§ 166A-50. Evacuation. - North Carolina Statutes

§ 166A‑50. Evacuation.

Plans for the orderly evacuation and interstate reception of portionsof the civilian population as the result of any emergency or disaster ofsufficient proportions to so warrant shall be worked out and maintained betweenthe party states and the emergency management or services directors of thevarious jurisdictions where any type of incident requiring evacuations mightoccur. Plans shall be put into effect by request of the state from whichevacuees come and shall include the manner of transporting the evacuees, thenumber of evacuees to be received in different areas, the manner in which food,clothing, housing, and medical care will be provided, the registration of theevacuees, the providing of facilities for the notification of relatives orfriends, and the forwarding of the evacuees to other areas or the bringing inof additional materials, supplies, and all other relevant factors. The plansshall provide that the party state receiving evacuees and the party state fromwhich the evacuees come shall mutually agree as to reimbursement of out‑of‑pocketexpenses incurred in receiving and caring for evacuees, for expenditures fortransportation, food, clothing, medicines and medical care, and like items. Theexpenditures shall be reimbursed as agreed by the party state from which theevacuees come and that party state shall assume the responsibility for theultimate support of repatriation of the evacuees. (1997‑152, s. 1.)