized that person to respond to the building safety emergency. [ 2011 c 215 § 8.]
