5048-S.E AMH DENT BUNC 106

ESSB 5048 - H AMD TO H AMD (H-2540.1/17) 339

By Representatives Dent, Blake

WITHDRAWN 03/30/2017

On page 144, after line 20, insert the following:

    "(9)(a) The chief of the Washington state patrol must create a pre-mobilization pilot program to encourage fire departments, fire districts, and regional fire protection service authorities to pre-position resources to prepare for large scale emergencies. In the 2017-19 biennium, up to twenty-five percent of the amount authorized for reimbursements for state fire services mobilization under chapter 43.43 RCW may be used for the costs of pre-positioning resources that were used for the response to an emergency or disaster situation.

    The chief of the Washington state patrol must submit a report to the appropriate committees of the legislature by December 1, 2018, that includes the following information for each emergency or disaster in which resources were pre-positioned in anticipation of a disaster or emergency predicted to exceed local capabilities, and reimbursement was made under RCW 43.43.961:

    (i) The type and nature of the disaster or emergency;

    (ii) The reasons why the host jurisdiction and mutual aid resources were predicted to be exhausted;

    (iii) The additional pre-positioned resources provided under the mobilization plan;

    (iv) The cost incurred by the state patrol; and

    (v) The amount of reimbursement made under RCW 43.43.961 to the host jurisdiction and to each nonhost jurisdiction providing all pre-positioned resources.

    (b) The chief of the Washington state patrol must update the state mobilization plan to account for the authorization to send resources in preparation of emergencies or disasters that are predicted to exceed local resources."

EFFECT:   Creates a Pre-mobilization Pilot Program within the Washington State Patrol that allows jurisdictions to be reimbursed for the pre-positioning of resources to prepare for large scale emergencies in accordance with the State Fire Services Resource Mobilization Plan.

FISCAL IMPACT: No net change to appropriated levels.

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