service at the scene of disasters and mass casualty incidents.
"FEMA." The Federal Emergency Management Agency.
"Letter of agreement." A written agreement between a
regional counterterrorism task force and a public, semipublic,
private or nonprofit corporation, business, association,
partnership, authority, individual or other entity that provides
for:
(1) Personnel, equipment, supplies, training facilities
or other resources either directly to or in support of the
task force's specialized regional counterterrorism response
team.
(2) Workers' compensation and death benefits.
(3) Use of county 911 communications centers, county
emergency management agencies or the State emergency
operations center.
(4) Member participation in training exercises, drills
and actual activation and deployment.
"Municipal" or "municipality." A city, borough, incorporated
town, township or home rule municipality of this Commonwealth.
"Mutual aid." A county's, municipality's or volunteer
service organization's affirmative act of sending its personnel,
equipment or resources to the scene of an actual or potential
disaster, whether inside or outside the boundaries of this
Commonwealth, in response to an official dispatch request from a
county 911 communications center, county emergency management
agency or the State emergency operations center.
"Mutual aid agreement." A written agreement between a
regional counterterrorism task force and a county, municipality
or volunteer service organization that provides for:
(1) The county, municipality or volunteer service
organization to provide personnel, equipment or other
resources in response to an actual or potential disaster.
(2) Workers' compensation and death benefits.
(3) Use of county 911 communications centers, county
emergency management agencies or the State emergency
operations center.
(4) Member participation in training exercises, drills
and actual activation and deployment.
"Regional counterterrorism task force." A complement of
Federal, State, county and municipal emergency management,
health, law enforcement, public safety and other officials and
representatives from volunteer service organizations, private
business and industry, hospitals and medical care facilities and
other entities within a multicounty area as determined by the
agency that is responsible for conducting counterterrorism
planning, training preparedness and response activities.
"Specialized regional counterterrorism response team." A
complement of individuals established by a regional
counterterrorism task force and organized in accordance with
standards developed by the agency and applicable Federal
agencies to respond to emergencies involving an actual or
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