Title 38 — Title 38 MILITIA AND MILITARY AFFAIRS
18 chapters · 333 sections in this title.
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 …
RCW 38.56.010 Definitions.
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The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.(1) "Assistance" means emergency responders and resources provided by a responding member jurisdiction in response to a request from a requesting member jurisdiction.(2) "D…
RCW 38.56.020 Intrastate mutual aid system—Established.
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(1) The intrastate mutual aid system is established to provide for mutual assistance in an emergency among political subdivisions and federally recognized Indian tribes that choose to participate as member jurisdictions.(2) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, me…
RCW 38.56.030 Member jurisdiction may request assistance from other member jurisdictions—Provisions.
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A member jurisdiction may request assistance from other member jurisdictions under the intrastate mutual aid system for response, mitigation, or recovery activities related to an emergency, or to participate in drills or exercises in preparation for an emergency, subject to each …
RCW 38.56.040 Qualifications of emergency responders for the purposes of the requesting member jurisdiction.
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An emergency responder holding a license, certificate, or other permit evidencing qualification in a professional, mechanical, or other skill, issued by the state of Washington or a political subdivision thereof, is deemed to be licensed, certified, or permitted in the requesting…
RCW 38.56.050 Death or injury of emergency responder—Benefits.
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An emergency responder designated by a responding member jurisdiction under RCW 38.56.030(4), who dies or sustains an injury while providing assistance to a requesting member jurisdiction as an emergency responder under this chapter, is entitled to receive only the benefits other…
RCW 38.56.060 Emergency responder—Not an employee of a requesting member jurisdiction.
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An emergency responder is not an employee of the requesting member jurisdiction and is not entitled to any right, privilege, or benefit of employment from the requesting member jurisdiction, including but not limited to, compensation, wages, salary, leave, pensions, health, or ot…
RCW 38.56.070 Reimbursement for assistance provided.
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(1) A requesting member jurisdiction shall reimburse a responding member jurisdiction for the true and full value of all assistance provided under this chapter. However, if authorized by law, a responding member jurisdiction may donate assistance provided under this chapter to a …
RCW 38.56.080 Emergency responder of a responding member jurisdiction—Tort liability or immunity.
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For purposes of tort liability or immunity, an emergency responder of a responding member jurisdiction is considered an agent of the requesting member jurisdiction. No responding member jurisdiction or its officers or employees providing assistance under this chapter is liable fo…
RCW 38.60.010 Findings.
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(1) The legislature acknowledges that a primary responsibility of government is to ensure public safety and that almost always an emergency response begins with a request to 911 for assistance. Requests to 911 and subsequent emergency response communications are managed by public…
RCW 38.60.020 Definitions.
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The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.(1) "Certification board" means the voluntary public safety telecommunicator certification board.(2) "Public safety answering point" includes primary public safety answerin…
RCW 38.60.030 Certification board.
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The certification board is established in the state 911 coordination office to create a certification and training program for public safety telecommunicators throughout the state.[ 2022 c 286 s 3.]
RCW 38.60.040 Certification board—Duties.
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Duties of the certification board include:(1) Adopting bylaws for the certification board;(2) Adopting rules, with the advice and assistance of the 911 advisory committee, to implement the provisions of this chapter including, but not limited to, rules to implement a state-approv…
RCW 38.60.050 Certification board—Representation.
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The certification board shall represent diverse stakeholders of the 911 system and shall consist of the following volunteer members:(1) The chair or vice chair of the 911 advisory committee;(2) Two public safety answering point directors or 911 coordinators, one from the eastside…
RCW 38.60.060 Limitation of liability.
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(1) No act or omission of any certified public safety telecommunicator or crisis call center staff or designated 988 contact hub staff related to the transfer of calls from the 911 line to the 988 crisis hotline or from the 988 crisis hotline to the 911 line, done or omitted in g…