Title 38 — Title 38 MILITIA AND MILITARY AFFAIRS
18 chapters · 333 sections in this title.
RCW 38.52.420 Model contingency plan for pollution control facilities and hazardous waste management.
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(1) The department, in consultation with appropriate federal agencies, the departments of natural resources, fish and wildlife, and ecology, representatives of local government, and any other person the director may deem appropriate, shall assist in the development of a model con…
RCW 38.52.430 Emergency response caused by person's intoxication—Recovery of costs from convicted person.
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A person whose intoxication causes an incident resulting in an appropriate emergency response, and who, in connection with the incident, has been found guilty of or has had their prosecution deferred for (1) driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or any drug, RC…
RCW 38.52.440 Assistance for persons with disabilities present at scene of emergency—Assessment and report—Definitions.
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(1) Subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, the director, through the state 911 coordinator, and in collaboration with the department of health, the department of social and health services, the Washington state patrol, the Washington associ…
RCW 38.52.500 Statewide 911 telephone service—Finding.
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The legislature finds that a statewide emergency communications network of 911 telephone service, which allows an immediate display of a caller's identification and location, would serve to further the safety, health, and welfare of the state's citizens, and would save lives. The…
RCW 38.52.501 Statewide 911 emergency communications service—Findings.
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The legislature finds that statewide 911 emergency communications service has proven to be a lifesaving service and that routing a 911 call to the appropriate public safety answering point with a display of the caller's identification and location should be available for all user…
RCW 38.52.505 Statewide 911 emergency service—Automatic location identification—Rules.
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The adjutant general shall establish rules on minimum information requirements of automatic location identification for the purposes of 911 emergency service. Such rules shall permit the chief of a local fire department or a chief fire protection officer or such other person as m…
RCW 38.52.510 Statewide 911 communications systems—Funding by counties—State patrol public safety answering point.
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(1) Each county, singly or in combination with one or more counties, must provide or participate in countywide or multicounty-wide 911 emergency communications systems so that 911 is available throughout the state. The county must provide funding for the 911 communications system…
RCW 38.52.520 State 911 coordination office.
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A state 911 coordination office, headed by the state 911 coordinator, is established in the emergency management division of the department. Duties of the office include:(1) Administering the 911 account established in RCW 38.52.540;(2) Seeking advice and assistance from, and pro…
RCW 38.52.525 State 911 coordination office—Public education materials.
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The state 911 coordination office may develop and provide public education materials relating to the 911 emergency communications system.[ 2022 c 203 s 10; 1995 c 243 s 9.]Notes:Modernization of statewide 911 emergency communications system—2022 c 203: See note following RCW 38.5…
RCW 38.52.531 911 advisory committee.
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The 911 advisory committee is created to advise and assist the state 911 coordinator in coordinating and facilitating the implementation and operation of 911 throughout the state. The director shall appoint:(1) County 911 representatives from diverse urban and rural geographical …
RCW 38.52.532 911 advisory committee—Annual legislative update—Modernization—Public safety answering points.
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(1) Annually, the 911 advisory committee must provide an update on the status of 911 service in the state to the appropriate committees in the legislature. The update must include progress by the state 911 coordination office and the counties towards continual growth and maintena…
RCW 38.52.535 State 911 coordination office and advisory committee—Uniform national standards.
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The state 911 coordination office and the 911 advisory committee may participate in efforts to set uniform national standards for the 911 emergency communications system.[ 2022 c 203 s 13; 1998 c 245 s 32; 1995 c 243 s 10.]Notes:Modernization of statewide 911 emergency communicat…
RCW 38.52.540 911 account.
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(1) The 911 account is created in the state treasury. All receipts from the state 911 excise taxes imposed by RCW 82.14B.030 must be deposited into the account. Moneys in the account must be used to support the priorities established in RCW 38.52.545, procure, fund, and manage th…
RCW 38.52.545 Priorities for 911 funding.
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In specifying rules defining the purposes for which available state 911 moneys may be expended, the state 911 coordinator, with the advice and assistance of the 911 advisory committee, must consider needs necessary to provide a baseline level of 911 service by individual counties…
RCW 38.52.550 Emergency communications systems and information—Immunity from civil liability.
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A telecommunications company, radio communications service company, or interconnected voice over internet protocol service company, providing emergency communications systems or services or a business or individual providing database information to 911 emergency communications pe…
RCW 38.52.561 911 calls from radio communications and interconnected voice over internet protocol service companies—Technical and operational standards.
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The state 911 coordinator, with the advice and assistance of the 911 advisory committee, must set nondiscriminatory, uniform technical and operational standards consistent with the rules of the federal communications commission for the transmission of 911 calls from radio communi…
RCW 38.52.575 Information in automatic number identification or automatic location identification database that is part of county 911 emergency communications system—Other information associated with county 911 emergency communications system—Exemption from public inspection and copying.
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(1) Information contained in an automatic number identification or automatic location identification database that is part of a county 911 emergency communications system as defined in RCW 82.14B.020 and intended for display at a public safety answering point with incoming 911 vo…
RCW 38.52.577 Information from automatic number identification, automatic location identification database, or voluntarily submitted for inclusion in emergency notification system—Exemption from public inspection and copying.
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Information obtained from an automatic number identification or automatic location identification database or voluntarily submitted to a local agency for inclusion in an emergency notification system is exempt from public inspection and copying under chapter 42.56 RCW. This secti…
RCW 38.52.580 State agency communication plan for emergencies and disasters—Copy to legislature—Report.
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Beginning December 1, 2019, a state agency that provides life safety information in an emergency or disaster must provide, to the relevant committees of the legislature, a copy of its current communication plan for notifying significant population segments of such information, in…
RCW 38.52.590 Disaster resilience program.
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(1) Subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, the emergency management division within the department shall develop and administer a disaster resilience program. The program should include:(a) Methods for ensuring ongoing coordination of state…
RCW 38.52.595 State interoperability executive committee—Composition—Responsibilities.
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(1) The director shall appoint a state interoperability executive committee, the membership of which must include, but not be limited to, representatives of the military department, the Washington state patrol, the department of transportation, Washington technology solutions, th…
RCW 38.52.600 Extreme weather response grant program.
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(1) Subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, the department shall develop and implement an extreme weather response grant program for the purpose of assisting political subdivisions and federally recognized tribes, in geographic areas where v…
RCW 38.52.610 Emergency shelters—Accommodation of companion animals.
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(1) A political subdivision, under existing plan structures, shall, to the extent practicable based on available resources and site-specific circumstances, address cosheltering for emergency shelters in each update of its local comprehensive emergency management plan required by …
RCW 38.52.900 Short title.
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This chapter may be cited as the Washington Emergency Management Act.[ 1984 c 38 s 43; 1974 ex.s. c 171 s 41; 1951 c 178 s 1.]
RCW 38.52.920 Repeal and saving.
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Chapter 177, Laws of 1941, chapters 6 and 24, Laws of 1943, and chapter 88, Laws of 1949 are repealed: PROVIDED, That this section shall not affect the validity of any order, rule, regulation, contract, or agreement made or promulgated under authority of the repealed acts, which …
RCW 38.52.930 Transfer of powers, duties, and functions to state military department.
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All powers, duties, and functions of the *department of community, trade, and economic development pertaining to emergency management are transferred to the state military department. All references to the director or the department of community development or the *department of …
RCW 38.52.940 Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521.
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For the purposes of this chapter, the terms spouse, marriage, marital, husband, wife, widow, widower, next of kin, and family shall be interpreted as applying equally to state registered domestic partnerships or individuals in state registered domestic partnerships as well as to …