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DAP9523.6 <br /> <br />DISASTER ASSISTANCE POLICY <br /> <br />jurisdictions that cross State boundaries, or are adjacent to a neighboring State (i.e. Kansas City, <br />Kansas/Kansas City, Missouri , etc.). <br /> <br />9.Inter-state Mutual Aid. Mutual Aid that supports national mutual aid efforts <br />requested directly between two or more States or territories through established Multi-agency <br />Coordination Systems as directed by approved mutual aid agreements or compacts (i.e. <br />EMAC), etc. <br /> <br />B.General: <br /> <br />1.To be eligible for reimbursement by FEMA, the mutual aid assistance should <br />have been requested by a Requesting Entity or Incident Commander; be directly related to a <br />Presidentially-declared emergency or major disaster, or a declared fire; used in the performance <br />of eligible work; and the costs must be reasonable. <br />2.FEMA will not reimburse costs incurred by entities that "self-deploy" (deploy <br />without a request for mutual aid assistance by a Requesting Entity) except to the extent those <br />resources are subsequently used in the performance of eligible work at the request of the <br />Requesting Entity or Incident Commander. <br /> <br />3.The reimbursement provisions of a mutual aid agreement must not be contingent <br />on a declaration of an emergency, major disaster, or fire by the Federal government. <br /> <br />4.This policy is applicable to all forms of mutual aid assistance, including <br />agreements between Requesting and Providing Entities, statewide mutual aid agreements, and <br />the mutual aid services provided under the EMAC. <br /> <br />C.Pre-Event Written Mutual Aid Agreements. <br /> <br />FEMA recognizes mutual aid agreements between Requesting and Providing Entities, and <br />statewide mutual aid agreements wherein the State is responsible for administering the claims <br />for reimbursement of Providing Entities. In addition, FEMA recognizes the standard EMAC <br />agreement as a valid form of mutual aid agreement between member states. <br /> <br />1.FEMA encourages parties to have written mutual aid agreements in place prior <br />to a declared fire, emergency, or major disaster. <br /> <br />a.When a pre-event written agreement exists between a Requesting Entity and <br />a Providing Entity, the Providing Entity may be reimbursed through the Requesting Entity. In <br />Page 3 of 9 <br /> <br />