5 ILCS 235/1
Short title
Short title. This Act may be cited as the Interstate Mutual Emergency Aid Act. (Source: P.A. 98-309, eff. 8-12-13.)
Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 235 — Interstate Mutual Emergency Aid Act.
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Provisions
5 ILCS 235/5
Definitions
Definitions. As used in this Act: (a) "Emergency responder" includes emergency medical services personnel and firefighters, including firefighters trained in the areas of hazardous materials, specialized rescue, extrication, water rescue, and other specialized areas. (b) "Mutual aid emergency" or "emergency" means an o…
5 ILCS 235/10
Mutual aid agreements
Mutual aid agreements. In order to more adequately address emergencies that extend or exceed a jurisdiction's emergency response capabilities, either without rising to the level of a state or local declaration of a state of emergency, or in the initial stages of an event which may later become a declared emergency, a p…
5 ILCS 235/12
Emergency aid to bordering states
Emergency aid to bordering states. Notwithstanding any provision of this Act to the contrary, any public safety agency, including, but not limited to, a fire department, a fire protection district, emergency medical services, a municipal police department, a county sheriff's department, a local emergency management age…
5 ILCS 235/15
Licenses, certifications, and permits
Licenses, certifications, and permits. An emergency responder from outside this State who holds a license, certificate, or other permit recognized or issued by another state shall be deemed licensed, certified, and permitted to render mutual aid during a mutual aid emergency within this State pursuant to a mutual aid a…
5 ILCS 235/20
Governmental functions; liability; emergency responders
Governmental functions; liability; emergency responders. Any function performed by an emergency responder that is (i) acting within the scope of his or her license, certificate, or permit and within the scope of what an equivalent license, certificate, or permit recognized by this State would authorize and (ii) pursuan…
5 ILCS 235/25
Employee benefits
Employee benefits. Emergency responders from outside this State, while rendering mutual aid within this State pursuant to a mutual aid agreement authorized by this Act, remain employees and agents of their respective employers and jurisdictions. Nothing in this Act, or any mutual aid agreement entered into pursuant to…
5 ILCS 235/30
Limitations
Limitations. This Act does not limit, modify, or abridge the emergency management compact entered into under the Emergency Management Assistance Compact Act. (Source: P.A. 98-309, eff. 8-12-13.)
5 ILCS 235/99
Effective date
Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law. (Source: P.A. 98-309, eff. 8-12-13.)