A member county may request assistance from other member counties under the intrastate mutual aid system for response, mitigation, or recovery activities related to an emergency, or to participate in drills or exercises in preparation for an emergency, subject to each of the following provisions:

(1) Prior to requesting assistance, a requesting member county shall:

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Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 127D-5

  • Agency: means the Hawaii emergency management agency. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 127D-2
  • Assistance: means emergency responders and resources provided by a responding member county in response to a request from a requesting member county. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 127D-2
  • County: means the city and county of Honolulu or the county of Hawaii, Kauai, or Maui; provided that the county of Maui shall include the county of Kalawao for the purposes of this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 127D-2
  • Emergency: means an event or set of circumstances that:

    (1) Demands immediate action to preserve public health, protect life and public property, or provide relief to any stricken community overtaken by the event or circumstance; or
    (2) Reaches a dimension or degree of destructiveness as to warrant the declaration of a state of emergency or local state of emergency, pursuant to § 127A-14. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 127D-2
  • Operational control: means the limited authority to direct tasks, assignments, and use of assistance provided pursuant to a request for assistance issued under this chapter to address:

    (1) Response, mitigation, or recovery activities related to an emergency; or
    (2) Participation in drills or exercises in preparation for an emergency. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 127D-2
  • Requesting member county: means a member county that requests assistance from another member county under this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 127D-2
  • Responding member county: means a member county providing or intending to provide assistance to a requesting member county under this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 127D-2
(A) Have determined an emergency exists within the requesting member county’s territorial limits pursuant to chapter 127A; or
(B) Anticipate undertaking drills or exercises in preparation for an emergency;
(2) The mayor of a requesting member county, or authorized designee, shall request assistance directly from the mayor, or authorized designee, of another member county; provided that if this request is oral, the request shall be confirmed in writing within thirty days after the date of the request;
(3) A responding member county may withhold or withdraw requested assistance at any time and for any reason, in the responding member county’s sole discretion;
(4) A responding member county shall designate in writing all assistance that the responding member county is providing to a requesting member county at the time provided, consistent with the guidelines and procedures developed by the agency, and deliver copies of this documentation to the requesting member county within thirty days after the assistance is provided; and
(5) The requesting member county shall only have operational control of assistance provided under this chapter, which shall not interfere with a responding member county’s right to withdraw assistance.

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