Connecticut Emergency Management and Homeland Security Statutory Authorities Summarized


 

Publication Date: April 2004

Publisher: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service

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Research Area: Government

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Coverage: Connecticut

Abstract:

Connecticut’s primary emergency management statute is chapter 517, Civil Preparedness, which delegates powers to the governor, emergency management office and local civil preparedness organizations, and provides for mutual aid agreements. Assistance and funding come primarily from federal aid with some aid to municipalities coming from a local emergency relief account within the state’s general fund. Connecticut is a member of the Emergency Management Assistance Compact and may participate in interstate compacts for mutual military aid or reciprocal mutual aid.